i added it to my .sidebar section of my css. though, that only fixed it in IE6, not 5 or 5.5
okay, well, by adding a float:left i got the page to display correctly in IE6. before doing this i removed all the non wp stuff from the sidebar (they’re all just php includes) and it made no diffrence. any ideas what might keep it from working in IE 5/5.5 but working fine in 6? thanks.