Design view differs from browser view

When viewing in Design view my code correctly shows 2
overlapping rectangles. In browser view it shows two smaller
rectangles that do not overlap. I am using DW MX 2004. I have
attached small sample code.
Thanks,
Alexariel

DMX2004's Design view is not a browser, and can only
approximate (poorly)
how a page will look. The browser is always right. For
example, DMX2004 is
insensitive to the CSS error here -
div {width:250px; height:100;px; position:absolute; }
(note the ';' between '100' and 'px')
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"Alexariel" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> When viewing in Design view my code correctly shows 2
overlapping
> rectangles.
> In browser view it shows two smaller rectangles that do
not overlap. I am
> using
> DW MX 2004. I have attached small sample code.
> Thanks,
> Alexariel
>
> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01
Transitional//EN"
> "
http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
> <html>
> <head>
> <title>Untitled Document</title>
> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
charset=iso-8859-1">
> <style type="text/css">
> body {margin: 0px; padding: 0px;}
> div {width:250px; height:100;px; position:absolute; }
> div.one {background-color:#FF0000; left: 0px; top: 0px;
> div.two {background-color:#00FF00;left: 75px; top:
25px;}
> </style>
> </head>
> <body>
> <div class="one">one</div>
> <div class="two">two</div>
> </body>
> </html>
>

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> Any help much appreciated x
Without seeing your page and its code, we can only guess.
1. I'd guess that your logo is within a <p> tag, and
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appearing above it is due to the default top margin on the
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> I have tried
> putting the logo in a layer with x and y co-ordinates
set thinking this
> might
> be more definate but it's even worse, way out of line
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> my
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> When I preview in browser, I have to scroll down to see
the last line of
> content it's as though the online version has been
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> The
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"Lauraghc" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> My website is table based using css styles for the text
designed in
> dreamweaver
> mx 2004.
>
> On one page I have very simple a table with 2 columns,
there is text in
> one
> and my logo in the other. Both cols are set for content
to be vertically
> aligned to the top of the table and are perfectly
aligned.
>
> When I look at my page online my logo is not where it
should be at the top
> of
> the table, it drops down slightly. I am living with this
as it does not
> hamper
> the usability of my page but I need to know why it's
happening for future
> pages. I only preview in Safari at the moment, so I am
also wondering if
> it's
> my browser, IE on another pc shows the logo in the wrong
position. I have
> tried
> putting the logo in a layer with x and y co-ordinates
set thinking this
> might
> be more definate but it's even worse, way out of line
with the content in
> my
> table.
>
> ALSO
>
> My table is 600px deep. On my ibook and within
dreamweaver, the whole
> table is
> visible on screen without scrolling down to see the last
line.
>
> When I preview in browser, I have to scroll down to see
the last line of
> content it's as though the online version has been
vertically stretched.
> The
> last line of content also has a logo image in it a .png
file, it didn't
> stretch
> out like this when there was no image in the last line.
>
> Any help much appreciated x
>

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are linked
below,
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"Drew" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I am having an issue with a site I am working on. The
site looks great in
>the browser, but it doesn't look right in design view in
Dreamweaver. I
>have posted 2 screenshots (they are around 140k apiece),
they are linked
>below,
>
> Dreamweaver -
>
http://www.swvtc.dmhmrsas.virginia.gov/dreamweaver/dreamweaver.jpg
> Browser -
http://www.swvtc.dmhmrsas.virginia.gov/dreamweaver/browser.jpg
>
> What would be causing this?
>
> Thanks in Advance,
> Drew
>

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