Sandy wrote: >>Sandy wrote: >>[...] >> >> >>>http://www.uoguelph.ca/mcb/test/contact.shtml >>>and there are a couple of divs with a transparent background >>> >>>.headerleft >>>#globalnav >>>the "search" should be transparent, too. >>> >>>instead that whole area is showing up with a white background in AOL >>>9.1, ie6 and ie7. ie8 is ok. >>> >>>the styles are here >>>http://www.uoguelph.ca/mcb/test/css/mcb2009.css >>> >> >>That comes from this rule @ line 271 - >> >>.container { >>background-color : #fff; >>padding : 0; >>width : 860px; >>} >> >>Other browsers respect the 'background-color:inherit;' @ line 109 as the >>selector is more specific. IE 5 - 7 do not apply 'inherit'. > > > David - thanks so much for taking the time to help me sort this out. > > Now - your advice did get that white background out of the top of the > page, but it made the white background in the content area disappear, too. > > This is really mysterious to me - the .container div starts below the > navigation, and was somehow covering the navigation ... take a look > here, where I have made it yellow with a red outline > http://www.uoguelph.ca/mcb/test/test.shtml > > I tried giving the container its white background back and a margin-top > of 300px, and then the whole top nav moved down that much, as if the > container started at the top of the page, instead of after the navigation. > > I am flummoxed. I really appreciate your help!
I figured it out! thanks for getting me on the right track. Sandy ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
