IE problems with css
 

I tailored my website to firefox. In opera, the padding (at least for the bottom) seems to not work, but thats a minor problem. However, in IE6, the page just looks like a catastrophe.

Here is what it looks like...firefox on the left, IE6 on the right:
http://www.fabric8d.com/cssbrowserincompatibility.jpg

IE6 has the large blank area that i would like to get rid of and it is not repeating the inner background. I thought about doing a browser check for IE and have the corresponding code, but would like to avoid it if possible.

Is there a way to go about fixing this without doing conditional statements?

note: I am using purely CSS for the website.

Re: IE problems with css
 

IE is really tough with CSS...some things it ignores completely (min-height being one of them). If the web was only built for Firefox alone, things would be a whole lot easier wouldn't it? :) In any event, you may want to check with Boomer, he wrote a completely CSS skin for X-Cart and may be able to offer some pointers.