[Solved] Site not looking right in IE

[Sarmorrow]

Hi Folks,
Thanks for all your help with the first site I made, much appreciated.
I'm now working on another one, for my business and although it looks brilliant in Firefox, it's messed up in IE.
The site is here: http://ethicstrading.com/cms/index.php

I have some screenshots:
(top of the screen)

(bottom part of the screen)


How do I fix it?
Plain English and step by step instructions please...
Thanks
Sarah

[Dr.CSS]

Can you tell me which IE it's messed up in?...

[Sarmorrow]

IE8 - which is what I have on my pc here, but I never think to use it so I hadn't checked it until someone else pointed it out.
I prefer Firefox.

[Dr.CSS]

I'll have to look into this, you have to remember that template was built before IE7 was even a twinkle in Bills eye, all we had to contend with is ie6, which works fine, oh and there is a fix for the menu in IE7, the links have room around them so it's hard to get to second level ...

I have always tested templates in all the most current browsers, now I do like 7 or 8 different browsers, back then it was only 2...

[Sarmorrow]

Thanks, I'll look out for your answers if you find any.

[Sarmorrow]

Well, not solved for that theme really.
But I've switched to a basic wore frame theme and that does a similar layout and I'm now sorting the colours and stuff to look how I want it - and it works in IE8!

So, a solution of sorts.

[Dr.CSS]

Which one?...

[Sarmorrow]

wireframe2colwnews is the theme/template name.
Results can be seen here: http://ethicstrading.com/cms/index.php and it doesn't distort in IE8. I checked before I started playing!
I've got a peculiar grey line that appears in firefox but not in IE8 but it's not a huge problem really. I'm still quite pleased that I've managed to change the look and feel to how it is there now.

[Sarmorrow]

Ah, just realised - the theme that was messed up in IE8 (first post screen shots) was orangegreysghadow and the new one, wireframe2colwnews, are both yours aren't they?

[Dr.CSS]

Yes, all the wireframes are mine but are old, I have redone them and will redo the shadow one also, I have the newer versions if you want I can send it/them to you...

The first 5 are cleaner versions, the last 3 are real lean, they are actually the same template/html with css changes to hide containers to make it 1, 2, or 3 columns...

http://themes.multiintech.com/wire-frames.html

[Sarmorrow]

I would love a fixed version of the orange grey shadow at some point as that is the look I prefer over all others.
Cleaner versions of the wireframes would be fabulous also.
However, while I can cope with installing an xml theme, I am easily confused by a zipped one that needs unpacking!

[Dr.CSS]

I most never use zip, don't see the need for it...