odd IE background problem with custom template

[Chadi]

The content (frame's htm pages) are already using css actually.

As a matter of fact, I even added the original alt1 and alt2 classes in their as well.

body {
margin:5px;
padding:5px;
border:0px;
color:#4D528A;
font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size:12px;
line-height:20px;
}

A:link, A:active, A:visited {
color:#4D528A;
text-decoration: none;
}

A:hover {
color:#4D528A;
text-decoration: underline;
}

.alt1 {
background-color: #f5f5ff;
}

.alt2 {
background-color: #e4e6f5;
}

.smallfont {
font-size: 12px;
}

#verses {
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 12px;
color: #4D528A;
background-color:#F5F5FF;
padding: 2px;
}

.alpha-numerical {
font-weight: normal;
font-size: 12px;
color: #4D528A;
background-color:#F5F5FF;
padding: 2px;
}

h1{
font-family:verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size:1.8em;
font-weight:bold;
color:#4D528A;
}

h2{
font-family:verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size:1.3em;
font-weight:bold;
color:#4D528A;
}

h3{
font-family:verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size:1.1em;
font-weight:normal;
color:#4D528A;
background-color: #F5F5FF;
padding: 2px;
}

#navholder { float:right; } 
    
/* Add a margin - for this demo only - and a relative position with a high z-index to make it appear over any element below */
#menu_container {
    position:relative; 
    width:100%; 
    _width: 100%; /* for IE 6*/
    height:23px; 
    z-index:100;
    }

/* Get rid of the margin, padding and bullets in the unordered lists */
#pmenu, #pmenu ul {padding:0; margin:0; list-style-type: none;}

/* Set up the link size, color and borders */
#pmenu a, #pmenu a:visited {
    display:block;
    width:140px; 
    font-size:11px; 
    color:#fff; 
    height:26px; 
    line-height:25px; 
    text-decoration:none; 
    text-indent:6px;
    }

/* Set up the sub level borders */
#pmenu li ul li a, #pmenu li ul li a:visited {border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;}
#pmenu li a.enclose, #pmenu li a.enclose:visited {border-width:1px;}

/* Set up the list items */
#pmenu li {float:left; background:#B7BCE2; opacity: 0.90;}

/* For Non-IE browsers and IE7 */
#pmenu li:hover {position:relative; opacity: 1.0;}

/* Make the hovered list color persist */
#pmenu li:hover > a {background:#4D528C; color:#fff;}

/* Set up the sublevel lists with a position absolute for flyouts and overrun padding. The transparent gif is for IE to work */
#pmenu li ul {display:none;}

/* For Non-IE and IE7 make the sublevels visible on list hover. This is all it needs */
#pmenu li:hover > ul {
    display:block; 
    position:absolute; 
    top:-11px; left:80px; 
    padding:10px 30px 30px 30px;
    background:transparent url(transparent.gif); 
    width:120px;
     }

/* Position the first sub level beneath the top level liinks */
#pmenu > li:hover > ul {left:-30px; top:16px;}

/* get rid of the table */
#pmenu table {position:absolute; border-collapse:collapse; top:0; left:0; z-index:100; font-size:1em;}

/* For IE5.5 and IE6 give the hovered links a position relative and a change of background and foreground color. This is needed to trigger IE to show the sub levels */
* html #pmenu li a:hover {position:relative; background:#4D528C; color:#fff;}

/* For accessibility of the top level menu when tabbing */
#pmenu li a:active, #pmenu li a:focus {background:#4D528C;; color:#fff;}

/* Set up the pointers for the sub level indication */

#pmenu li.fly {background: #B7BCE2 url(downarrow_light.gif) no-repeat right center; margin-left: 1px;}
#pmenu li.drop {background: transparent url(downarrow_light.gif) no-repeat right center; margin-left: 1px; font-weight: bold; }

#pmenu .drop li a {
    border-bottom: 1px dotted #E4E6F5;
    font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
    }


/* This lot is for IE5.5 and IE6 ONLY and is necessary to make the sublevels appear */

/* change the drop down levels from display:none; to visibility:hidden; */
* html #pmenu li ul {visibility:hidden; display:block; position:absolute; top:-11px; left:80px; padding:10px 30px 30px 30px; background:transparent url(transparent.gif);}

/* keep the third level+ hidden when you hover on first level link */
#pmenu li a:hover ul ul{
visibility:hidden;
}
/* keep the fourth level+ hidden when you hover on second level link */
#pmenu li a:hover ul a:hover ul ul{
visibility:hidden;
}
/* keep the fifth level hidden when you hover on third level link */
#pmenu li a:hover ul a:hover ul a:hover ul ul{
visibility:hidden;
}
/* keep the sixth level hidden when you hover on fourth level link */
#pmenu li a:hover ul a:hover ul a:hover ul a:hover ul ul {
visibility:hidden;
}

/* make the second level visible when hover on first level link and position it */
#pmenu li a:hover ul {
visibility:visible; left:-30px; top:14px; lef\t:-31px; to\p:15px;
}

/* make the third level visible when you hover over second level link and position it and all further levels */
#pmenu li a:hover ul a:hover ul{ 
visibility:visible; top:-11px; left:80px;
}
/* make the fourth level visible when you hover over third level link */
#pmenu li a:hover ul a:hover ul a:hover ul { 
visibility:visible;
}
/* make the fifth level visible when you hover over fourth level link */
#pmenu li a:hover ul a:hover ul a:hover ul a:hover ul { 
visibility:visible;
}
/* make the sixth level visible when you hover over fifth level link */
#pmenu li a:hover ul a:hover ul a:hover ul a:hover ul a:hover ul { 
visibility:visible;
}