editing my styles...

[spaceace]

this post is about the conditional comments that are in my styles that need to stay in place while editing the files.

here's what the header menubar looks like in browsers greater than IE6

menubar.gif

this happens because of the conditional comment

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<!--[if gt IE 6]><!-->
menu code here
<!--<![endif]-->

translation = gt stands for "greater than"

now for how the style looks in IE6 or less

ie6menu.gif

this is accomplished by the comment

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<!--[if lte IE 6]>
navbar code here
<![endif]-->

translation = lte stands for "less than or equal"

personally, i do not like any Internet Explorer browser. they have very poor css support. MS has known this for a very long time has done pretty much nothing about it. style authors are forced to deal with this and i chose to not fix my menu to work in IE6, but instead have the basic prosilver navbar. if you want to see how my style looks with the drop down menu, upgrade your browser, or stop using IE as Firefox and other browsers are keeping up with time and not living in the past.

[yunderyo]

Thanks for the clarification. I have only dabbled a little with php and the question came up when I found the statements that were formatted <![endif]--> when what I (and notepad++) expected was <!--[endif]--> (see line 2 of viewforum_body.html as an example). Can you enlighten me as to what the difference is between the two and why you needed to use <![endif]--> rather than <!--[endif]-->?

[spaceace]

ok, the viewforum_body.html has a link in it to the MCP, for IE6 will read the line in that file due to the conditional if statement

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<!--[if lte IE 6]><!-- IF U_MCP --><p>[&nbsp;<a href="{U_MCP}">{L_MCP}</a>&nbsp;]</p><!-- ENDIF --><![endif]-->

my drop down menu in the overall_header.html replaces this link in the "Control Panel" drop down that all browsers greater than IE6 can see.

so that if statement still has to remain in place.

[yunderyo]

No, I understand the if statement needs to be there and have always understood the if statement needs to be there. I do a fair amount of scripting in other languages, I just don't know php very well. I was hoping that with your understanding of php you could enlighten me regarding the usage.

Why does this line of code end with <![endif]--> instead of <!--[endif]-->

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<!--[if lte IE 6]><!-- IF U_MCP --><p>[&nbsp;<a href="{U_MCP}">{L_MCP}</a>&nbsp;]</p><!-- ENDIF --><![endif]-->

My limited knowledge of php says the <! point is always followed by -- and notepad++ marked it as a coding error so I assumed it was a typo. I am not saying you've done it wrong, I just wanted to understand php better. Why doesn't it start with this <!-- in this instance?

[spaceace]

sorry, i misunderstood your question

that type of conditional statement targets IE browsers specifically and all other browsers ignore it. browsers like Firefox will act like it's not even there.

you can google conditional comments and you will find more info.

[yunderyo]

Gotcha, thanks. I'll read up more as I find myself doing a little more stuff with php lately.

[Ganapoes]

you can google conditional comments and you will find more info.