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Here is the featured.php file that is referenced in the template:

<?php
if(get_theme_option('featured_posts') != '') {
?>
<script type="text/javascript">
	function startGallery() {
		var myGallery = new gallery($('myGallery'), {
			timed: true,
			delay: 6000,
			slideInfoZoneOpacity: 0.8,
			showCarousel: false
		});
	}
	window.addEvent('domready', startGallery);
</script>
<div class="fullbox_excerpt">
	<div class="fullbox_content">
		<div class="smooth_gallery">
			<div id="myGallery">

				<?php
				$featured_posts_category = get_theme_option('featured_posts_category');

				if($featured_posts_category != '' && $featured_posts_category != '0') {
					global $post;

					 $featured_posts = get_posts("numberposts=5&&category=$featured_posts_category");
					 $i = 0;
					 foreach($featured_posts as $post) {
					 	setup_postdata($post);
                        if ( version_compare( $wp_version, '2.9', '>=' ) ) {
                            $slide_image_full = get_the_post_thumbnail($post->ID,'large', array('class' => 'full'));
                            $slide_image_thumbnail = get_the_post_thumbnail($post->ID,'large', array('class' => 'thumbnail'));
                        } else {
                            $get_slide_image = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'featured', true);
                            $slide_image_full = "<img src=\"$get_slide_image\" class=\"full\" alt=\"\" />";
                            $slide_image_thumbnail = "<img src=\"$get_slide_image\" class=\"thumbnail\" alt=\"\" />";
                        }

					  ?>
					  <div class="imageElement">
							<h3><?php the_title(); ?></h3>
							<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
							<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>" class="open"></a>
							<?php echo  $slide_image_full; ?>
							<?php echo  $slide_image_thumbnail; ?>
						</div>
					 <?php }
				} else {
					for($i = 1; $i <=5; $i++) {
						?>
							<div class="imageElement">
								<h3>This is featured post <?php echo $i; ?> title</h3>
								<p>To set your featured posts, please go to your theme options page in wp-admin. You can also disable featured posts slideshow if you don't wish to display them.</p>
								<a href="#" title="This is featured post <?php echo $i; ?>" class="open"></a>
								<img src="<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/jdgallery/slides/<?php echo $i; ?>.jpg" class="full" alt="" />
								<img src="<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/jdgallery/slides/<?php echo $i; ?>.jpg" class="thumbnail" alt="" />
							</div>
						<?php
					}
				}

				?>
			</div>
		</div>
	</div>
</div>
<?php } ?>

Nevermind. Fixed.

For others, the reason the sidebar was dropping down in IE and not in Chrome and other browsers, was because there was a “clear: all;” specified for the sidebar’s div. It was picked up in IE, not in other browsers.

Hrmp.

The code has the same effect as <div style=”clear:both”></div> which, I’ve just learned, basically sets an invisible horizontal rule (<hr>) at 100% width, which was bumping the sidebar content down below the main content area.

For the future, if anyone wants to look at the code so graciously provided by PBP_Editor, it may be downloaded from: http://cuteeverything.com/Repaired_Equilibrium_with_Pagenavi_index.php.txt

Thanks again!!!

The main difference between archive.php and index.php is the homepage contains this additional section (below). What is the problem(s?) with the code?

<div id="featured">
<h2>Featured</h2>
	 <!-- Edit Below -->
	<?php query_posts('cat=ID&showposts=2'); ?>
    <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
    <div class="front-post">
    <div class="featured-post">
        <div class="featured-title">
            <h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?>
</a></h2>
        </div>
        <div class="featured-image">
            <?php image_attachment('image', 303, 231); ?>
        </div>
    </div> <!-- END Featured-post -->
    <div class="postMeta-featured"><span class="date"><?php the_time('F j, Y') ?></span><span class="comments"><?php if (function_exists('wpfp_link')) { wpfp_link(); } ?><!-- < ? p h p comments_popup_link('0', '1', '%'); ?> --></span></div> <div class="clear"></div>
     <div class="featured-content">
	 <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
	<p class="moretext"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>">Continue Reading...</a></p>
    </div> <!-- END Featured-Content -->

That is a help, Peter. You’re the man. Thanks.