One of the huge steps in any web design project is working out bugs. Because websites are designed to be viewed across many types of computers, web browsers (including different versions), and screen resolutions, this inevitably leads to bugs and inconsistencies in your design.

Mostly, the problem lies in the many different ways that browsers interpret CSS rules. Luckily, there is an organization that has clearly defined what the rules are supposed to do. (It’s called the W3C- http://www.w3.org.) However, there is no guarantee that every browser is going to follow these rules so you must plan ahead for the time you will need to work out these issues.

This is one of the things I am currently working through with this site. While Firefox is currently rendering the site favorably, Internet Explorer (I’m optimizing back to version 6.0 at least) is doing a few things I am not quite happy with.

This aspect of web design can be fairly frustrating, but I will admit that I get a bit of a kick out of the challenge. And yes, you do feel like a nerd when you get excited that your div’s are finally lining up. Strangely, in the end I find it all very rewarding!