wordpress layout catastrophe Options

[LuvsDogs387]

I’m trying to make a layout for wordpress but it isn’t going so well. I’m having a lot of trouble with the style sheet. Take a look and my site which looks ok in IE and totally messed up in Firefox. I really want this to be compatible in both browsers. Can someone please look at my index, style sheet, and site to help me figure out this mess
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what I was trying to do:
get sidebar and content to sit next to each other
have a full page background and a blog background
have a picture header and picture footer
and center the page without centering the text

Any help would be appreciated :)

Style Sheet

<!-- begin code provided by createblog.com --><br />#page {<br /> background-image: url(/wp-content/themes/Greek Getaway/images/gg_40.gif);<br /> width: 847px;<br /> border: 0px solid #000000;<br /> margin: 0px 50px 0px 0px; <br />}<br />#header {<br /> background-color: white;<br /> width: 847px;<br /> height: 417px;<br /> border: 0px solid #000000;<br />}<br />#footer {<br /> width:847px;<br /> height: 97px;<br /> border: 0px solid #000000;<br /> text-align: center;<br /> background-image: url(/wp-content/themes/Greek Getaway/images/gg_42.gif);<br /> padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;<br />}<br />#sidebar{<br /> float: left;<br /> width: 170px;<br /> padding-left:60px;<br /> border: 0px solid #000000;<br />}<br />#content {<br /> float: right;<br /> width: 490px;<br /> padding-left:30px;<br /> border: 0px solid #000000;<br />}<br />BODY {<br />    color: #000000; <br /> font-size: 10pt; <br /> line-height: 10pt; <br /> font-family: Arial Narrow, sans serif;<br /> text-align: justify; <br /> letter-spacing: 0pt; <br /> margin: 0px;<br /> background-image: url(/wp-content/themes/Greek Getaway/images/gg_13.gif);<br /> background-repeat: repeat; <br /> background-color:#CCCCCC;<br /> cursor: crosshair;<br />}<br />A:link, A:visited, A:active {<br /> font-size: 10pt; <br /> line-height: 10pt; <br /> font-family: Arial Narrow, sans serif; <br /> letter-spacing: 0pt;<br />    text-decoration: underline;<br /> color: #666666;<br />}<br />A:hover {<br /> font-size: 10pt; <br /> line-height: 10pt; <br /> font-family: Arial Narrow, sans serif; <br /> letter-spacing: 0pt;<br />    text-decoration: underline;<br /> color: #FFFFFF;<br /> cursor: nw-resize;<br />}<br />input, textarea, select { <br /> font-size: 10pt;<br /> line-height: 10pt;<br /> background-color: #CCCCCC; <br /> color: #000000; <br /> border: 1px solid #FFFFFF; <br /> font-family: Arial Narrow, sans serif;<br />}<br />li.newbullet {<br /> list-style-image:url(/images/bullet.gif)<br />}<br />IMG {<br /> BORDER: 0px; <br /> margin: 0px;<br />}<br />TD {<br />    color: #000000; <br /> text-align: justify; <br /> font-size: 10pt; <br /> line-height: 10pt; <br /> font-family: Arial Narrow, sans serif; <br /> letter-spacing: 0pt;<br /> text-decoration: none;<br />}<br />B, U, I {<br /> COLOR: #6666CC; <br /> FONT-SIZE: 10pt; <br /> LINE-HEIGHT: 10pt; <br /> FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow, sans serif; <br />}<br />#navigation ul { <br /> margin: 0;<br /> width: 170px; <br /> font: bold 10px Arial Narrow, sans serif;<br /> list-style: none; <br /> padding : 0px;<br />} <br />#navigation ul li { <br /> margin: 0; <br /> padding: 0; <br /> text-align: left; <br /> padding : 0px;<br />}<br />#navigation ul li a {<br /> display: block; <br /> width: 170px; <br /> height: 15px;<br /> line-height: 15px;<br /> padding : 0px;<br />}<br />#navigation ul li a {<br /> display: block; <br /> width: 170px; <br /> height: 15px;<br /> line-height: 15px;<br /> color: #ffffff; <br /> font-weight: bold;<br /> padding : 0px;<br />}<br />#navigation a:link, #navigation a:visited {<br /> background-color: #transparent; <br />} <br />#navigation a:hover, #navigation a:active {<br /> background-color: #CCCCCC;<br />}<br />#navigation ul li a {<br /> display: block; <br /> width: 170px; <br /> height: 15px;<br /> line-height: 15px;<br /> color: #ffffff; <br /> font-weight: bold;<br /> border-bottom: solid 1px #FFFFFF;<br /> text-decoration: none;<br /> padding : 0px;<br />} <br />.h1 {<br /> font-family: Arial Narrow, sans serif; <br /> font-family: 10pt; <br /> line-height: 12pt; <br /> text-align: center;<br /> color: #FFFFFF;<br /> background-color: #CCCCCC;<br /> border-bottom: 2px solid #6666CC;<br /> margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;<br />}<br /><!-- end code provided by createblog.com -->

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[megumint]

GAAAH! You have tables? And the <center> tag! I'm going to die.

....

Okay, I'm back.
Get rid of the tables and all that extra coding.. such as border: 0px 0px #00000
If you put border:0, I'm sure it knows not to put a black border.

Why would the header even have a border?
Hm.

Anyway.

Next, you should use some absolute positioning to get what you want. Yeah!

And Firefox is.. well. I've found it easier to code in Firefox first, then use random overrides to make it work in IE. Such as body > whatever

But.. with IE 7, they said not to do that anymore. I forgot what exactly they said to do. It was something like [ifIE7something]

Sigh. I know I didn't give you that many answers, but.. Gah. I can't do everything, can I?

Anyway. Google that stuff. And.. stuff.

Maybe find a basic layout for what you want, then just stick in the images in the spaces provided. There are tons of sites like that.