Layout isn't displaying right, prlly really easy fix

Could you guys help me, I can't figure out why this layout won't display properly in IE7. In firefox it looks perfect, but for some reason IE doesn't like it and pushes the content down past the nav bar.

Edit: Removed links, solved. Thanks Dan Schulz !

Thanks!

 

short answer: you're too wide, so it gets pushed down to where it can fit.

long answer: ie handles padding and borders differently in the box model.
you need to set your width with taking borders and padding into the total width.

 

I tried changing the width but it still doesn't work :| I'm stumped and the website is live

 

Take this garbage:

<!--
 ____________________________________________________________
|                                                            |
|    DESIGN + Pat Heard { http://fullahead.org }             |
|      DATE + 2006.03.19                                     |
| COPYRIGHT + Free use if this notice is left in place       |
|____________________________________________________________|

-->

Code (markup):

And move it below the HEAD element's opening tag.

 

thank you so much^^ + rep

 

I'm sorry, first I didn't mean to come off as being rude (those who know me on SitePoint will know what happened to me recently), and second, i forgot to tell you that having anything above the DOCTYPE declaration (even blank space) will force IE into quirks mode (meaning it'll have to guess how you want the page to look, rather than following your instructions to the letter).