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#1: Jun 5 '08
Hi Guys/Girls/Extra-terrestrials,

I'm having a problem with a site I'm building, works fine in FF, but in IE it fails completely....

the page is at arrivalpak.com/combemartin
the css is css/other.css

for some reason the left and right menus just don't display in IE.

Thanks in advance for any help.
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Move the HTML part of main div before the left div.
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Move the HTML part of main div before the left div.

Ok great, i'll give that a try. Could you tell me why that would work?
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Ok great, i'll give that a try. Could you tell me why that would work?

ok, tried that, it didn't work unfortunately.

thanks for trying though, have you any other ideas?
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ok, tried that, it didn't work unfortunately.

thanks for trying though, have you any other ideas?

It worked for me in IE6.
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It worked for me in IE6.

weird..

ok I'll give it another shot
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any success?
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any success?

I haven't been able to FTP it yet, but it does work on my local machine (so in theory it shouldn't be any different after upload)

Thanks for your help once again :)

but it brings me back to the "Why?" question... is the ordering of the divs really relevant?
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[html]<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head>




<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="application/xhtml+xml; charset=iso-8859-1">
<meta name="description" content="Comb Martin Models"><title>Collectable diecast models and slot cars</title>



<link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://arrivalpak.com/images/favicon.ico">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="Collectable%20diecast%20models%20and%20slot% 20cars_files/other.css"></head><body>
<div id="logo">
<h1>Combe Martin Models</h1>
</div>
<div id="header">


<ul id="topnav">
<li>
<a href="http://arrivalpak.com/">home</a>
</li>

<li>
<a href="http://arrivalpak.com/">diecast</a>
</li>

<li>
<a href="http://arrivalpak.com/combemartin/contact.html">contact</a>
</li>

<li>
<a href="http://arrivalpak.com/combemartin/FAQ.html">FAQ</a>
</li>

</ul>

</div> <div id="main">

<p>Welcome to Combe Martin Models</p>
<p>We specialize in model buses, providing one of the most
comprehensive ranges of hard to find collectable model buses from EFE,
OOC, Britbus &amp; CMNL</p>
<p>Alongside this extensive range, we also stock a range of other collectable diecast model cars, vans and lorries.</p>



</div>
<div id="left">

Manufacturers
<br>
-----------------------
<ul id="leftnav">

<li><a href="http://arrivalpak.com/combemartin/?op=simple&amp;choice=ABC">ABC</a></li>
<li><a href="http://arrivalpak.com/combemartin/?op=simple&amp;choice=Britbus">Britbus</a></li>
<li><a href="http://arrivalpak.com/combemartin/?op=simple&amp;choice=Classix">Classix</a></li>
<li><a href="http://arrivalpak.com/combemartin/?op=simple&amp;choice=CMNL">CMNL</a></li>
<li><a href="http://arrivalpak.com/combemartin/?op=simple&amp;choice=Collector%27s%20Model">Colle ctor's Model</a></li>
<li><a href="http://arrivalpak.com/combemartin/?op=simple&amp;choice=Corgi">Corgi</a></li>
<li><a href="http://arrivalpak.com/combemartin/?op=simple&amp;choice=CsM">CsM</a></li>
<li><a href="http://arrivalpak.com/combemartin/?op=simple&amp;choice=Detail%20Cars">Detail Cars</a></li>
<li><a href="http://arrivalpak.com/combemartin/?op=simple&amp;choice=Eagle">Eagle</a></li>
<li><a href="http://arrivalpak.com/combemartin/?op=simple&amp;choice=EFE">EFE</a></li>
<li><a href="http://arrivalpak.com/combemartin/?op=simple&amp;choice=Lledo">Lledo</a></li>
<li><a href="http://arrivalpak.com/combemartin/?op=simple&amp;choice=Quartzo">Quartzo</a></li>
<li><a href="http://arrivalpak.com/combemartin/?op=simple&amp;choice=Richmond">Richmond</a></li>
<li><a href="http://arrivalpak.com/combemartin/?op=simple&amp;choice=Scalextric">Scalextric</a></li>
<li><a href="http://arrivalpak.com/combemartin/?op=simple&amp;choice=Trackside">Trackside</a></li>
<li><a href="http://arrivalpak.com/combemartin/?op=simple&amp;choice=Yesteryear">Yesteryear</a></li>


</ul>

</div>





<div id="right">
<p class="post">Free UK postage</p>
<p class="post2">Overseas at cost</p>




</div>

<div id="footer">
<img src="Collectable%20diecast%20models%20and%20slot%2 0cars_files/horizontal_solution_PP.gif" alt="we accept payment by paypal">
<p>
<a href="http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=referer">
<img src="Collectable%20diecast%20models%20and%20slot%2 0cars_files/valid-xhtml10-blue.png" alt="Valid XHTML 1.0 Strict" height="31" width="88"></a>
</p>
</div>
</body></html>[/html]This works exactly as expected in IE6. Both the left and right menus are being displayed. The left was not getting displayed originally. But with this change, it showed up.

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Originally Posted by Tarantulus

"Why?"

I'll be honest!... I've NO idea. Its IE!
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#10: Jun 6 '08

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Oh well! thanks muchly!
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