ie problems ( don’t understand validation)

[CaptainLarryIII]

My site uses a wordpress theme but while viewing it in ie it creates a space between the nav links and the content. Also it messes up the content background too. I used a validator but I don’t understand where the problem is. I also noticed that although I use an edited version of the theme, the original had problems with ie too.

Original theme:http://www.thatagency.com/THATthemes/
My site using it: http://ultimatechristianreviews.com/demo/

header.php

Code:

“>

• href=”“>Home

style.css

Code:

/*
Theme Name: THAT Music Theme
Theme URI: http://www.thatagency.com/THATthemes/index.php?wptheme=THAT+Music+Theme
Description: Thatagency.com Music Blog Theme
Version: 1.1
Author: THAT Agency
Author URI: http://www.thatagency.com/
Tags: red, dark, three-columns, fixed-width, right-sidebar
*/

/* Reset CSS */
@import url(“reset.css”);

/* All Text CSS */
@import url(“text.css”);

/* 960 Grid CSS */
@import url(“960.css”);

/*********************************************************************
Primary Construct – Generic Styles
*********************************************************************/

body {
background:url(img/grunge_bck.jpg) top center repeat fixed;
margin:0;
padding:0;
}

.clear {
clear:both;
}

img.centered {
display: block;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
}

img.alignright {
padding: 4px;
margin: 0 0 2px 7px;
display: inline;
}

img.alignleft {
padding: 4px;
margin: 0 7px 2px 0;
display: inline;
}

.alignright {
float: right;
}

.alignleft {
float: left;
}

img {
border:none;
}

.aligncenter {
display: block;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
}

/*********************************************************************
Title
*********************************************************************/

.blog_title h1 {
background: #8E0000 url(img/Castle.gif) top center no-repeat;
font-size:19px;
color:;
margin:0 0 5px 0;
padding:0px 0 0 0px;
height:171px;
width:497px;
}
.blog_title h1 a {
background:url(img/) top left no-repeat;
padding: 7px 0 0 45px;
color:;
text-decoration:none;
}

.blog_title h1 a:hover {
text-decoration:line-through;
}

.blog_title h4 {
font-size:13px;
color:;
padding:0 0 0 65px;
}

/*********************************************************************
Navigation
*********************************************************************/
.navigation {
background:url(img/nav_bck.jpg) repeat-x top left;
height:45px;
font-size:13px;
}

.navigation ul {
float:left;
list-style:none;
}

.navigation ul li {
float:left;
display:block;
}

.navigation ul li a {
background:url(img/nav_rightbrdr.gif) top right no-repeat;
color:#FFF;
display:block;
font-weight:bold;
height: 13px;
padding:15px 15px;
text-decoration:none;
margin:0;
width:auto;
float:left;
}

.search_box {
float:right;
margin:10px;
color:#FFF;
width:222px;
}

input.search_field {
border:2px solid #26262A;
background:#575A62;
height:16px;
widht:190px;
color:#FFF;
}

input.search_btn {
margin:0 10px 0 0;
float:left;
}

/*********************************************************************
Main Image Header
*********************************************************************/

.main_image img {
margin:0;
padding:0;
}

/*********************************************************************
Content
*********************************************************************/

.content_wrapper {
background:#908873 url(img/content_bck.gif) top right no-repeat;
}

/*********************************************************************
Entry Styles
*********************************************************************/

.entry {
background:url(img/post_bck.png) repeat !important;
_background:none;
padding:20px;
line-height:140%;
margin:15px 5px 50px 15px;
}

.entry p {
padding-bottom:10px;
font-size:11px;
line-height:1.4em;
color:#FFF;
}

.entry p a {
color:#A80108;
}

.entry h2.sectionhead {
font: normal 10px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
text-transform:uppercase;
padding-bottom:15px;
background:none;
border:none;
}

.entry h2 {
font: bold 14px Arial;
color:#FFF;
background:#8E0000;
padding:8px;
display:block;
border:1px solid #908873;
margin:0 0 3px;
}

.entry h2 a {
color:#FFF;
text-decoration:none;
}

.entry img {
}

html>body .entry ul {
padding: 0 0 0 30px;
padding-left: 10px;
}

html>body .entry li {
margin: 7px 0 8px 10px;
color:#FFF;
font-size:11px;
}

.entry ul li:before {
content: “0BB 020”;
}

.entry p.postinfo {
font-size:10px;
padding-bottom:10px;
margin-bottom:15px;
color:#2A2B2E;
}

.entry p.postinfo a {
color:#2A2B2E;
}

.entry p.postinfo span.upper {
}

.entry p.postinfo span.category {
padding-right:20px;
color:#2A2B2E;
}

.entry p.postinfo span.comment {
padding-right:16px;
}

.post {
margin-bottom:25px;
}

blockquote {
background:#A9A088;
border-bottom:2px solid #908873;
border-top:2px solid #908873;
color:#FFF;
font-size:200%;
font-style:italic;
margin:23px 30px;
padding:4px 4px 4px 10px;
}

/*********************************************************************
Right Side Content
*********************************************************************/

