help with IE6/IE7 layout

[glenn.php]

I'm helping a friend with his WordPress layout:

a center column is centered properly between two outer columns using a left and top margin in IE7, but it bounces down low in IE6; would someone mind taking a peek and telling me what the problem might be? I really appreciate some help...

Regards,
GN

[boogyman]

Change up your margins / width.

IE6 has a horrible rendering engine, and it doesn't like floats.

If you have Firefox, download the "Web Developer" extension and hit
Outline > Outline Block Level Elements
and I am certain you will see thats what the problem is.

[glenn.php]

I've done so -

the Divs and page render properly in FireFox, so this Ad-On doesn't show me anything...

I'll attempt to play with the width and margins...

Thanks
Glenn

(nice add-on, by the way)

[boogyman]

yes it will actually.

It will show you how the page is being rendered in firefox. If you see that the "gutter" in the middle is very slim, chances are that is exactly what the problem is.

Generally speaking, there needs to be about a 6% gutter between floated elements to render properly in IE6... and what I mean by render properly, is show the floats accordingly. There will always be a difference in the gutter size across different browser platforms

[glenn.php]

yes it will actually.

It will show you how the page is being rendered in firefox. If you see that the "gutter" in the middle is very slim, chances are that is exactly what the problem is.

Generally speaking, there needs to be about a 6% gutter between floated elements to render properly in IE6... and what I mean by render properly, is show the floats accordingly. There will always be a difference in the gutter size across different browser platforms
i had given the center column a width of 460px and a margin-left of 300px with a right margin of 0px;

i was advised to lose the width and add a right margin, which i did, but i don'thave IE6 with which to check it; my friend/client isn't available at the moment... do you have IE6?

thanks

[boogyman]

yes I have access to a computer with IE6.
if you would like to give me the link to the site, I would gladly check your site, and offer my suggestions.