Search module hiding site content?

[jabberwocky]

Hi, just having a really wierd issue with the defualt search module in cmsms 1.01

my server specs;

CMSMS 1.01, mySQL 4.1.21-standard-log,    PHP/4.4.4, on Apache 1.3.37 server running Linux.


Whats happening is that in IE 6, when the front page loads, all the content n that page, as well as the news module has dissapeared. UNTIL, I ROLL-OVER one of the global navigation links on top. I can role over anyone of them, and the content appears in the all the rights spots as it should. If I remove the search modeul (comment it out of the template) everything is fine. In FF and Opera things are fine.

The other odd issue, is that sometimes in refreshing the page, while I'm trying to figure out this problem, and again in IE 6, the page crashes my browser. Just a "IE has encountered problems.." message. When the search module is commented out, I havent had this crash...yet.  In FF and Opera I don't have these issues.

I havent done anything to the search module yet that would cause these problems, other than adjusting its CSS, which is just visual and shouldnt be causing these issues.


Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers

[jabberwocky]

hello,

i still havent made any head way on this issue, but im considering in somehow uninstalling the search module and reinstalling it. has anyone else seen this sort of issue before?

cheers

[Russ]

Can you send a link to your page? This looks like a IE CSS bug - maybe the 'Peekaboo' bug - there is lots on information on the web. google is your friend.

Hope this helps,
Russ

[jabberwocky]

oh bloody hell, it WAS the peekaboo bug. i got it fixed now with the holly hack

/* Hides from IE5-mac \*/
* html .buggybox {height: 1%;}
/* End hide from IE5-mac */

works like a charm! thank you for your help. i appreciate it.


im still amazed that this 'bug' is able to crash my crappy IE 6 and generate a bug report.

[beeswax]

I've heard about the holly hack, but don't quite understand how it works. where do you put the code in the page?

[Russ]

The code usually goes in your CSS stylesheets or in a declaration in  your html header. I've not checked if IE7 still responds to this, I think they fixed this problem so it may have unpredictable results. Maybe worth putting in a seperate style sheet loaded with a  'Less than IE 7' declaration.
For further information on this try:
http://www.positioniseverything.net/art ... ltiIE.html

For more information on CSS and IE 7 try:
http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7

Indeed for more information on CSS problems in general the CSS discuss list is a good place to be.
http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=FrontPage

Hope this helps,
Russ