flat borders IE?

[jagguy]

The borders don't work in IE as the are just a black outline. In FF they are a 3-D look.

#blanksideboxContent.sideBoxContent a{
color: #000000;
font-size:1em;
font-family:verdana;
font-weight:bold;
text-decoration: none;
border:2px outset #000000;
background-color:#5ec82a;
width:125px;
display :block;
margin-left:2px;
margin-top:10px;
height:12px;
float:left;
}

[soccer362001]

Most likely you will have to live with what you have. Different browsers are going to display things differently no matter what you try.

[WebJoel]

Not doing it right.

Try:

CSS:

#blanksideboxContent, a.sideBoxContent{
color: #000000;
font-size:1em;
font-family:verdana;
font-weight:bold;
text-decoration: none;
border:6px outset yellow;
background-color:#5ec82a;
width:125px;
padding:6px;
margin:10px;
}

HTML:

<div id="blanksideboxContent" class=".sideBoxContent">
<a href="#">this is a link</a>

You defined "color:black;" for the font, so you need to befine a color other than black for the border., else you are using black for both 'edges' of the outset style. Remember, the font-color here is probably the assumed color for border, unless explicitely stated otherwise.
If you look very, very closely, there IS a slight difference in the border-edges when using black-black... it is very sublime. IE probably incorrectly 'assumes' you meant something else, and 'fauxes' the outer or inner edge to show what you intended to do.

I also changed your ID and CLASS... they may have been right but they made no sence to me, and what I did, works.