Why does this site change size?

[ivanmax]

Hi,

Could anybody tell me why this site changes size in internet explorer? I mean the first page if of one size but when you click spanish or english the site changes size. It is OK in Firefox through...

www.artepolaroid.com

Thanks a lot,

Iván

[Taltos]

I looked at it with IE7 first and it didn't change size. I then looked at it with IE6 and the white area expanded just a little bit. This tells me that you need to do a quick google on something called the "IE box model hack". IE6 and earlier implemented the "box model" a little differently then the standards intended. Normally, most block items in HTML are considered to have a box around them. That box contains the text or graphic only. Any padding, borders or margins are outside that box. IE6 and before considers the box to ALSO contain any padding and borders you add. This makes the box height and width different from FF and other standards based browsers. IE7 has fixed this. What it means is that lots of things shift just a bit in IE6 or less because the boxes that contain an item are a little larger if you have added padding and/or borders. You use the IE box model hack to force IE6 to use slightly different sizes than all the other browsers. It a bit of a pain. If this explanation makes no sense, you will find some that make better sense when you google "IE box model hack". Have fun!