Bobby Jack wrote: > --- On Wed, 7/23/08, Christopher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> When I adjust the margins on the .maintext the #location >> moves too, how >> come? >> > > --- and > > >> I did install FireBug, I just would like to solve this, I really have to >> get this done ASAP and I have already spent a great deal learning CSS, >> sure I don't know it all, yet but I have just >> a few things to work out and get solved. >> > > Christopher, as I explained to you in a mail which I (unintentionally) sent > off-list, the margins of .maintext and #location are inextricably linked > since one element is nested inside the other. In effect, margin changes to > either element affect them as if they were one and the same. > > This misunderstanding certainly suggests you have more than "a few things to > work out", and you really need to understand how the structure of an HTML > document and associated CSS combine to create the final layout. > > Have you read up about the box model and experimented with margins, padding, > and borders for the simplest case, e.g. '<div id="outer"><div > id="inner">content</div></div>'. It shouldn't take too long (relatively) to > create a page demonstrating the effects of various combinations of these > style properties on either of the boxes created. I'd be surprised if there > wasn't a good example out there in the wild already, although I don't have a > great reference, excepting the W3C specs which are, admittedly, rather > technical. > > If I have the time, inclination, and sanity, I'll put something together > later which should resolve the confusion. > > - Bobby > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d > List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ > List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html > Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ > > Alright, will look forward to it.
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