Hi, original author of that layout here.

The layout in question is located at:
http://webhost.bridgew.edu/etribou/layouts/2col_colors/beta/index.html

This is a very old layout, when I was experimenting with means to create
a float-based layout that allowed for separate background colors for the
columns. This layout is marked deprecated on the site because I haven't
touched it in several years and have since found a better method.

Your best bet Stephane is to look at Skidoo Too,
http://webhost.bridgew.edu/etribou/layouts/skidoo_too/index.html, which
is more up to date. I'm working on a much newer version of that layout
with better documentation on the CSS hacks that are used and takes IE7
into consideration. The HTML/CSS are ready, the documentation is not,
but if you're up for it you can find it at
http://webhost.bridgew.edu/etribou/layouts/skidoo_redux/.

For completeness sake, the IE condition statement used in that old
layout was a workaround to hack in support for fixed-positioning, which
IE (pre 7) didn't support. The idea that the background is a color mask
fixed to the page and the content scrolls on top. I thought it was a
novel approach, but was much too complicated. 

--
Eric Tribou
"The Forgettable Mister Ruthsarian"

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of 
> Stephane Bortzmeyer
> Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 3:09 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [css-d] Complex layout works on MSIE 5 & 6 but not 7
> 
> The Web site is http://www.bortzmeyer.org/. It uses a complex 
> layout which I did not write myself but copied from 
> http://webhost.bridgew.edu/etribou/layouts/index.html. I do 
> not really master it, unfortunately.
> 
> It has a special rule for MSIE:
> 
> <!--[if IE]>
>         <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" 
> href="fixed_ie.css" /> <![endif]-->
> 
> which works fine (well, at least it is bearable) for MSIE 5 & 
> 6. But on MSIE 7, it is awful. (If you do not have MSIE 7, 
> you can see it at 
> http://browsershots.org/screenshots/269c8db1bd945c2f8456c348f1
> 20e0eb/).
> 
> Any advice?
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