Not sure which elements control ...

[beyre]

I'm in going in circles with this and it's probably as plain as the nose on my face.


http://www.theironhorseman.com/motorcycle-store/

If you look along the right hand side, you see how the black background of the main column in on a gray (#666666) background, and then there is a lighter (#CCCCCC) border. In Firefox, all looks perfect, but in IE, the black main content section doesn't go far enough to the right. So, that's problem one.

Problem Two:
Look at the left column ... it butts up against the border ... it needs that same buffer as you see on the right hand side of the site, as I mentioned above. AND, the column needs to come up a hair to be level with the top of the black background of the main content area.

Problem Three: Now for the rest of the site. Instead of that black background behind a page's main contents, I need it to be the same #CCCCCC as is the background in the left column boxes. Despite the Developer's Tool Box, I'm having trouble finding where this could be controlled if not within the stylesheet.

Basically, I am trying to mirror the site design of
http://www.theironhorseman.com/motorcycle-gear/ (x-cart) as much as possible.

If the description of my problems are as clear as mud, let me know and I'll do screen caps with lovely arrows.

Thanks in advance!
~ Barbara

[kobra]

You have an extra div that is interferring with normal alignments
fixcenter is what it is

[beyre]

Hmmm, without the fixcenter I wasn't able to give a width to the site anywhere else nor do the appropriate background colors.

[beyre]

Now it won't center align at all. I can get it in IE, but not in FF ... and I don't want the text to align center ... just the site ...

[beyre]

Ok, took out the fixcenter div ... am still back to my original problem listed in the first post.

[TShooters]

Try removing this in your stylesheet:
#logo, .centerBoxContents, .specialsListBoxContents, .categoryListBoxContents, .centerBoxContentsAlsoPurch, .attribImg {
float: left;
}

Farther down in the stylesheet you have it to center.

Also, everywhere you have a <br> should be <br />