.right {
background: #7F7968 url(img/right_bck.gif) bottom right repeat;
margin-bottom:0px;
margin-top:0px;
}

h2.widgettitle {
color:#FFF;
background:#6C6351;
font-size:13px;
padding:5px 5px 5px 15px;
margin:0 0 5px 0;
display:block;
}

.sleft ul li ul li, sright ul li ul li {
color:#FFF;
padding:5px 0 6px 0;
font-size:15px;
background:url(img/bullet.gif) no-repeat 0 7px;
padding-left:16px;
margin:0 0 0 5px;
}

.sleft ul li a, .sright ul li a {
color:#FFF;
}

/*********************************************************************
Tabbed Content
*********************************************************************/

/*********************************************************************
Comments
*********************************************************************/

#c {
float:left;
width:150px;
font-size:9px;
}

#cc {
float:right;
width:300px;
font-size:9px;
}

#commentform p {
padding-bottom:10px;
}

#commentform #author {
border:1px solid #BBB;
height:20px;
background:#f5f5f5;
padding-left:5px;
}

#commentform #email {
border:1px solid #BBB;
height:20px;
background:#f5f5f5;
padding-left:5px;
}

#commentform #url {
border:1px solid #BBB;
height:20px;
background:#f5f5f5;
padding-left:5px;
}

#commentform #comment {
border:1px solid #BBB;
padding:10px;
width:278px;
}

.commentlist {
font-size:10px;
}

.commentlist cite {
padding:5px 5px 5px 10px;
}

.commentlist cite a {
color:#FFF;
}

.commentlist .ctext {
border-bottom:1px solid #908873;
font-size:11px;
}

.postmetadata {
border: 1px solid #908873;
padding:10px;
color:#FFF;
font-size:10px;
}

.postmetadata a {
color:#FFF;
}

.ccomment {
line-height:140%;
margin:0;
padding:20px 5px 20px 20px;
color:#FFF;
}

.ccomment a {
color:#FFF;
}

.ccomment h3 {
font-size:12px;
}

.ccomment ol {
}

.ccomment ol li {
padding:15px;
background:#6C6351;
}

.ccomment ol li.alt {
background:#A9A088;
padding:15px;
}

/*********************************************************************
Captions
*********************************************************************/
.wp-caption {
border: 1px solid #ddd;
text-align: center;
background-color: #f3f3f3;
padding-top: 4px;
margin: 10px;
-moz-border-radius: 3px;
-khtml-border-radius: 3px;
-webkit-border-radius: 3px;
border-radius: 3px;
}

.wp-caption img {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 0 none;
}

.wp-caption-dd {
font-size: 11px;
line-height: 17px;
padding: 0 4px 5px;
margin: 0;
}

/*********************************************************************
Footer
*********************************************************************/

.footer {
background:url(img/footer_bck.jpg) top center repeat-x;
height:51px;
color:#FFF;
margin-bottom:50px;
text-align:right;
font-size:11px;
}

.footer a {
color:#FFF;
text-decoration:none;
}

.footer a:hover {
color:#CCC;
text-decoration:underline;
}

.footer p {
padding:15px;
}

Grid/ 960.css

Code:

/*
960 Grid System ~ Core CSS.
Learn more ~ http://960.gs/

Licensed under GPL and MIT.
*/

/* =Containers
——————————————————————————–*/

.container_12,
.container_16
{
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
width: 960px;
}

/* =Grid >> Global
——————————————————————————–*/

.grid_1,
.grid_2,
.grid_3,
.grid_4,
.grid_5,
.grid_6,
.grid_7,
.grid_8,
.grid_9,
.grid_10,
.grid_11,
.grid_12,
.grid_13,
.grid_14,
.grid_15,
.grid_16
{
display: inline;
float: right;
margin-left: 0px;
margin-right: 10px;
}

