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267  - TEST YOUR WEB SITE IN OTHER BROWSERS

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After conrming your new account by clicking the link in the email, you will be able to download

browserpool.exe. Run the executable to install the program.

Once you start BrowserPool, you can choose between a variety of operating systems and settings,

as shown in Figure 10-48. Pick one and a new window opens with your system of choice, as shown in

Figure 10-49. You can now re up a browser within that system to check your blog or home page. If

there are any rendering issues with your template amendments, you can now go about xing them.

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Registering with BrowserPool

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You may have only a single computer physically, but virtually,

you can see more.

When you tweak your design by editing the stylesheet or HTML yourself, you may want to test the

result on different operating systems and browsers, because for better or worse, not every browser

will render your page the same; often, different browsers or versions of those browsers do not

support one or another element, or they may interpret it differently.

For Windows users, a great tool to check your site on different systems and browsers is BrowserPool

(Mac and Linux versions may come in the future, the service says). You can get it at http://

browserpool.de/kc/wob/portal.jsp?lang=en. Click the Free Test Account link to r ...