Re: [css-d] 2 column layout confusion SOLVED

2006-03-07 Thread jblanchard
[snip] ...stuff... [/snip] I removed postion: fixed; from #header and it appears to have fixed the problem in FF. In IE it leaves the rightContent div slightly lower than the leftContent div which can either be fixed with a or clear:both (as suggested by Mark). Thanks all! __

Re: [css-d] 2 column layout confusion

2006-03-07 Thread jblanchard
[snip] There is no guarantee on any public forum that anyone is going to agree with you, or your client, on anything-- least of all, on matters of taste. You post and you take your chances with the replies. As for myself, I feel that the practical use of CSS /sometimes/ needs to be tempered wit

Re: [css-d] 2 column layout confusion

2006-03-07 Thread ~davidLaakso
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Whoa! Gross image? There is some positive re-enforcement there! (FYI, > the image was provided to me, I don't really have a choice on that. And > if I had created the image I would be totally insulted.) > > -- De gustibus non est disputandum. There is no guarantee on a

Re: [css-d] 2 column layout confusion

2006-03-07 Thread jblanchard
[snip] I think the problem is that you need to delete that gross image and make believe it never happened. There is no need to re-invent the wheel. There are numerous layouts on the Wiki < http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ >that are known to work. Pick one that suits your need(many of the 3 col la

Re: [css-d] 2 column layout confusion

2006-03-07 Thread jblanchard
[snip] Sorry, replied a bit too fast there and didn't see the problem with Firefox! Have you read http://css-discuss.incutio.com/? page=EmulatingFixedPositoning which relates to the problems associated with position:fixed? The margin-top on #content doesn't appear in http:// www.sigmaphinoth

Re: [css-d] 2 column layout confusion

2006-03-07 Thread Mark Howells
>> [snip] >> You can't clear an element using position:fixed with clear="all". >> clear="all" (or clear:both in CSS terms) will only clear a float. I'd >> suggest setting the margin-top of #content to the height of #header. >> [/snip] >> >> That doesn't work. It moves content in IE 160px below the

Re: [css-d] 2 column layout confusion

2006-03-07 Thread ~davidLaakso
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I think that the problem is that I am attempting a reasonably complex > layout without all of the CSS knowledge that I need to do so. Can > someone show me the error of my ways? Thanks! Here is the test URL... > > http://www.sigmaphinothing.org/voip.html > > I think

Re: [css-d] 2 column layout confusion

2006-03-07 Thread Mark Howells
On 07.03.2006, at 18:10, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [snip] > You can't clear an element using position:fixed with clear="all". > clear="all" (or clear:both in CSS terms) will only clear a float. I'd > suggest setting the margin-top of #content to the height of #header. > [/

[css-d] 2 column layout confusion

2006-03-07 Thread jblanchard
Howdy gurus, I am still working on the same design and now have a problem with 2 column layout. In FF the tops of the left column and right column are somewhere above the bottom of header. In IE I had to add a