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...in one browser and something else in another? Is that even the right way to do it?
No, not least because you don't know what's going to happen with the next release of that browser, and you don't want to constantly be faffing around with the rate Google and Mozilla are incrementing their versions these days.
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Anyone know of a reasonable guide to get this right?
Make sure the very first line begins with "
<!doctype html>" - that is, no blank lines, no spaces, nothing before those fifteen characters, and no other alternative set of characters (some other versions also work, but not all, and there's no benefit to being more verbose than necessary).
That doesn't actually solve anything, it just makes sure you're working from a constant base (i.e. the browsers are [attempting to] obey the standards, rather than doing their own things).
Understanding how margin and padding are applied/combined helps, and that when you're setting "width" you're controlling the width of the content of that element (not of the element itself).
EDITED: 28 Jun 2012 10:59 by BOUGHTONP