Mindboggling IE Header Error

Wow, this one’s weird.

Only on a whim did I find a ‘puter with IE installed, and low and behold – I find a wacky header error.

The blog is here: http://www.oakhurstltd.com

Notice in FF or Safari the header image is transparent (as should be), yet, in IE the 600×60 box is filled with a mysterious color.

I pinpointed the hex color and searched for it in the CSS code but could not find it. Below I’m providing the full text of the style.css page.

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/*
Theme Name: Blackfairy Theme
Theme URI: http://www.mertural.com
Description: Blackfairy Theme
Version: 1.0
Author: MerT UraL
Author URI: http://www.mertural.com
*/

body {
/*background: #000000 url(images/img1.gif) repeat-x left top; */
background: #000000 url(images/oakhurstltd_bg_teal_1000w.jpg) no-repeat right top;
text-align: justify;
font-family: Tahoman, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 11px;
color: #333333;
line-height: 20px;
}

h1 {
}

h2, h3 {
margin-top: 0px;
}

h4, h5, h6 {
}

p, ol, ul, dl, blockquote {
}

a {
color: #48c2dc;
}

a:hover {
text-decoration: none;
}

img { border: 2px solid 48c2dc; }

.img1 {
float: left;
margin: 5px 15px 0px 0px;
}

/* Search */
#search {
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
background-color: #48c2dc;
color: #FFFFFF;
}

/** Forms */

form {
margin: 0px;
padding: 15px 0px 0px 25px;
}

.input1 {
width: 130px;
background-color: #FFFFFF;
border: 1px solid #48c2dc;
color: #FFFFFF;
}

/* Header */

#header {
margin: 0;
background: url(images/ltd_header_center.png) no-repeat;
width: 600px;
height: 60px;
margin: 0px auto;
font-family: “Trebuchet MW”, Arial, Helvetica, ans-serif;
}

#header h1 {
float: right;
margin: 0px;
padding-top: 20px;
font-size: 10px;
letter-spacing: -2px;
}

#header h2 {
margin: 0px;
padding-top: 38px;
font-size: 12px;
letter-spacing: -1px;
}

#header a {
text-decoration: none;
color: #000000;
}

/* Post */

.latest-post {
padding: 0px 2em 1em 3em;
}

.latest-post h2 {
font-size: 1.6em;
color: #000000;
}

.post {
padding: 2em 2em 1em 3em;
border-top: 1px dashed #48c2dc;
}

.post h3 {
margin-bottom: .5em;
font-size: 1.2em;
color: #000000;
}

.file * {
color: #000000;
}

/* Content */

#content {
width: 600px;
margin: 20px auto;
padding: 20px 0px 0px 0px;
}

#colOne {
float: right;
width: 360px;
background-color: #ffffff;
padding: 20px 20px;
border: 3px solid #000000;
color: #000000;
}

#colOne .search {
background-color: #000000;
margin: 0px;
padding-bottom: 10px;
height: 50px;
}
#colTwo {
float: left;
width: 180px;
}

#colTwo ul {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style: none;
}

#colTwo li {
margin-bottom: 1em;
color: #ffffff;
}

#colTwo li li {
margin-bottom: 0;
padding-left: 2em;
}

#colTwo a {
color: #48c2dc;
}

#colTwo h1, #colTwo h2 {
background: url(images/img2.gif) no-repeat;
padding: 0px 0 5px 20px;
text-transform: uppercase;
font: 12px Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-weight: bold;
border-bottom: 1px dashed #666666;
color: #ffffff;
}

/* Footer */

#footer {
width: 600px;
margin: 0px auto;
padding: 3px 0px;
color: #787878;
}

#footer p {
margin: 0px;
padding-right: 40px;
text-align: right;
font-size: 10px;
}

#footer a {
color: #48c2dc;
}

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Also, is there a way to FORCE IE to overlap items from the sidebar onto the content area. For instance, I wanted the picture in the sidebar to overlap – again – sweet looking in FF and Safari – but not so in Exploder.

Gotta code for the lowest common denominator, ya know?

Thanks in advance – WordPress changed my web presence.

—
Josh Oakhurst
http://www.joshoakhurst.com