You need to use a clearfix.

http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2005/02/26/simple-clearing-of-floats/

On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 7:52 PM, Devon <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> When you float an element it is removed from the parent's rendering
> context. With both divs floated, div.content collapses to 0 height.
> Add an element following the div.contentr and give it clear:both. That
> forces it to appear below both of the floated divs.
>
> dcm
>
> On Mar 4, 4:28 am, Shawn <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I'm working on this site and for some reason the background image in
> > my container (.content), will not display with two left and right
> > classes in it. Any help is greatly appreciated!
> > (www.comehometoscotland.com/2/
> >
> > Here is the code:
> >
> > ///////////// CSS ////////////////
> > .content {
> >         background: #FFFFFF url(images/content-bg.gif) repeat-x;
> >         margin: 0 auto 0;
> >         width: 900px;}
> >
> > .contentl {
> >         float: left;
> >         width: 655px;
> >         padding: 10px;
> >         height: 100%;}
> >
> > .contentr {
> >         width: 205px;
> >         float: right;
> >         padding: 10px;
> >         height: 100%;
> >
> > }
> >
> > //////////// HTML ///////////////
> >
> > <div class="content">
> >         <div class="contentl">
> >                 <h2>Mission Statement</h2>
> >                 <blockquote>Making films to bring families together
> through
> > discovering their Scottish heritage, thus enriching their lives as
> > they connect with relatives, discover past generations, and historical
> > places connected to their family.</blockquote>
> >                 <h2>Partners</h2>
> >                 <p>We welcome any new blahblahs</p>
> >         </div>
> >         <div class="contentr">
> >                 <img src="images/video_t.jpg">
> >         </div>
> >
> > </div>
> >
>


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