I have been sitting here for the past few days admiring the new WordPress theme I found in the WordPress theme directory. What do you think? Is it nice? Well, unfortunately, you will not be able to tell by looking at this current theme or skin. Why?
Because I was forced to change it!!!!!!! Yes, there it was in all it’s glory a beautiful skin with just the perfect colors and graphics that would help deliver a pleasant viewing experience to all of my readers (do I have readers?). Anyway, as I sat and wrote and reflected, I didn’t realize that a good chunck of my 1100 or so readers over the past two days were looking at a page (including my initial visit popup) that was only marginally functional at best. About 6-10% of my readers, according to Google Analytics still use good ol’ Internet Explorer as shown in red below.
So, out of curiosity I decided to check how my theme appeared in various browsers. I wasn’t worried because it was a new fresh theme and certainly with all of the competition between browsers these days, and all of the updates going on, certainly a large powerful software company wouldn’t allow the misinterpretation of HTML or PHP or the like, would they? WRONG! You better believe they would.
I haven’t checked all browsers yet, but Google Chrome could display it correctly. Mozilla Firefox could display it correctly. BUT, much to my dismay, over half of my visitors, which use Internet Explorer, couldn’t even see the page displayed correctly. All of the borders were out of whack. The graphics spilled over into neighboring zones. None of the links in the right column worked. Are you kidding me!?!?! So now, after much searching,
I have found a new theme that apparently meets Internet Explorer extremely strict standards of coding. Come again? I think sloppy standards would be a more accurate description. Anyway, I hope you enjoy it and I hope it meets your standards for professionalism, because I’m stuck with it until I find something better. Odds are it will change again.
So let this be a warning to you. Not all browsers are friendly. Some cannot even display a functional page, and the fact that half of my internet traffic used this one browser in particular that should be taken out of the market sends chills down my spine. What if I am selling something such as an affiliate marketer? I shudder to think.
Do yourself a favor and check you website, directory, e-store, blog or whatever it is you have online in all of the popular browsers and make sure it is fully functional. Getting traffic takes a great deal of effort, especially if you are just starting out like me. Don’t let it slip away just because a dumb browser drops the ball. No related posts. Source: WordPress Themes and Popular Web Browsers | TheBitBot Organic SEO Services Blog
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