Fix my IE6 CSS menu problems?

[leshall]

I just found out that a site I spent weeks on has some 'issues' with IE7 and before - esp IE6.

If you have IE6 please go to hhttp://www.risesouffle.com/ and see how the CSS menu is all funky - obviously check it out in a modern browser to see how it should look.

I'm the first to admit that I am a designer (average) not programmer (newbie) - even implementing CMS was way beyond my comfort zone.

I spent weeks working on this for little reward - owner is an old friend. There is no more money so I have to pay out of my pocket if I get someone else to fix this. I'm at the point where I just want it done and out of my hair! It really was the job from hell.

If you can help me out let me know, if you can, how much to fix.

Best, Les Hall, Dallas.

[Dr.CSS]

I've looked at this site, well I've tried, and some times it works and other times it doesn't, I get a 500 internal server error if it doesn't work...

This has happened in IE6 and Firefox...

I'm sure if I could get it to show I can fix it...

[leshall]

I just heard this from the hosting company....

"I apologize for the inconvenience! It looks like
these problems are due to the high load on your server. Are network
admins already know about the problem and are currently taking steps to
resolve the issue. It looks like the current process is that we're moving
a couple hundred users off of the server and onto a new one in order to
bring down overall server usage so that things will be more stable for
everyone! This should take place pretty soon. As soon as I hear that it's
done, I'll let you know myself!"

Shouldn't they do this at three in the morning or something like that? I know nothing about how hosting companies work. I do  know ithat I find an outfit who seem really good and on the ball and then they just get worse and worse over time. This is Dreamhost by the way and on the whole they have been really great with support etc

Sorry you wasted your time. I'll re-post when everything is 'kind of' working again....

Les

[leshall]

I've looked at this site, well I've tried, and some times it works and other times it doesn't, I get a 500 internal server error if it doesn't work...

This has happened in IE6 and Firefox...

I'm sure if I could get it to show I can fix it...

I would be much obliged if you, or others, could have a look again.

thanks. Les

[leshall]

Nobody want to help?

thanks. Les

[KO]

One of the things where you could start is to remove height from tag's on menu. For some reason IE6 does not like them. use line-height or padding instead.

[leshall]

KO You're a genius! At least now the navigation works if the layout has broken up a bit.

ANy chance you know what is happening there????

Thanks SO MUCH> Les

[Deak]

Before you attempt any pixel pushing amends to your stylesheet, I would suggest fixing some of the CSS errors:

http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/vali ... fle.com%2F

And then your HTML errors:

http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http% ... fle.com%2F

You never know, once you fix these IE6 might sort its act out. If not, my theory on the breaking apart of your box model is IE6 doubling margins. Check the layout and design thread for IE6 specific CSS selectors and half the problematic margins.

[Dr.CSS]

After you do all that take the style out of the hr and put it in the CSS and change the margin-top/bottom:20px to padding in the #content...