Internet Explorer can be a real S-O-B for web developers. You get your site working perfectly, shoot the link to a friend to check out and, “Uhhh… the site is all messed up looking.” Great…

Internet Explorer renders CSS rules and various commands differently than FireFox and the other browsers. But if that wasn’t enough, two more factors make the troubles even worse:

• Many people have older versions of IE that display different than the new ones
• Once you upgrade your Internet explore you can’t downgrade, so you’re stuck!

I had a HUGE problem with a wp theme I was using on several sites that I realized didn’t display properly in Internet Explorer 6. I tried to fix it for days and it took so long mainly because I had to ask other people what the site looked like. A REAAAAAL hassle.

Well, I found a site that helped me out which I think you’ll enjoy: http://ipinfo.info/netrenderer/

Input your website and their “net renderer” will spit out a screen shot of your website in whichever browser you choose almost instantaneously. I’ve seen other services like this, but most were painfully slow. This is a tool you’ll find REALLY handle if you do a lot of wordpress hacking.

In general, people have suggested sending people browsing with IE to a different style sheet using a command in the header – but I’d rather just make it look nice on as many every browsers as possible. This tool was a HUGE help for me in doing that and I think it could help you, too.

If you haven’t tested your sites in other browsers, launch that site up and start checking them one by one. What could be worse than lost revenue to a large chunk of potential visitors simply because your website doesn’t display properly? Don’t shoot yourself in the foot, do the tedious work and fix it up now!