Links working in Chrome but not in IE?

Question

So I just built a new page and the links work in Chrome AND IE 10 on my local machine but when I upload the site to my server the links only work in chrome? IE acts like there is nothing there?

This is the code behind and here is the link if you want to try it yourself. I haven't even tried Firefox yet. I am afraid what that will do.

http://www.AnthonyRussell.info

Thanks in advance!

    <hr>
    <a href="index.html"><button style="width:180px; height:40px" >Home</button></a>
    <a href="bio.html"><button style="width:180px; height:40px">Biography</button></a>
    <a href="projects.html"><button style="width:180px; height:40px">Projects</button></a>
    <a href="resume.html"><button style="width:180px; height:40px">Abv Resume</button></a>
    <a href="goals.html"><button style="width:180px; height:40px">Goals</button></a>
    <a href="contact.html"><button style="width:180px; height:40px">Contact</button></a>
    <hr>

Could it be a problem on my local machine then with IE? – DotNetRussell Feb 18 '13 at 02:49 — DotNetRussell, Feb 18 '13 at 02:49
Could it be a problem with IE10? Is that what you used? – DotNetRussell Feb 18 '13 at 02:55 — DotNetRussell, Feb 18 '13 at 02:55

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:04

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You can't have a <button> inside an <a> tag. What is it you're trying to do to need a button element?

Update:

For more information and possible workaround try:

Button inside of anchor link works in Firefox but not in Internet Explorer?

But I'd say styling your own CSS buttons would be better. Try http://www.cssbuttongenerator.com/ if you're short on time.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:04

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answered Feb 18 '13 at 02:52

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I just wanted a different look to my site and didn't want to make my own button so I used them as navigation links lol – DotNetRussell Feb 18 '13 at 02:54
Also you can have a – DotNetRussell Feb 18 '13 at 02:58
It's 'allowed' yes (as far as I know). But some versions of IE don't support it. If you want to run that risk then that's up to you. – john Feb 18 '13 at 03:01
see my updated answer for some more on the topic and CSS button generator. – john Feb 18 '13 at 03:05
I just tried that and it still isn't working. – DotNetRussell Feb 18 '13 at 03:08
Got it working. It was my mistake with syntactical error. First answer works best. – DotNetRussell Feb 18 '13 at 03:15

Links working in Chrome but not in IE?

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