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Theymos,

Recently I've received a message saying that my layout does not display properly in some web browsers, particularly IE (the person did not provide the version of his IE). From his email, "[...] the center column appears below the two side columns in IE."

However, when I did a cross-browser test, with IE6 and IE7 environment, IE8, Safari 4, Firefox 3.6, Opera 10.50, and Chrome 4, I was not able to find any noticeable problem.

Could you please take a quick look and help me out? [Link: http://preview.tinyurl.com/ykw7ked ]

Thank you,
ThirdQED

Try IE6 with low resolution.
http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/927/17501902.png
http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/1844/71941751.png

IE6 doesn't handle overflow (and many, many other things) correctly. A long link broke your layout. Notice this comment in the layout you used:

elements within the mainContent div should be 300px or smaller (this includes images).

Use a different layout that can bypass this bug. A pixel-based one would be easier (that's what I use), but a percentage one is probably possible.

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(Rating: 5) Thanks a lot for the answer and especially the screenshots; those help me a lot. I don't often maximize my windows, so I like liquid designs. I'll try to find a solution this weekend. I will contact you via email then, for further assistance if necessary. Thank you very much!


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