Site doesn't show up in ie!

Question

Hi!
I hope someone can help me.  I have been making websites for a little while and been mainly using free css based templates to get my designs started.  For the first time I decided to start from scratch using one of Dream Weavers standard templates - 2 Column Fixed with Header and Footer.
I thought I was doing great and have been checking progress in Firefox and Chrome and that was great so I was just about done when I checked in IE and found the site was not displayed at all - only the background was visable.
In the header of the template is this -
<link href="style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="all" />
<style type="text/css">
<!--[if IE 5]>
<style type="text/css">
/* place css box model fixes for IE 5* in this conditional comment */
.twoColFixLtHdr #sidebar1 { width: 230px; }
.style1 {font-size: small}
</style>
<![endif]-->
<!--[if IE]>
<style type="text/css">
/* place css fixes for all versions of IE in this conditional comment */
.twoColFixLtHdr #sidebar1 { padding-top: 30px; }
.twoColFixLtHdr #mainContent { zoom: 1; }
/* the above proprietary zoom property gives IE the hasLayout it needs to avoid several bugs */
</style>
<![endif]-->
If I remove these instructions (obviously leaving the css link at the top in tact) then the site shows up but it cannot link to the style sheet.
I have tried replacing the above with other [if IE] instructions for the style sheet, even creating a new one just for ie but it still doesn't work.
My site can be found at http://www.22brondeg.net23.net/index.html.  I have put it all back as it originally was so that my fiddlings haven't made things even more complicated. I am sure the fix is really simple but I just can't see it.
I hope someone can help me out as I am going slightly crazy now!  Thanks in advance
Williamsbird

Answer 1

Hi
I have checked my site again this morning and it is back up and running.  However I am still having the same IE issues.  What is particularly strange is that my friend and I both use IE8 and on her computer the site shows fine but on mine it doesn't link to the stylesheet?  The link to the site is http://www.22brondeg.net23.net/index.html.
I have removed the below code from the index header and second page header so you can see for yourself but have left subsequent pages with the code in tact showing my original problem (ie the site not showing up at all).  I would like this site to be as universally visible as possible so getting this sorted asap would be great.
<style type="text/css">
<!--[if IE 5]>
<style type="text/css">
/* place css box model fixes for IE 5* in this conditional comment */
.twoColFixLtHdr #sidebar1 { width: 230px; }
.style1 {font-size: small}
</style>
<![endif]--><!--[if IE]>
<style type="text/css">
/* place css fixes for all versions of IE in this conditional comment */
.twoColFixLtHdr #sidebar1 { padding-top: 30px; }
.twoColFixLtHdr #mainContent { zoom: 1; }
/* the above proprietary zoom property gives IE the hasLayout it needs to avoid several bugs */
</style>
<![endif]-->
Thanks in advance...again!
Williamsbird