i just noticed that my blog, here, displays nice and pretty in firefox, but i tried to open it in IE6, and the two side columns were all black instead of transparent. I am sure that my backgrounds are transparent all through my stylesheet, so i am at a loss as to what could be causing the problem. I'm not sure what parts of my code might affect this, so i will just let you view source if you have any ideas..

thanks in advance
-kehaiji

That is just because IE doesn't like us and wants to make life as difficult as possible.

I don't know if this will fix anything, but I guess it's worth a try. In your body element, instead of background, try background-color.

heh i totally agree.

i tried that, then itried replaceing all background: with background-color: but still no luck. Do you have any other suggestions?

Sorry, but that's all I got...I'm as confused as you. Let's hope someone else knows.

just spent ten minutes looking at your html and css.

looks like the NN4 "hacks" are to blame. but please check yourself, simply remove some attributes and trace when the error shows up first. keep a copy of your current css, though.

advice: you care about NN4 users (if there are any left), but you still use width: together with padding: attributes (for example), which will render completely different in IE and the rest of the css-compatible browsers (padding on both sides):
IE: width:100px+padding:1px==actual width remains 100px
CSS SPECS: width:100px+padding:1px==actual width 102px

this is much more important, while more than 90% use IEs, Operas, Mozillas, Safaris etc.

never use width: attribute together with margin: or padding:

regards