Barney, I worked on a web application once that worked (and looked) almost identical to what you have there.
We used DHTML (DynAPI a JS Library) and it gave height's etc of the <DIV>'s after content had been set.. thus being able to put footers at the bottom. my point, yes it can be done, if DynAPI had the numbers available to see then the browser has them.. take a look in the DynAPI library and see how they did it. specifically the setHTML() function somewher (been about 2 years sorry) > -----Original Message----- > From: Barney Boisvert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, 25 March 2003 6:11 AM > 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. > > 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
