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[Gil]

Ok so I'm making a site. Yes. Ok. So i want to have 2 separate sites, one that uses CSS and one that doesn't (for compatibility with older computers/browsers). Is there a computer/browser detect code that will detect an OS, and direct it to a certain page or something? Just wondering if thats at all possible. Thanks!

[lfmusiclover]

Ok so I'm making a site. Yes. Ok. So i want to have 2 separate sites, one that uses CSS and one that doesn't (for compatibility with older computers/browsers). Is there a computer/browser detect code that will detect an OS, and direct it to a certain page or something? Just wondering if thats at all possible. Thanks!

Nope. The key rule in website design is to create one website, and make it as friendly as possible to as many browsers/computers as possible.

[Gil]

A browser friendly page would be just text. I will look around to see if there is something.

[beanboy89]

Gary is right. You should make your pages as compatible as possible for all browsers out there. It's called web standards, my friend.

[lfmusiclover]

Nope. A browser friendly page is a page that uses only HTML coding, Javascript, that type of things, and goes easy on graphics and other eccentricities.

Ahh, I see SOMEONE knows a thing or two about web design. And his name is Billy Schwartz.   

[Gil]

Gary is right. You should make your pages as compatible as possible for all browsers out there. It's called web standards, my friend.

I don't normally like chosing between a site thats compatible, and a site thats visually appealing w/ features.
I could always justg make a simple splash page w/ links to 2 diff. sites.

[lfmusiclover]

Gary is right. You should make your pages as compatible as possible for all browsers out there. It's called web standards, my friend.

I don't normally like chosing between a site thats compatible, and a site thats visually appealing w/ features.
I could always justg make a simple splash page w/ links to 2 diff. sites.

Bad idea.

I'm tlling you from experience (and lots of mental anguish  ) that one site is all you need, and you need to make it browser friendly. Splash pages are a big minus. Their a waste, they accomplish nothing. I didn't fully realize how important this stuff was until i got my Mac. Granted, I have several browsers on my PC and so had several perspectives of my site already, but adding a Mac to the picture allowed me to see my site from several more perspectives.

[Gil]

How so?

but adding a Mac to the picture allowed me to see my site from several more perspectives.

[lfmusiclover]

How so?

but adding a Mac to the picture allowed me to see my site from several more perspectives.

Things look different on a Mac. They render graphics differently than a PC.

[Gil]

Well, I am building my site on a Mac. And an old mac, at that. Hi. Ok. I will think about it.

[lfmusiclover]

That's probably a good thing. If it looks good on an old Mac with an older browser, than it'll probably look good on newer computers and browsers as well. Its backwards compatibility thats usually most difficult, not forward.

[Gil]

I would like to do something with PHP, but i'm not sure how i would approach it. Grrrr its just so frustrating....

[lfmusiclover]

PHP is very tricky. I currently have PHP For Dummies on loan from the library, and even that hasn't shed any light on it for me!

[Gil]

Hah, i checked out that book too... They say PHP is like the easiest language to learn, but i think its the hardest.

[Stephen]

PHP is very tricky. I currently have PHP For Dummies on loan from the library, and even that hasn't shed any light on it for me!

You need the "PHP For Dummies" For Dummies book, then.