ok, I figured out the issue.

• On  my skin, I added a dropdownlist to the <TR> with the login / register links.
• I put form tags around the whole upper part of the body where the navigation section is because if you don't wrap the whole section in the form tag it throws off the spacing of the images
• Having the form tags in the skin is what was causing the problem.
• I removed the form tags and the dropdown list and the problem went away.
• I need to have this drop down list be part of the skin at the top of the form by the register / login buttons.  What am I doing wrong if this is even possible?  I think it must be since you can have other form controls on a skin as I have seen (search text box...)

Here is the code for my skin page:

<%

@ Control language="vb" CodeBehind="~/admin/skins/skin.vb" AutoEventWireup="false" Explicit="True" Inherits="DotNetNuke.UI.Skins.Skin" %>@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" TagName="LOGO" Src="~/Admin/Skins/Logo.ascx" %>@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" TagName="SOLPARTMENU" Src="~/Admin/Skins/SolPartMenu.ascx" %>@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" TagName="LOGIN" Src="~/Admin/Skins/Login.ascx" %>@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" TagName="USER" Src="~/Admin/Skins/User.ascx" %>@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" TagName="COPYRIGHT" Src="~/Admin/Skins/Copyright.ascx" %>

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,1)"><img src="<%=SkinPath%>footer_05.gif" name="Image5" border="0"></a> </td>

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I suspected that and probably should have gone with my gut feeling ....  I removed the form tag and added some code:

Protected Sub DropDownList1_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles DropDownList1.SelectedIndexChanged
Dim sScript As String = "window.open('" & DropDownList1.SelectedValue & "');"
Page.ClientScript.RegisterStartupScript(Me.GetType(), "ClientScript", sScript, True)
End Sub