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Hi there, I'm new here. :)
Hope you can help me identify a really weird problem with my website When I look with IE 7 to the navbar at the left, somewhere around the entry 'Wisdom and Emptiness' under Philosophy, the links uder it are not 'seen' as links anymore. I looked at the code again and again, but it is identical to the links above it. Other browsers like Firefox have no problem (as expected).
Any clues are most welcome.:confused:

Love & clear light,
Rudy

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As suggested, validating the page is a sensible first step; different browsers recover from malformed HTML in different ways, and IE7's error recovery can change the DOM and stacking. reported identical markup above and below the problematic spot, which points less to link markup and more to an IE-specific rendering/layout issue.

Quick diagnostics that commonly find this sort of problem: look for an invisible element sitting above the links (positioned element, iframe, or a transparent/filter-based PNG fix), check z-index and position rules on nearby containers, and check IE "hasLayout" effects. A fast visual test is to add a temporary outline and force layout in IE:

/* debug: show bounding boxes */
* { outline: 1px dashed red !important; }

/* IE6/7 hasLayout trigger for navigation containers */
#leftnav, #leftnav ul, #leftnav li { zoom: 1; }

/* ensure the whole list item is clickable */
#leftnav a { display: block; }

If an overlay is visible with the outline test, remove or lower its z-index or disable the filter/png hack temporarily. If no overlay appears, create a minimal test case (only the nav HTML + CSS) and retest in IE; differences between Firefox and IE usually expose which CSS rule needs adjustment. Fixing any validator-reported markup errors remains worth doing because it can change how IE arranges elements.

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Hi John,

Thanks for the tip, but as far as I can tell it has nothing to do with the errors given there..:(

Love & light,
Rudy

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You'd be surprised how one error causes another problem. I'd start by fixing those since you know they are errors. If that doesn't fix it at least you ruled them out.

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