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I'm having problems getting 2 of my sites to display properly in IE6...no surprise, I know...the first site is having a classic float-drop issue, I have a width set on the float's containing block but that doesn't seem to help...when the window is resized it still drops below its unfloated neighbor...this page can be seen here.... http://www.karlyoder.com/peterpagast/mrl_robeson.html and the css for it here... http://www.karlyoder.com/peterpagast/css/global.css my 2nd site has a floated ul with an unfloated nested ul in the menu bar...in IE6 the background-color of the menu bar completely covers over the floated ul's nested ul and the nested ul is unable to be seen or interacted with....here it is... http://www.karlyoder.com/crystalhabits/ and here's the css for it... http://www.karlyoder.com/crystalhabits/css/global.css I would like to avoid using tables so I'm hoping there's a way to get IE to handle these floats properly...I appreciate any help...