>-----Original Message----- >From: Barney Boisvert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 2:11 PM >To: CF-Talk >Subject: RE: OT: css, dhtml question > > >Perhaps a better explaination is in order. The app is internal for an >IE5.5+ only audience. It's quite visually complex, and I'm >trying to keep >the number of page loads down as the presentation changes as much as >possible. I have a base page set up like this: > >+---------------+ >| | >+---+-------+---+ >| | | | >| | | | >| | | | >| | | | >| | | | >+---+-------+---+ >| | >+---------------+ > >The top 4 content areas all have variable content, while the footer is >static. As well, the top 4 areas might not all be there, and >they might be >added or removed client-side. This is all working just dandy >using absolute >positioning and hiding stuff. However, I need to slap that >footer bar at >the bottom, and I need it to start below the other content areas (no >overlap). I can't figure out a good way to do that, because I >don't know >how tall the middle 3 areas are (if they are present) until the client >renders them. >
perhaps you can run an onload event that looks at the hieghts and computes a new postion for this footer???? Doug >I might well be pursueing a pipe-dream, in which case I'll >find another way, >but it seems like this should be possible. > >thanks, >barneyb > >--- >Barney Boisvert, Senior Development Engineer >AudienceCentral (formerly PIER System, Inc.) >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >voice : 360.671.8708 x12 >fax : 360.647.5351 > >www.audiencecentral.com > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jason Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 10:53 AM >> To: CF-Talk >> Subject: Re: OT: css, dhtml question >> >> >> Personally - I handle footers in .cfm includes.. I find it >much easier - >> and simply it includes it at the end of the code. So on shorter and >> longer pages it simply displays at end. >> >> If you needed to actually "attach" a footer to the bottom of >the browser >> - something like >> <div id="FooterAbs" style="position: absolute; bottom: 0px; >> z-index: 300;"> >> would work. >> >> I added z-index more for demonstration - The issue is - that you can >> overalp content. Unlike using an include - that will put it at the >> bottom no matter what - you will need to scroll to get content beyone >> viewable screen -but footer will hang on to the bottom edge. >> >> Use it carefully because there are almost always some trouble spots. >> IF your footer can overlap content - not a biggie. In one >case I used it >> - I assigned z-index of -100 ( which also has it's own bugs >on browser >> versions) so on shorter page content the footer didn't interrupt. >> >> hope that helps >> jay miller >> >> Barney Boisvert wrote: >> > Totally unrelated, but on the same topic. How might I go about >> putting a >> > footer bar at the bottom of my page using CSS, rather than a >> table. I've >> > had no problems with topbars, sidebars (either side) and the >> main content >> > pane(s), but I can't get stuff to sit at the bottom of the page >> correctly. >> > I tried 'bottom' (complementing top) but it seems to be tied to the >> > browser's size, not the page's size, which doesn't work if the >> page scrolls, >> > at least on IE6. >> > >> > Use JS to set it dynamically? >> > >> > footerbar.style.top = Math.max(menubar.style.height, >> > contentpane.style.height) + topbar.style.height; >> > >> > that seems like a horrible way to do it to me. >> > >> > barneyb >> > >> > --- >> > Barney Boisvert, Senior Development Engineer >> > AudienceCentral (formerly PIER System, Inc.) >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > voice : 360.671.8708 x12 >> > fax : 360.647.5351 >> > >> > www.audiencecentral.com >> > >> > >> >>-----Original Message----- >> >>From: charlie griefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 10:18 AM >> >>To: CF-Talk >> >>Subject: Re: OT: css, dhtml question >> >> >> >> >> >>may want to give the <div class="sidebar"> a width... >> >> >> >>it might defined in the 'sidebar' class in the .css...i was too >> >>lazy to look >> >>:) >> >> >> >>charlie >> >> >> >>Mark A. Kruger - CFG writes: >> >> >> >> >> >>>Can someone give me the quick and dirty answer on why >this page doesn't >> >>>render correctly in IE? >> >>> >> >>>http://www.thelifegate.net/Pages/ClassReg.asp >> >>> >> >>>thanks! >> >>> >> >>>-mk >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >> >> > >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
