# Admin using Internet Explorer 6

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/admin-using-internet-explorer-6/81290>\
**Category:** Radiant CMS\
**Created:** [January 6, 2007, 7:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/admin-using-internet-explorer-6/81290 "2007-01-06T19:53:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Todd\_McGrath](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/e19b73/32.png) [@Todd\_McGrath](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Todd_McGrath)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2007, 7:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/admin-using-internet-explorer-6/81290/1 "2007-01-06T19:53:02Z")

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Hi,

I’m using the /admin site in IE 6 today and see a couple things when  
creating or  
editing pages-

- the page part “popups” load at the bottom of the page beneath all  
other  
content (not like firefox where it’s on top of the other content in the  
middle  
of the page)

- The fields under the more/less link are not the same size and aligned  
differently.

Is this a known issue? I’ve searched the mailing lists but I’m not  
coming up  
with anything relevant to the two issues above.

Todd

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**Author:** ![Todd\_McGrath](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/e19b73/32.png) [@Todd\_McGrath](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Todd_McGrath)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2007, 9:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/admin-using-internet-explorer-6/81290/2 "2007-01-06T21:56:17Z")

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Todd,

I once had those problems it has to do with IE6’s CSS quirkiness. I  
had to fiddle with the stylesheet until I got a more desirable,  
cross-browser solution–it’s not by any means perfect, but it looks  
much better in the IE family.

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**Author:** ![Todd\_McGrath](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/e19b73/32.png) [@Todd\_McGrath](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Todd_McGrath)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2007, 11:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/admin-using-internet-explorer-6/81290/3 "2007-01-06T23:24:27Z")

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Ruben D. Orduz wrote:

> I once had those problems it has to do with IE6’s CSS quirkiness. I  
> had to fiddle with the stylesheet until I got a more desirable,  
> cross-browser solution–it’s not by any means perfect, but it looks  
> much better in the IE family.

Are the changes worth submitting as a patch?

–  
John L.  
[http://wiseheartdesign.com](http://wiseheartdesign.com)

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**Author:** ![Todd\_McGrath](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/e19b73/32.png) [@Todd\_McGrath](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Todd_McGrath)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2007, 2:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/admin-using-internet-explorer-6/81290/4 "2007-01-07T02:21:39Z")

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John, let me see if I can get the admin CSS I fiddled with in a more  
presentable form…I poked around it so much (trying to fix things in  
IE) that it looks (and is) very hocky-poky. If and when I do, I’ll be  
sure to submit a ticket for it. Also, please accept my apologies for  
not finishing the Wiki, but I’ve been up to my nose @ work and @ home,  
have had little time to get these side projects done.

As for Sara’s problem it was a two-fold problem (which I believe it’s  
fixed): 1)yml formatting and 2) file permissions. She still hasn’t  
been able to fix her WEBrick server, but I think that has more to do  
with server config and not related to the app.

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**Author:** ![Todd\_McGrath](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/e19b73/32.png) [@Todd\_McGrath](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Todd_McGrath)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2007, 2:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/admin-using-internet-explorer-6/81290/5 "2007-01-07T02:57:42Z")

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doing a file diff, amazingly (even to myself, after all the fiddling I  
did) it seems the only two changes I did were:

#content table.fieldset td.label {  
padding-top: 10px;  
vertical-align: top;

> > > text-align: left;  
> > > width: 20%;  
> > > }

#content table.fieldset td.field .textbox {

> > > width: 75%;  
> > > }