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can someone point out to me what is the root of this problem?
in FIREFOX all is well.. looks great! in IE.. there are problems.. you can see for yourself...

http://asia.pjrey.com

i can monkey around with this for hours.. or someone SMART... can point out what is wrong!

i want it to look the same, firefox or IE>.. shouldnt be that hard, very simple, elementary code here!

thanks so much
merry christmas!!

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solved it — useful to capture the usual causes so others won’t spend hours hunting the same thing.

When a layout looks correct in Firefox but breaks in IE, the usual checklist is:

  • Ensure a standards DOCTYPE (for example <!DOCTYPE html>) so IE does not fall back to quirks mode; see the DOCTYPE overview (MDN).
  • Validate the HTML/CSS to catch stray tags or unclosed elements that different engines tolerate differently.
  • Watch float/margin behavior (IE has historically doubled margins on floated elements in some cases).
  • For old IEs (6/7) check “hasLayout” issues; many fixes are as small as triggering layout (zoom:1) or giving an explicit width/height.
  • Use a simple reset or normalize to remove browser defaults that differ across UAs.

A short, reliable debugging workflow: strip styles (or disable large blocks) to isolate the offending rule, add temporary outlines/backgrounds to see box sizes, compare computed styles in each browser’s dev tools, then reintroduce fixes one at a time. For documented IE quirks and common workarounds see the practical collection at QuirksMode ().

Note: modern browsers and HTML5 reduced many of these problems; when supporting legacy IE, prefer targeted fixes (conditional styles or feature detection) rather than broad workarounds that mask underlying markup issues.

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duh.. i got it...

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