Background color not changing in IE.

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    Hi,
    Ichanged the background color in mywebsite, but the change only happened in FF and not in IE. Any suggestions?

    Angelo
    www.domesticcarpartsemporium.com
     
    abiz181, Jan 7, 2008 IP
  2. t.sealey

    t.sealey Peon

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    #2
    IE 7 There is a light grey container/div whatever you call it.

    Background color is white which you can see at top half and bottom half.

    Post Code. What exactly is wrong.
     
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  3. abiz181

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    #3
    So theres my problem. I am using IE6 because we have apps at work that dont run on IE7. I will check it out. Thanks for the reply.
     
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  4. t.sealey

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    #4
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    IE7.. It did not look like that before though. The main area was strected to fit window.
     
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    #5
    Here is the code:

    body#background {
    background-color: #F9F9F9;
    }
     
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    body {
    background-color: #F9F9F9;
    }

    Dont delete the part you already have though.

    add that at beginning of CSS tell me what happens.
     
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    #7
    Nope, still the same.
     
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    #8
    body {
    background-color: #F9F9F9;
    }
    body#background {
    background-color: #F9F9F9;
    }

    post the entire css code.
     
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    #9
    /* Main Template Start */
    #page {
    background-color: #C9C9C9;
    margin: 0px;
    padding: 10px;
    width: 970px;
    border-style: solid;
    border-color: #CACACA;
    border-width: 1px;
    display: block;
    }

    #header {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    height: 180px;
    width: 968px;
    border-style: solid;
    border-color: #33ccff;
    border-width: 1px;
    }

    .headerimg {
    margin: 0;
    background: url('images/logo.jpg') no-repeat;
    height: 180px;
    width: 968px;
    }

    body {
    background-color: #F9F9F9;
    }
    body#background {
    background-color: #F9F9F9;
    }

    body {
    margin: 0;
    padding-top: 10px;
    padding-bottom: 10px;
    font-size: 12px;
    font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-serif;
    }
     
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    #10
    I snet you a pm with a picture.. Tell me exactly what is wrong. I would guess it has something to do with the padding?
     
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