> NWhite wrote:[color=blue][color=green]
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'd be really grateful for some help here. I'm trying to work out how to
> > overcome the differences I see between IE6 and NS7 on the menu on this[/color][/color]
page:[color=blue][color=green]
> >
> >
www.nowpc.co.uk
> >
> > (This is a redesign of a very old site. I've worked with CSS/XHTML for a
> > long
> > time now, but I'm trying some new layout stuff with this site - at least[/color][/color]
new[color=blue][color=green]
> > for me. Please understand that the
> > site is very much in construction, and the issue I'm struggling with is
> > specific to the top menu and how it displays. Validation and[/color][/color]
accessibility[color=blue][color=green]
> > are far from forgotten, but I'm working on layout and content right[/color][/color]
now.)[color=blue][color=green]
> >
> > The menu looks the way I intend in IE6, but there's this maddening[/color][/color]
overlap[color=blue][color=green]
> > at
> > the top in NS7. I've mucked with margins and paddings until I really am
> > going to explode, and damn it I just don't get it. I've tried walking[/color][/color]
away[color=blue][color=green]
> > and coming back. I've tried coffee, coke, books and a thousand websites.[/color][/color]
I[color=blue][color=green]
> > seem to have a very nasty mental block, and I'd really appreciate some[/color][/color]
help![color=blue][color=green]
> >
> > Really, thanks in advance,
> > Neil[/color][/color]
Gus said:[color=blue]
>
> Try it with a DocType Declaration. Specifically this one:
> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"
> "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
>[/color]
Blimey, thanks Gus. Can't believe it didn't occur to me... another DOH! I
knew it would be simple, but my head was a shed. Many thanks again - now I
can get on!
Neil
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