> Damn dude... this is awesome! 

Any time :-) I can't help with many of the cfm questions (partly due to
the fact we are still on CF5 here, partly due to the fact my coldfusion
sucks, although playing with query analyser really has helped my SQL
immensely) so I help where I can. 

> This is actually one of those Dreamweaver CSS layout 
> templates. I added the wrapper just a little while ago. 

Those templates are indeed excellent, but in all honesty when you start
adding elements while staying true to CSS, things are frequently going
to happen that require fixing or *massaging* (float drops, box-model
inconsistencies, 3px text jog, collapsing margins etc etc), for want of
a better word. To prevent an uncontrollable downward spiral with no clue
where to begin the debugging process combined with significant hair
loss, design with a standards compliant browser like Firefox or Opera
and then fix IE as you go (I imagine you probably already do this). That
way you catch the bugs/issues one at a time as they happen, so you are
far more likely to be able to identify the offending code. 

And since I know you are such a fan of IE, here's something that may
help you along the way (though it didn't preserve my sanity .. how's
yours at this point in time?)

http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=CategoryBrowserBug

At the very least read the first link from PIE - it's old but still
mostly relevant.

But if you *really* want to understand the ins and outs, read the W3C
docs and try to understand them. If you know how elements are supposed
to behave and interact you've gone a long way to solving the CSS
mystery.

http://alistapart.com/stories/readspec/

http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/ (since this is the doctype that appears in
your store site)

> I really appreciate the time/effort/help!

You're most welcome!

Mark

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