On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 3:21 AM, MEM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> CSS Basic Question: Background Color:
>
> If I quit the height value, I get no background color. Why?

Try adding:

.mainlinks#navigation { overflow: hidden; }

It sounds like your nav items are floated, and therefore the container
will not explicitly stretch to accommodate them unless you force it
to.

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Blake Haswell
http://www.blakehaswelll.com/ | http://blakehaswell.wordpress.com/
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