That did it.  I had a feeling I was dancing with that devil, but I couldn't
find the trigger.

Your help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks Alan!

On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 7:23 AM, Alan Gresley <a...@css-class.com> wrote:

> Keith Fjellman wrote:
>
>> My apologies, I realized right after I sent it that I forgot to clarify.
>>
>> I really just need to make sure that none of the text at the
>> bottom (primarily the lorem ipsum paragraph followed by <p>test</p>)
>> crosses
>> the yellow footer.
>>
>> The footer needs to clear like it does in FF or Chrome.
>>
>
>
> Hello Keith, change this series of CSS hacks.
>
>
> *:first-child+html div#rightContent {
>        margin-left: 202px;
>        position: absolute;
>        z-index: 1;
>        clear: both;
> }
> * HTML div#rightContent {
>        margin-left: 202px;
>        position: absolute;
>        z-index: 1;
>        clear: both;
> }
>
>
> With these ones.
>
>
> *:first-child+html div#rightContent {
>        margin-left: -202px; /*partially removed float*/
>        position: relative; /*stack element higher*/
> }
> * HTML div#rightContent {
>        margin-left: -202px; /*partially removed float*/
>        position: relative; /*stack element higher*/
> }
>
>
> What is happening is the div#leftContent was clearing the div#rightContent
> since the declared *width* on div#leftContent was triggering hasLayout [1].
>
>
> 1. <http://www.satzansatz.de/cssd/onhavinglayout.html>
>
>
> --
> Alan http://css-class.com/
>
> Armies Cannot Stop An Idea Whose Time Has Come. - Victor Hugo
>
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