Disappearing Vertical Spry menu buttons in IE

I have some experience with web developement, but this is my first attempt at Spry menus. I have a horizontal menu that is working great, but the vertical menu doesn't work correctly in IE (I'm using IE8). It works just fine in Firefox. When I mouse over a button, all the other buttons disappear, and then most of the buttons don't appear again even when I move the mouse off of the menu.
Here's the temporary URL to the page in question: http://web.mst.edu/~cdcgg3/AAVG/template_USLI.html (Note: this is just the preliminary layout, none of the links go anywhere yet.)
Any ideas? Like I said, I'm new to Spry so any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
~clueless

I think you may have an issue with height:auto in IE
Have a look at this tutorial by David Powers http://foundationphp.com/tutorials/sprymenu/customize1.php

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ul.MenuBarVertical ul
border: 1px solid #D6D6D6;
width: 12em;
/* Menu items are a light gray block with padding and no text decoration */
ul.MenuBarVertical a
display: block;
cursor: pointer;
background-color: #CC9999;
color: #C03;
text-decoration: none;
font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;
font-size: 12px;
font-style: normal;
border: thin solid #D6D6D6;
overflow: hidden;
padding-top: 0.5em;
padding-right: 0.75em;
padding-bottom: 0.5em;
padding-left: 0.75em;
width: auto;
position: relative;
/* Menu items that have mouse over or focus have a blue background and white text */
ul.MenuBarVertical a:hover, ul.MenuBarVertical a:focus
background-color: #CC6666;
color: #FFF;
/* Menu items that are open with submenus are set to MenuBarItemHover with a blue background and white text */
ul.MenuBarVertical a.MenuBarItemHover, ul.MenuBarVertical a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover, ul.MenuBarVertical a.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
background-color: #C66;
color: #FFF;
width: auto;
SUBMENU INDICATION: styles if there is a submenu under a given menu item
/* Menu items that have a submenu have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenu and are set to use a background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
ul.MenuBarVertical a.MenuBarItemSubmenu
background-image: url(SpryMenuBarRight.gif);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: 95% 50%;
width: auto;
/* Menu items that are open with submenus have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenuHover and are set to use a "hover" background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
ul.MenuBarVertical a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover
background-image: url(SpryMenuBarRightHover.gif);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: 95% 50%;
width: auto;
BROWSER HACKS: the hacks below should not be changed unless you are an expert
/* HACK FOR IE: to make sure the sub menus show above form controls, we underlay each submenu with an iframe */
ul.MenuBarVertical iframe
position: absolute;
z-index: 1010;
filter:alpha(opacity:0.1);
/* HACK FOR IE: to stabilize appearance of menu items; the slash in float is to keep IE 5.0 from parsing */
@media screen, projection
ul.MenuBarVertical li.MenuBarItemIE
display: inline;
f\loat: none;

You will have to update your spry code (do not know how (possibly in editing the css), but it is causing the problem).
If you have CS3 or 4, you can use the spry updater extension from -
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/spry/
Delete your old spry files then apply the spry updater by selecting, Site - Spry Updater - then select the options req'd.
Check your page works, modify the spry css as required, checking the site in the browsers after every change.
PZ

Disappearing horizontal spry menu in IE.

