CSS - Just Want An Opinion On The Style!

Can someone please explain why this page looks this way? It's happening in all the browsers used.

http://cjenkinsweb.com/shutterstock_submit.JPG

here is the way it normally looks, in terms of style. Of course you will not be logged in, so it is not the same content.
http://submit.shutterstock.com/main.mhtml

I would appreciate an opinion.
Thanks.

I am just wondering if there is a way to simply extend a style rule from one previously defined. For instance, if I have this rule:
Code:

 .textarea-box {
	color: #990000;
	background-color: #fff;
	width: 375px;
	height: 200px;
	border: #000 solid 1px;
	} 

...if I want another text area rule to be the same except for one difference, the height should be 80px, do I have to write the rule out again with a new name, incorporating the new height, or is there some nifty way to just change the height in the new rule?
Thanks for help with this.
j9

I have a menu bar made up of <a href> elements that have a hover style of: PHP Code:
#mainMenu a:hover {
    color:#000000;
    background-color: #66c74c;
    padding: 1px 4px 1px 4px;
    margin: 1px 1px 1px 1px;
} 



This will provide a green colored rollover visual as the user moves their mouse over the menu bar.

I just added some JS today that will highlight the clicked (selected) menu so there is visual feedback of the section the user is in. For some reason, after setting the background color of the <a href> and color attributes, the HOVER: no longer functions. Here is the code to do the hilite where I pass the ID of the <a href> menu selection in the variable "menu": PHP Code:
//--- Simplify setup by creating an array of the menus and hilight ID's ---
    var menus = ["menu1","menu2","menu3","menu4","menu5",
                "menu6","menu7","menu8","menu9","menu10"];
    
    function J_hiliteMenu(menu) {
        //--- first make sure all the menu are hidden and unhilited ---
        for(i=0; i < menus.length; i++) {
            if (menus[i] == menu) theIndex = i; // Hold on to the chosen index position
            var obj = document.getElementById(menus[i]);
            if (obj == null) continue;             // if menu is not available skip it
            obj.style.color = "#ffffff";
            obj.style.backgroundColor = "#234fd7";
        }
        //--- hilite the menu we're interested in ---
        var obj = document.getElementById(menu);
        obj.style.color = "#000000";
        obj.style.backgroundColor = "#f8f400";
    } 



Prior to hiliting the menu I un-hilite all the menus (since we may be switching from another). I think this is where the problem is. Maybe I need to redefine the rollover "hover" attribute for all elements during the un-hilite loop? Does anyone know how to set a HOVER: attribute using JavaScript?

Thanks!

Hello,

In the css below, why I can't set it on the same time?
Code:

    background: #FFF url(../images/main_bottom.gif) no-repeat  bottom ;
    background: #FFF url(../images/main_top.gif) no-repeat  top ;

I did a web page for a company and it looks fine in ie7 where I tested it.

The problem is when viewed in IE6 its like it ignores the sizes I put in.

The box appears too big in IE6 and is the propr size in IE7.
Is there any way to fix it so it would look the same in IE6 as IE7?