I am having a problem with a previous site my colleagues and I have developed awhile back.

For users with INternet Explorer version 5 to 5.5, when the site goes secure (https), pages will not load. I have tracked the problem down to something to do with the way stylesheets are loaded. I am not sure how this could affect the loading of the pages in https as opposed to http. Whenever I remove the stylesheet links, the pages load fine in https.

There is no problem loading these pages on any other browser. Both IE6, 7 work fine in both http and https, as well as all other browsers (Firefox, Opera, Safari, Konquerer for both PC and Mac).

I cannot figure out what in the method of calling style sheets could be tripping up IE5. I use the standdard method:

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<link href="/shared/css/user_id/default.css" title="Standard" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />

The moment I remove the stylesheet links, the pages load fine in https.

I have combed the net for info and am unable to find anything on this problem anywhere.

If anyone has experience with this or could give helpful advice, I would much appreciate it.