Thanks for the comments - i was more worried about the look rather than the rendering - silly misstake seen as the both are related - I have made some ammendments to the style sheet so should layout correctly. padding with absolute widths was causeing the problem but one of the lads from baords.ie mentioned that nested divs and setting overflow to hidden would resolve this. What does the overflow achieve ??

Karl Herbert Professional Golf Instructor

Anyhow really appreciate the comments all very constructive and very helpful!

THanks