Posted by Beauregard T. Shagnasty on 07/26/07 16:43

pablopatito wrote:

> I have the following page which seems to work in all browsers except
> IE6. In IE6, the second class (myclass2) is ignored, but the first
> class works fine. Is there something wrong with my code, or is there
> a workaround. Any advise for a relative novice would be much
> appreciated.

Do you have this working on a web server? Provide a URL.

> <style>
> #mainbody {background: red;width:600px}
> #mainbody.myclass1 {background: yellow;width:300px}
> #mainbody.myclass2 {background: green;width:300px}
> </style>
>
> <div id="mainBody">Hello</div>
>
> <div id="mainBody" class="myclass1">World</div>
>
> <div id="mainBody" class="myclass2">World</div>

An id is only permitted once on a page. You would notice this at:
http://validator.w3.org/

Why don't you wrap all your content in one div which uses the
id="mainBody" ?

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-bts
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