Works in IE7 and FF but not IE6

[wblake]

Ok I am having an issue with a site that I am building. The entire website works fine on IE7 and FF but when I try to view it in IE6 the index page shows up fine, but all the sub pages the content area shows up blank. The header, menus, and footer show up fine in IE6 but the area with the text is just gone. I first thought it was some strange CSS color issue where it was just blending the text into the background but there is no problem with colors. I am thinking it is some sort of z-index issue (after reading another post on here about z-index and ie6) but I have removed the z-index setting for all troubled layers without any luck. The menu still has a z-index of 3 because it has drop down menus and I want to make sure the drop down mneus show up on top of the content.

I would post the link but that is not allowed. All I can say is when viewing it in IE6 it is like there is nothing but blank space. The background shows up correctly (i.e. the space from the top to the bottom of the page is the same on ie6 and 7) but the area that is supposed to have text is not there. The one thing I have noticed is I cannot select the text (i.e. my cursor does not turn into the I bar) which is what makes me think it is a z-index problem, but I deleted all the z-index tags on the problem areas.

Suggestions?

[penders]

...makes me think it is a z-index problem, but I deleted all the z-index tags on the problem areas.

You don't have to be explicitly setting the z-index on elements for it to still be a z-index issue. If you are positioning elements then elements defined later in your markup will appear on top of elements already defined. You could then use the z-index property on these earlier elements to get around this.

Try setting borders on elements to see what overlaps.

Hhhmm, but in reading your problem again I have doubts whether it is a z-index related issue?!

[tedster]

Have you tried the W3C validators?

W3C Validator - HTML [validator.w3.org]
W3C Validator - CSS [jigsaw.w3.org]

[wblake]

I am not sure it is a z-index issue, but it just seems likely. The strangest thing is the fact the index page works, but all the sub pages do not. It is very weird.

I will be glad to post the HTML and CSS if that would be helpful.

[wblake]

Yes I have validated the code both the HTML and CSS are valid.