> Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 12:13:48 -0400
> From: David Laakso <da...@chelseacreekstudio.com>
> To: css-d@lists.css-discuss.org
> Subject: Re: [css-d] Why didn't div border wrap around div contents?
> 
> Try opening the nav block and containing the content within it...
> 
> body {
>      /*font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;
>      font-size: 1.0em;*/
>          font: 1em 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
>      }
> 
> #navigatex {
>      border: 1px solid /*#F3E5CE*/red; overflow: hidden;
>      }
> 
> ul#navlistx {
>      /*font: normal bold 2em Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 
> sans-serif;*/
> }
> 
> #articlex {
>      /*display:block;*/
>      /*font: italic bold 1.25em Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 
> sans-serif;*/
>      margin: /*17em*/0 auto 5em auto;
>      /*width: 606px;*/
>     width: 60%;
> }

David, I built a successful version using Jukka's suggestion about
modifying the <li> borders, but I'm also going to build one using your
idea and compare the two to see which is better suited for my site.
Thanks, both of you!

-K

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