Why does my firefox not load?

Browser Compatibility: Why does my website www.kuicapital.com not load on Internet Explorer but it loads on Firefox?

  • I just set up a new mysql database on http://godaddy.com for my website http://kuicapital.com and the database is connected but the website loads on firefox browser but not Internet Explorer. Why is that so ? Thanks.

  • Answer:

    IE stops rendering the page just after the word 'Sales'.  If you look at the page source, at that point you have pasted MS Word code, starting with [if gte mso 10]> <mce:style> etc.  As all that stuff is contained within HTML comment tags, Firefox and Safari etc just ignore it and continue to render the page.  But IE recognises the condition and tries to do something with it, and it all goes wrong there. Try removing anything within comment tags in your page source.  That will be a good start at least.

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I'm guessing, if you're using GoDaddy as your host, that you're kind of new to running a website (forgive me if that's not the case). The others here have made some very good points. If any of the above doesn't make sense to you, consider paying a web professional to optimise your code - it'll pay dividends in the long run (and will get your site running properly on different browsers, which is clearly your priority here). If you're unsure about how the code is currently bloated, in Firefox visit your site and go to View > Page Source. On your homepage I see three large sections of junk code, probably imported from Word (NEVER copy and paste from Word when writing web content), and each beginning with [if gte mso 9] (there's actually some other code immediately before it but I don't know if Quora will render it here). Remove all of those sections and your page weight will be considerably smaller. But always back up your page (even if just pasting content into Textpad) before making changes to code, especially if you're unsure of what things do. You're also loading a lot of separate css files. Consider combining them into a single file, or at least a reduced number, and take out any unnecessary code and scripts. Again, if you're unsure of how to do this please ask someone - GoDaddy may be able to help in the first instance.

Joe Pepper

Daniel - if you're still looking for advice and helpful suggestions like those  that have been offered by the Quora community, you may also want to consider posting your questions on http://www.conceptfeedback.com and/or  other sites dedicated to design & coding feedback. (Most offer both free and paid options.)

Tom Charde

Agreed on all points. And PLEASE remove the auto play at a minimum on that video (which by the way doesn't even size correctly in your sidebar as I'm seeing it on my MacBook using Safari) - give users the option to turn it on or off if you must keep it. Tips for copying and pasting from MSWord would be to copy the text into Notepad first, then copy it where you want it.  You will have to re-add any formatting, but at least you'll get the basic text to start with.

Susi Schuele

Yes great advice above with regard to removing the plugins and adding them back in one at a tine, and definitely get rid of all the MW Word code, of which there is a ton. If you run this through a WC3 code validator you will also see several immediate and serious red flags with regard to your code. Once this is cleaned up try combining and compressing as many of the external scripts and css files as possible and load them externally. There is also a lot of in line HTML that is better handled as CSS. As far as the use of video and audio, ask your self what is the purpose of this website. If it is generating leads, or even getting people to stay on it, please heed the others and get rid of the auto play and consider replacing the video with a call to action.

Dan Green

A lot of good advice already.  I'll also add that the page loads 16MB of content, which will be slow on any browser.  Most of it is the video which I guess is for th e photo slideshow, and the photos themselves which are quite large. Look for a javascript or jquery slideshow plugin that will be much lighter.

Dave Hagler

Following on from what Dan said, my suggestions are: (1) There are many javascript errors. (In IE, you'll see a yellow exclamation mark with "Error on page" in the bottom left, in the status bar.) Remove ALL your javascript, then replace one at a time until IE fails. Fix that javascript until it works, then add the next, and so on. (2) NEVER copy and paste from MS Word into a Web page. It's always ugly, bloated and highly likely to fail. Cut out ALL of the junk between <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> and <!--[endif]--> (there are several of them. Get them all out. (3) It seems unnecessarily complex. Start at the top and simplify everything! (4) Get rid of the video. In FF it looks bad, in IE it's one of the things that's failing. And what has a dolphin video got to do with real estate? (5) KISS - keep it simple!

Murray Bourne

Find someone with a copy of Dreamweaver, which has a button to get rid of MS Word code. Since it has been two months since the enquiry and no effort to fix it or a reply by the OP, I wonder about the reason for the post.

Ash Nallawalla

Go with what the others have said. The load speed is to slow on Safari, and by the time it fully loaded on Safari. The video started to play on Firefox. Which had nothing to do with your content. Videos that auto-play on welcome screen is just a bad look. No matter what speed connection the end user has.

Rahsaan Basek

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