Why is correctly implemented HTML/CSS not displayed correctly in Dreamweaver MX?

[BigToque]

I've run my files through HTML and CSS validators and it comes up saying that all my code is fine. Why does it look all screwed up when I open it up in Dreamweaver? (It's all hand coded in notepad so far)

 

[boran]

now this might be flame-ish, but maybe it uses the IE rendering engine...

 

[znaps]

post the code. Just because it validates doesn't mean it won't look screwed up.

 

[jgbishop]

The Dreamweaver MX rendering engine is known to be bad. I do all of my preview work in Firefox and IE 6. I use Dreamweaver MX to do all of my development work, but I only use the code view to do things by hand.

Dreamweaver MX 2004 supposedly has a better rendering engine (somewhat similar to IE). Which isn't saying much...

 

[Beau]

Don't trust dwmx's renderings. They are far from accurate. Check it out in a browser like FF.

 

[hopejr]

I think it is trying to mix the different ways different browsers do it. Just preview in a browser and not design view. Like jgbishop, I use code view and very rarely switch to the others.

 

[BigToque]

Well the pages look perfect in IE and FF so I guess that's all that matters. I guess it's just Dreamweaver.