CSS-P Issues

[SymbioticDesign]

I have been struggling with this problem for weeks now. Every forum I go to and post this topic, I get no replies. Perhaps someone can help here. Anyway, it's worth a stab at it, right?

I am trying to use CSS-P to create a site that is XHTML and CSS based and standards compliant. My target audience uses the latest browsers. However, whenever I try to use CSS-P to position elements, IE puts up a border around each DIV. Additionally, the backgrounds will repeat a few pixels beyond the DIV limits.

This is quite infuriating, to say the least. I have purchased over $250 worth of books on CSS and NO ONE has ever addressed this problem when dealing with graphic header templates. They are really good books, but I learned very little because most of it is info I already knew and no one is covering the bugs in CSS due to poor implementation of browser rendering.

I have tried using body styles; border styles, margin styles of 0 or 0px. Nothing works. The pages are otherwise flawless, except that my headers are courrupted with extremely ugly borders the color (or graphic image tile) of my backgrounds.

I design my pages for 100%. I believe in liquid design, visitor usability and SEO. But no matter what I try my pages look like crap. As a designer, it's way too embarrasing to show such bad looking work, even though it's IE's fault. IE does, afterall, represent 85% to 90% of the web (discusting, really).

I really need to get around these IE rendering bugs.

Any Help out there?

[splinter]

IE doesn't recognise border-spacing: 0px; and I think this is what you are looking for.

Give a link to your site and I'll see what I can do.

[jScott_Harris]

Dean Edwards, in an attempt to make IE more CSS compliant, has made a style sheet that forces the issue called IE7, use it along with your current style sheet and it should help out. Pesonally I haven't tried it yet, but if it helps, let me know.

Here's the link:
http://dean.edwards.name/IE7/

[Jurgen]

Originally Posted by SymbioticDesign

I design my pages for 100%.

Just try 98-99% and all will be fine....

http://www.bandofgonzos.com/

[ChrisRC]

Did the suggestions that have been made solve your problem? If you're still having trouble, post a link and maybe we can address this specific problem.

IE adding borders to DIVs without being told to is something I've never heard of before...

[chartsky]

Just try 98-99% and all will be fine....

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So true LOL!

I have constructed complete websites from css in my newfound css glee and they NEVER work 100% of the time. The compliance from all sectors of the industry is just not there yet... and be careful... css is a quasi-trend like anything else at the moment.... you cannot beat the realiablility of a table with a spacer gif....

I use css only for creating styles, some block and list elements but not for entire web pages.... not YET anyway.

Cheers,

Chris.

[godzilla]

Personnaly I have been using CSS for past 3 years since the first time I have learned the HTML and I allways use CSS in all my sites(without totally ignoring tables though)

I never used XHTML but I also designed few W3C compliant websites...

And after all this I never have seen anything you were reffering to.

If you find an answer to the problem please post it here... I hope that I will never get to anything like this...but who knows???