Problem with links not working in IE5 & Mac?

What gives? Is there a workaround?

[Go60Guy]

Well, I finally dipped my toe into doing a three column css layout and just went live with the site.

I was discussing the site with a friend who was using IE5.0 and found that the links in the center and right columns work fine (hover effect, etc.), but the links in the left navigational column don't work at all in IE5.0. Also, another friend who uses a Mac had the same problem. Everything works fine in IE6. There's no difference in the rules for any of the columns.

I used a link checker before launch and everything was 100% fine. Anyone know what's happening here? Is there a workaround?

[MWpro]

Is the problem that the links themselves don't work or just the hover properties that go with them?

[Go60Guy]

The links do not work at all. The little hand doesn't appear. In other words, they're just like text.

I ran the link checker again, and, again, 100% working.

[ShawnR]

I suggest try validate the css and the html at w3c. If it validates fine, try cut out more and more until you are left with the absolute minimum of code which still has the poblem, and post it if it is not too large.

[Go60Guy]

Thanks Shawn: I did it and found there was a thingy there that I got rid of and it now validates perfectly. So, I'll see if that corrects the problem when I can talk to my friends.

[bluecorr]

I've had the same problem once. I managed to put my finger in it. The links where in a div box with low z-index while there was another div box with a higher z-index on top of it. So actually the links were 'underneath' a div box. What I did was grow the z-index of the link box and that solved the problem.