Hey,

You can check out my forum here - http://haydevira.net/forum/

When looking in IE8 and Firefox, the forum "login", "register" and "help" boxes all display correct (which is at the top of the page):



But when viewing the forum in IE6 or 7, this is how they look:



Does anyone know how I can fix this problem?

Thanks

Just dont use IE6 and 7, they are both awfull for html validation and standards. Hope they will put a forced uptdate for IE9

Originally Posted by rattleguy

Just dont use IE6 and 7, they are both awfull for html validation and standards. Hope they will put a forced uptdate for IE9

I know they are... but I can't help what browsers my visitors use when they come to my forum can I?

I suggest you to set "toplinks" with position:absolute. It's the best compatible way.

so, at toplinks {
position:absolute; width:900px;
top:0; left:50%; margin:0 0 0 -450px;
}

cheers!

I suggest you to set "toplinks" with position:absolute. It's the best compatible way.

No, it isn't. You actually run the risk of introducing another, uglier IE bug by going that way!

IE6 needs to die, we need to stop supporting it.
IE7 will be around for a while yet, so we can't drop support of it.
MS didn't do a forced upgrade when it pushed out 7 or 8, they're not likely to do so with 9 either.

You cannot change the world... every developer has the duty to make a website working in every browser. You cannot change a user, you cannot make him upgrade or change his OS. IE is still used, we cannot change this

every developer has the duty to make a website working in every browser

No, we do not, and there are plenty of people in the industry who agree on that. We would all go insane trying to support EVERY version of EVERY browser out there. Figure out what your audience is using most, develop to support the most current browsers, and make sure your site degrades gracefully in the less-used, and out-dated browser versions.

A lot of people still use my forums in IE7.

I've even included a thread saying "best viewed in Firefox", but I don't want to scare the visitors away if they come to my website in IE7.

Do any of you have any any suggestions on how I can get this problem working for just IE7 then?

Thanks

Originally Posted by Danaldinho

Do any of you have any any suggestions on how I can get this problem working for just IE7 then?

I just told you... look upper

Originally Posted by LadynRed

No, we do not, and there are plenty of people in the industry who agree on that

Well... I don't, because a client doesn't know what is a browser... he knows only that he pays and the website is not OK. I had problems like this and, you cannot explain problems like "IE is a garbage"

Anyway... I don't know what to say We can make a pool for this

Originally Posted by vectorialpx

I just told you... look upper

Hi, I tried what you did and it didn't work

The toplinks box is still under the header in IE7

Actually I fixed it, I just needed to remove the "width: 900px;"

IE 6 and 7 have a different "box model" than newer browsers and that will often cause problems. I cant see how you page looks in these browsers right now but i'm guessing that's the problem. Often it sis necessary to specify some css rules that are specific to these browsers. A way of doing that could be to paste something like this
<!--[if lt IE 8]>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="ie7-and-down.css" />
<![endif]-->
somewhere in the head section, but below the link to your main stylesheet. Then you make a new stylesheet (Called: ie7-and-down.css) only for these old IE browsers. Here you only need to (over)write the styles that needs changing for everything to look right in old IE. Cumbersome, but that's at least one way to do it.

IE 6 and 7 have a different "box model" than newer browsers

No, they don't, not any more. The box model 'problem' was FIXED in IE6 almost 3 years ago (thru a patch), and no one should be wasting time on 6 anyway.

IE has it's share of bugs and vagaries, but a 'different box model' is no longer one of them!