Very often, we will try to look for great themes for our blogs and maybe do some customization to fit our taste. Or if you are a web designer, you will start designing your own theme from scratch. During customization of your blog theme, you have to consider a question: Is my blog browser compatible?
You may be developing your blog theme in Mozilla Firefox browser running in Ubuntu Linux. But your visitors may be viewing your blog in Internet Explorer or Safari on different Operating System. Your blog may look pretty good in your development platform but it may turn out to be “distorted” in other browsers, which makes your blog not browser compatible.
How to ensure your blog is browser compatible?
Preview them in different browsers! It will be easier for you to preview your blog in both Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer if you have both browsers installed in your system. However, it will be tedious when you want to try out your blog in all browsers and other operating system.
Browershots makes it possible for you to test your blogs/websites in different platform.
Go to Browershots and you can see a list of choices for you to choose the desired browsers version and operating systems that you want to test on. You can also choose settings such as screen size, color depth, enable or disable Java, Javascript and Flash. After selecting your options, type in your blog URL and click on the “Submit” button.
In minutes, you will be able to preview your blog in different platforms via the screenshots provided. You will have to refresh the page to get the screenshots results. If you need more time (it will expire after the time given), just click on the “Extend” button and wait for your screenshots. You can click on the screenshots for full view or you can even download the whole screenshots for reference.
This is a great tool during blog theme customization process. You should always ensure your blog is browser compatible, presenting the best to your visitors. I’ve always come across blogs that look good in IE and look terrible in Firefox, or the other way round. I have blogs that look bad in other browsers too, but I try my best to fix it and preview them in different broswers, trying to bring out the best results and viewing pleasure for everyone.
Have you make sure your blog is browser compatible? Browershots is a free service. Try it now.
By – c H i E n – on May 6, 2008
ahhh! this is good! because i always hear complaints from ppl using firefox..and it’s very tedious to go download another browser just to preview it.
Thanks!
By Dane Garinger on Sep 28, 2011
Amazing! I’m really enjoying the design and style of your web site. Are you using a customized template or is this freely available to all users? If you don’t want to say the name of it out in the general public, please contact me at: Maxton47@GOOGLE.COM. I’d really enjoy to get my hands on this template! Kudos.