.container_12 .grid_3,
.container_16 .grid_4
{
width: 202px;
}

.container_12 .grid_6,
.container_16 .grid_8
{
width: 460px;
}

.container_12 .grid_9,
.container_16 .grid_12
{
width: 700px;
}

.container_12 .grid_12,
.container_16 .grid_16
{
width: 940px;
}

/* =Grid >> Children (Alpha ~ First, Omega ~ Last)
——————————————————————————–*/

.alpha
{
margin-left:0;
}

.omega
{
margin-right: 0;
}

/* =Grid >> 12 Columns
——————————————————————————–*/

.container_12 .grid_1
{
width: 60px;
}

.container_12 .grid_2
{
width: 140;
}

.container_12 .grid_4
{
width: 300px;
}

.container_12 .grid_5
{
width: 380px;
}

.container_12 .grid_7
{
width: 540px;
}

.container_12 .grid_8
{
width: 620px;
}

.container_12 .grid_10
{
width: 780px;
}

.container_12 .grid_11
{
width: 860px;
}

/* =Grid >> 16 Columns
——————————————————————————–*/

.container_16 .grid_1
{
width: 40px;
}

.container_16 .grid_2
{
width: 100px;
}

.container_16 .grid_3
{
width: 160px;
}

.container_16 .grid_5
{
width: 280px;
}

.container_16 .grid_6
{
width: 340px;
}

.container_16 .grid_7
{
width: 214px;
}

.container_16 .grid_9
{
width: 715px;
}

.container_16 .grid_10
{
width: 580px;
}

.container_16 .grid_11
{
width: 640px;
}

.container_16 .grid_13
{
width: 760px;
}

.container_16 .grid_14
{
width: 820px;
}

.container_16 .grid_15
{
width: 880px;
}

/* =Prefix Extra Space >> Global
——————————————————————————–*/

.container_12 .prefix_3,
.container_16 .prefix_4
{
padding-left: 240px;
}

.container_12 .prefix_6,
.container_16 .prefix_8
{
padding-left: 480px;
}

.container_12 .prefix_9,
.container_16 .prefix_12
{
padding-left: 720px;
}

/* =Prefix Extra Space >> 12 Columns
——————————————————————————–*/

.container_12 .prefix_1
{
padding-left: 80px;
}

.container_12 .prefix_2
{
padding-left: 160px;
}

.container_12 .prefix_4
{
padding-left: 320px;
}

.container_12 .prefix_5
{
padding-left: 400px;
}

.container_12 .prefix_7
{
padding-left: 560px;
}

.container_12 .prefix_8
{
padding-left: 640px;
}

.container_12 .prefix_10
{
padding-left: 800px;
}

.container_12 .prefix_11
{
padding-left: 880px;
}

/* =Prefix Extra Space >> 16 Columns
——————————————————————————–*/

.container_16 .prefix_1
{
padding-left: 60px;
}

.container_16 .prefix_2
{
padding-left: 120px;
}

.container_16 .prefix_3
{
padding-left: 180px;
}

.container_16 .prefix_5
{
padding-left: 300px;
}

.container_16 .prefix_6
{
padding-left: 360px;
}

.container_16 .prefix_7
{
padding-left: 420px;
}

.container_16 .prefix_9
{
padding-left: 540px;
}

.container_16 .prefix_10
{
padding-left: 600px;
}

.container_16 .prefix_11
{
padding-left: 660px;
}

.container_16 .prefix_13
{
padding-left: 780px;
}

.container_16 .prefix_14
{
padding-left: 840px;
}

.container_16 .prefix_15
{
padding-left: 900px;
}

/* =Suffix Extra Space >> Global
——————————————————————————–*/

.container_12 .suffix_3,
.container_16 .suffix_4
{
padding-right: 240px;
}

.container_12 .suffix_6,
.container_16 .suffix_8
{
padding-right: 480px;
}

.container_12 .suffix_9,
.container_16 .suffix_12
{
padding-right: 720px;
}

/* =Suffix Extra Space >> 12 Columns
——————————————————————————–*/

.container_12 .suffix_1
{
padding-right: 80px;
}

.container_12 .suffix_2
{
padding-right: 160px;
}

.container_12 .suffix_4
{
padding-right: 320px;
}

.container_12 .suffix_5
{
padding-right: 400px;
}

.container_12 .suffix_7
{
padding-right: 560px;
}

.container_12 .suffix_8
{
padding-right: 640px;
}

.container_12 .suffix_10
{
padding-right: 800px;
}

.container_12 .suffix_11
{
padding-right: 880px;
}

/* =Suffix Extra Space >> 16 Columns
——————————————————————————–*/

.container_16 .suffix_1
{
padding-right: 60px;
}

.container_16 .suffix_2
{
padding-right: 120px;
}

.container_16 .suffix_3
{
padding-right: 180px;
}

.container_16 .suffix_5
{
padding-right: 300px;
}

.container_16 .suffix_6
{
padding-right: 360px;
}

.container_16 .suffix_7
{
padding-right: 420px;
}

.container_16 .suffix_9
{
padding-right: 540px;
}

.container_16 .suffix_10
{
padding-right: 600px;
}

.container_16 .suffix_11
{
padding-right: 660px;
}

.container_16 .suffix_13
{
padding-right: 780px;
}

.container_16 .suffix_14
{
padding-right: 840px;
}

.container_16 .suffix_15
{
padding-right: 900px;
}

/* =Clear Floated Elements
——————————————————————————–*/

/* http://sonspring.com/journal/clearing-floats */

html body * span.clear,
html body * div.clear,
html body * li.clear,
html body * dd.clear
{
background: none;
border: 0;
clear: both;
display: block;
float: none;
font-size: 0;
list-style: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
overflow: hidden;
visibility: hidden;
width: 0;
height: 0;
}

/* http://www.positioniseverything.net/easyclearing.html */

.clearfix:after
{
clear: both;
content: ‘.’;
display: block;
visibility: hidden;
height: 0;
}

.clearfix
{
display: inline-block;
}

* html .clearfix
{
height: 1%;
}

.clearfix
{
display: block;
}

[CaptainLarryIII]

^ I just tried that by replacing it over the old .navigation ul, but it didn’t work.

Also any ideas how to stop the content background from breaking up?

Thanks,
Larry

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