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So I have a tiny header image that repeats on the x axis, but for some reason it won't show up in IE8. Anyone know a work around? Thanks in advanced.

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    <div id="title">
    <span class="maintitle">Site Title Goes Here</span>
    <br />
    <span class="subtitle">Transitional Justice, Post-Conflict Reconstruction & Reconciliation in Rwanda and Beyond
    Phil Clark and Zachary D. Kaufman, editors</span>
    </div>
    <img class="thebook" src="images/thebook.png" />
    <span class="bookblurb">
    <span class="bookbuy">Buy the book</span>
    get it online
    <br />
    from Columbia,
    Hurst or your
    favorite reseller
    </span>

</div>

<div id="navbar">
    <ul>
        <li>HOME</li>
        <li>ABOUT THE BOOK</li>
        <li>AUTHORS</li>
        <li>NEWS & EVENTS</li>
        <li>KIGALI PUBLIC LIBRARY</li>
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    <img class="polaroid" src="images/polaroid.png" />
    <br />

    <span class="roidplace">Gisimba Memorial Centre</span>
    <br />
    <span class="roidname">Kigali, Rwanda</span>
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    <div id="textblockone">
    <h3>An incisive analysis of genocide and its aftermath</h3>
    <br />
    <span class="description">In After Genocide leading scholars and practitioners analyse the political, legal and regional impact of events in post-genocide Rwanda within the broader themes of transitional justice, reconstruction and reconciliation. Given the 
forthcoming fifteenth anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, and continued mass violence in Africa, especially in Darfur, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and northern Uganda, this volume is unquestionably of continuing relevance. </span>






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<div id="form">
    <div id="statement">
    This book should be labeled for the mature individual only. But for that mature individual it is of extreme interest. 
    It shows, far from any Manichean stereotyping, the many facets of having to try to live in an impossibly complex social 
    and human situation. Highly recommended. 
    <br /><br />
    <span class="author">-Grard Prunier</span> 
    <br /><span class="bookname">The Rwanda Crisis: History of a Genocide (Hurst, 1995)</span>
    </div>
    <div id="contactform">
<span class="contactus">Contact us for additional information and site updates</span>
<br />
<span class="theform">
<form class="forming">
Name:
<input type="text" name="firstname" />
<br />
Title:
<input type="text" name="title" />
<br />
Institution:
<input type="text" name="institution" />
<br />
Email:
<input type="text" name="email" />
<br />
Message:
<input type="text" name="message" class="message" />
</form> 
</span>


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<span class="plug">Web design by <span class="avity">Avity</span>
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html, body {
    margin:0;
    padding:0;
    background-color:#fdffe3;
    font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}




#wrapper {
    width:1020px;
    margin:0 auto;
}

/*begin header style*/

#header {
    background:url("images/headback.png")repeat-x;
    width:1020px;
    height:120px;
    font-family:arial;
    position:relative;
}

#title {
    width:565px;
    height:100px;
    float:left;
    margin:20px 0 0 100px;
}

.maintitle {
    font-size:40px;
}

.subtitle {
    font-size:13px;
}

.thebook {
    float:left;
    margin:10px 0 0 30px;
    border:2px solid #666666;


}

.bookblurb {
    float:left;
    width:110px;
    margin:15px 0 0 15px;
    font-size:13px;
}

.bookbuy {
    font-weight:bold;
    font-size:14px;
}
/*end header style*/

/*begin navigation style*/

#navbar {
    margin:5px 0 0 0;
    height: 30px;
    width: 1020px;
    background-color: #3a3e30;


}

#navbar ul {


    padding: 0px;
    font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-size: 12px;
    color: #FFF;
    line-height: 30px;
    white-space: nowrap;
    margin:0 0 0 140px;

}

#navbar ul li {
    list-style-type: none;
    display: inline;
    margin:0 40px 0 0;



}

/*end navigation style*/

/*begin content style*/

#content {
    width:775px;
    margin:0 auto;
}

#blockone {
    margin:25px 0 0 0;
}

#polaroid {
float:left;
width:230px;

}

.roidplace {
    font-weight:bold;
    font-size:11px;

}
.roidname {
    font-size:11px;
    margin:0 0 0 40px;
}

#textblockone {
    width:745px;
    margin:0 0 0 0;
    font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;

}


.description {
    font-size:13px;

}

#form {
    background:url("images/formbackround.png") no-repeat;
    width:758px;
    height:231px;
    margin:80px 0 0 10px;
}

#statement {
    width:320px;
    margin:30px 0 0 30px;
    position:absolute;
    font-size:15px;
    font-style:italic;
    float:left;

}

.author {
    font-weight:bold;
    font-size:14;
}

.bookname {
    font-weight:bold;
    font-size:11px;
    color:#3f91ad;
}

#contactform {
    float:right;
    width:320px;
    margin:20px 30px 0 0;
}

.contactus {
    font-weight:bold;
    font-size:12px;
}

.theform {


}

.forming {

}

.message {
    height:50px;
}

#footer {
    width:1020px;
    height:65px;
    background-color:#dfdacc;
    margin:35px 0 0 0;
    font-size:13px;
    font-weight:bold;
}
.footernav {
    margin:30px 0 0 150px;
    position:absolute;
    width:1020px;

}

.footerlinks {
    margin:0 10px 0 10px;
    color:#0f77a9;
}

.plug {
    margin:0 0 0 175px;
}

.avity {
    color:#0f77a9;
}

Live site: http://cheapramen.com/testsite/

+2  A: 

Try adding a space between ) and no-repeat.

ZippyV
HAH!It worked. IE will be the reason I have an ulcer in the near future.
Davey
+1  A: 

Davey, I just had the exact same reaction as you upon figuring this out...I've spent almost 3 hours on this problem, just to find that it was because I didn't include those spaces...

Bennett
I have a similar reaction when I put Firefox on my dads computer and then the next time I visit him he has never used it and is still using IE
Davey
A: 

Awesome. Fixed my problem too. Had the same issue. I never had a problem with IE until I started making websites. It's just plain lazy!

Grant