Rendering problem
I was perplexed and irritated today to discover this web site doesn’t render properly in IE6. I was using the kids’ computer when I found the problem. If I’m not using Linux or Firefox, my home computer has IE7, which I use at work as well.
Basically, the right sidebar appears below the footer. I’ve tried dozens of things to fix it, so far without success.
I need to fix it, because stats show that nearly 42 percent of my visitors use IE6.
Something is definitely wrong, because in Opera the body text shows all in blue. I can’t think what I’ve done in the past few days to trigger this. Please let me know if the site renders wrongly for you.
UPDATE: I fixed it by adding overflow:hidden to the CSS sidebar and content sections. Thanks to the WordPress forum and IE NetRenderer.
UPDATE 2: Thanks to Delmer for pointing out a continuing problem. I think it’s repaired now. There was a problem with the footer, which I’ve removed for the time being.
Tags: WordPress
I normally use FireFox but happened by with IE6 tonight (IE7 breaks our mail program at work).
The right sidebar, as you point out, appears beneath the footer. (In FF it’s OK).
I’ve had the same problem with FF and IE reading pages differently. In my case I’ve always missed a closing anglebracket-slash-div-anglebracket. And, unfortunately not always in the post I think caused the problem (due to noticing the problem too late).
Damn. It shows up okay in the IE6 net renderer and looked fine at home yesterday, but I checked on a work computer and the problem is still there.
Back to the drawing board tonight. Thanks Delmer.