Hi,
I dont usually have any issues with spry menu, but this time the website was going to have lots of pages, and i wanted to be able to update the menu once so I made the menu as a library item. It looks good but in IE it shows bugs.
The whole menu showing up white in IE and only when you roll over it does it show the particular menu selection. Then I found a form on here that told me to change the position to "relative" now I have a new issue where the whole menu including the sub menu's has pushed all the content down and there is a big space and in the browser comparability it shows me its a "z-index bug". I have tried fixing it but it just does not want to work. Can anyone help, please.
Here is the website http://www.thesimplethings.ca
here is the spry menu code:
@charset "UTF-8";
/* SpryMenuBarHorizontal.css - version 0.6 - Spry Pre-Release 1.6.1 */
/* Copyright (c) 2006. Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. */
LAYOUT INFORMATION: describes box model, positioning, z-order
/* The outermost container of the Menu Bar, an auto width box with no margin or padding */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    list-style-type: none;
    font-size: 14px;
    cursor: default;
    width: auto;
    height: 35px;
    font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    z-index: 10;
/* Set the active Menu Bar with this class, currently setting z-index to accomodate IE rendering bug: http://therealcrisp.xs4all.nl/meuk/IE-zindexbug.html */
ul.MenuBarActive
    z-index: 1000;
/* Menu item containers, position children relative to this container and are a fixed width */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal li
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    list-style-type: none;
    font-size: 100%;
    position: relative;
    text-align: center;
    cursor: pointer;
    width: 8em;
    float: left;
/* Submenus should appear below their parent (top: 0) with a higher z-index, but they are initially off the left side of the screen (-1000em) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    list-style-type: none;
    font-size: 100%;
    z-index: 20;
    cursor: default;
    width: 13em;
    position: relative;
    left: -1000em;
    background-color: #424242;
/* Submenu that is showing with class designation MenuBarSubmenuVisible, we set left to auto so it comes onto the screen below its parent menu item */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
    left: auto;
/* Menu item containers are same fixed width as parent */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul li
    width: 13em;
    background-color: #0689C4;
    border-top-width: 1px;
    border-top-style: solid;
    border-top-color: #FFF;
    color: #FFF;
/* Submenus should appear slightly overlapping to the right (95%) and up (-5%) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul ul
    position: absolute;
    margin: -5% 0 0 95%;
/* Submenu that is showing with class designation MenuBarSubmenuVisible, we set left to 0 so it comes onto the screen */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
    left: auto;
    top: 0;
DESIGN INFORMATION: describes color scheme, borders, fonts
/* Submenu containers have borders on all sides */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul
    border-top-width: 1px;
    border-bottom-width: 1px;
    border-top-style: solid;
    border-bottom-style: solid;
    border-top-color: #666;
    border-bottom-color: #666;
/* Menu items are a light gray block with padding and no text decoration */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a
    display: block;
    cursor: pointer;
    padding: 0.5em 0.75em;
    color: #FFF;
    text-decoration: none;
/* Menu items that have mouse over or focus have a blue background and white text */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a:hover, ul.MenuBarHorizontal a:focus
    background-color: #0689C4;
    color: #FFF;
/* Menu items that are open with submenus are set to MenuBarItemHover with a blue background and white text */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemHover, ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover, ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
    background-color: #0689C4;
    color: #FFF;
SUBMENU INDICATION: styles if there is a submenu under a given menu item
/* Menu items that have a submenu have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenu and are set to use a background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemSubmenu
    background-image: url(SpryMenuBarDown.gif);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: 95% 50%;
/* Menu items that have a submenu have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenu and are set to use a background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul a.MenuBarItemSubmenu
    background-image: url(SpryMenuBarRight.gif);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: 95% 50%;
/* Menu items that are open with submenus have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenuHover and are set to use a "hover" background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover
    background-image: url(SpryMenuBarDownHover.gif);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: 95% 50%;
/* Menu items that are open with submenus have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenuHover and are set to use a "hover" background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover
    background-image: url(SpryMenuBarRightHover.gif);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: 95% 50%;
BROWSER HACKS: the hacks below should not be changed unless you are an expert
/* HACK FOR IE: to make sure the sub menus show above form controls, we underlay each submenu with an iframe */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal iframe
    position: absolute;
    z-index: 1010;
    filter:alpha(opacity:0.1);
/* HACK FOR IE: to stabilize appearance of menu items; the slash in float is to keep IE 5.0 from parsing */
@media screen, projection
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal li.MenuBarItemIE
        display: inline;
        f\loat: left;
        background: #FFF;

I have noticed that you have removed the above. There is still a problem in IE6 in that the background colour remains white.
To solve this, remove the red parts and add the green parts
ul.MenuBarHorizontal {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    list-style-type: none;
    font-size: 14px;
    cursor: default;
    width: auto;
    font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
z-index: 10;
    background-color: #424242;
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    list-style-type: none;
    font-size: 100%;
    z-index: 1020;
    cursor: default;
    width: 13em;
    position: absolute;
    left: -1000em;
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul li {
    width: 13em;
    background-color: #424242;
    border-top-width: 1px;
    border-top-style: solid;
    border-top-color: #FFF;
    color: #FFF;
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a {
    display: block;
    cursor: pointer;
    background-color: #424242;
    padding: 0.5em 0.75em;
    color: #FFF;
    text-decoration: none;
ul.MenuBarHorizontal iframe {
    position: absolute;
    z-index: 1010;
   filter:alpha(opacity:0.1);
Gramps

Vertical Spry Menu Bar not working in all browsers

Hi, everyone!
I'm hoping you'll help me troubleshoot something. I have a spry menu bar (vertical) that's expanding properly in IE but not in Firefox or other browsers. Here is the link:
http://midlochorus.org/
Thanks in advance for any help!
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I'm pretty bummed not to receive any answers to this. Is there nobody who can help me?

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