CSS layout issue - IE. which hack?

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Hi - I see that no less than 50% of the threads issued in this forum are covering a twist on my very question; I guess when I get a grasp on these issues I will have safely arrived in CSSdesignerland…

Here’s a link to the site in question, which is wonderful in FF but shifted horribly to the right in IE:

http://strongfelt.com/v2/home.html

it works fine in every browser i’ve checked but IE, leading me to believe I need some sort of spacing/white space hack…but which one? I feel like I could get it through tinkering and reading online eventually, but due to serious time constraints and an anxious client, I gratefully and humbly defer to the experience of you fine folks. can anyone help me here? Thanks so much in advance…

oh - and here’s my CSS. i know it’s chunky, but i’m learning:

/* CSS Document /
/ HACK IE - regrettable but the easy way to make it behave ( for now) /
.clearfix:after { content: “.”; display: block; height: 0; clear: both; visibility: hidden;}
/ Hides from IE-mac */

  • html .clearfix {height: 1%;}
    /* End hide from IE-mac /
    /     basic elements */
    body {
    background-image: url(“images/blankBGimage.jpg”);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-color: #CCC093;
    background-position: top center;
    background-attachment: fixed;
    text-align: center;
    font: normal 11px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    margin-bottom: 30px;
    padding: 0 12px 0 12px;
    color: #2E2C22;
    }
    p {
    font: normal 12px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    margin: 0px;
    padding: 0px 12px 0 12px;
    text-align: left;
    }
    p2 {
    font: normal 11px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-weight: bold;
    margin: 0px;
    padding: 0px 12px 0 12px;
    text-align: left;
    }
    h1 {
    font: normal 11px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    letter-spacing: 0px;
    margin: 0px;
    background-color: none;
    color: #2E2C22;
    }
    h2 {
    font: normal 7px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    letter-spacing: 0px;
    font-weight: bold;
    padding: 10px 0 0 14px;
    margin: 0px;
    text-align: left;
    background-color: none;
    color: #2E2C22;
    }
    h3 {
    font: normal 9px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    letter-spacing: 0px;
    margin: 0px;
    padding: 5px 0 5px 10px;
    background-color: none;
    color: #2E2C22;
    }
    h4 {
    font: normal 12px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    letter-spacing: 0px;
    font-weight: bold;
    margin: 20px 0 10px 10px;
    background-color: none;
    color: #5C0101;
    }
    a:link {
    font-weight: bold;
    text-decoration: none;
    background-color: none;
    color: #2E2C22;
    }
    a:visited {
    font-weight: bold;
    text-decoration: none;
    background-color: none;
    color: #2E2C22;
    }
    a:hover, a:active {
    text-decoration: none;
    background-color: none;
    color: #5C0101;
    }

/* specific divs */
div#container {
top: 0px;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
min-height: 800px;
width: 800px;
}

div#navbar2 {
background-image: url(“images/subnav.gif”);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
position: absolute;
top: 110px;
margin-left: 524px;
width: 97px;
height: 380px;
}

div#main {
position: absolute;
margin: 60px 0 30px 85px;
padding: 0px;
width: 524px;
text-align:left;
}

div#header {
background: transparent;
background-image: url(“images/header.gif”);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
margin: 0px;
width: 524px;
height: 106px;
}

div#nav_bio {
float:left;
margin: 87px 0px 4px 34px;
}

div#nav_statement {
float:left;
margin: 87px 0px 4px 16px;
}

div#nav_portfolio {
float:left;
margin: 87px 0px 4px 16px;
}

div#nav_resume {
float:left;
margin: 87px 0px 4px 105px;
}

div#nav_contact {
float:left;
margin: 87px 0px 4px 16px;
}

div#contentwell {
min-height: 440px;
width: 524px;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
background-image: url(“images/contentBG.gif”);
background-repeat: repeat-y;
}

div#resnav {
width: 524px;
height: 50px;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
}

div#resnavfoot {
width: 524px;
height: 75px;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
}

div#footer {
text-align: center;
background-image: url(“images/footer.gif”);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
margin-bottom: 20px;
padding: 0px;
width: 524px;
height: 24px;
}

#footer a:link, #footer a:visited {
margin-right: 20px;
}

ul {
list-style-type: none;
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
text-align: center;
}

li {
margin: 28px 0 28px 0;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
}