External Links on website not working

I am currently using Firefox 3.6.3. The problem is when users access my website and try clicking on external links. Often the browser will stall or act as though nothing was clicked. I have noticed that the performance of the browser varies day to day. The issue has been tested on IE with none of the issues that occurred on Firefox. On the bright side Internal links are working perfectly.
== URL of affected sites ==
http://www.yumyucky.com

I'm sorry, but you are able to fix it without messing up the layout. You just need to have a better understanding of CSS and HTML. My eleven-year-old gets similarly frustrated when she can't figure out how to write a paragraph in her Language Arts class in school because what the teacher wants doesn't come naturally to her yet. But she's in school to learn and you are here to learn as well.
Dump the apDiv 1 through 9.
Remember that a div can contain another div.
You can position divs by using margin-left, margin-top, margin-right and so on.
Divs are rectangular spaces (that may expand with content) that hold stuff.
One way to plan these things is to do it on a piece of paper and place divs inside of divs until you have a layout. Come up with a name for each div and make your CSS do what you're trying to do.
If you are using floats, style them. Include margins and so on in classes like this (for a picture in your website):
.floatLeft {
          float: left;
          margin-right: 8px;
.floatRight {
          float: right;
          margin-left: 8px;
Additionally, if you are using floats in a div, you may need to clear the floats below them, to go from, say, a two-column look to a one-column look:
.clearfloat { /* this class should be placed on a div or break element and should be the final element before the close of a container that should fully contain a float */
          clear:both;
          height:0;
          font-size: 1px;
          line-height: 0px;
The HTML for a float thusly styled would be:
<img src="path/image.jpg" alt="description of the picture" class="floatLeft" />
If you make a div class="floatLeft", you may need to clear the float, whereupon you do this in HTML:
<br class="clearfloat" />
That line break will take up no room and will clear you back to a one-column situation.

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