Colin (and Tom),
On Jan 16, 2006, at 5:13 PM, Colin McGarry wrote:
>> Please look at this layout -
>> http://webhost.bridgew.edu/etribou/layouts/3col_footer/archives/
>> 3col_footer_02/
>>
>> This is about what I am after except I'd like to be able to absolutely
>> position elements inside the h
Colin McGarry wrote:
> Hello
> I'm no expert on css but it seems to me that one can't put
> postion:absolute on contained items.
> They postion themselves relative to the window.
There is a little more to it than that. Read this if you're interested:
http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visudet.html#conta
Hello
I'm no expert on css but it seems to me that one can't put
postion:absolute on contained items.
They postion themselves relative to the window.
cpmac
Thomas Hall wrote:
>Please look at this layout -
>http://webhost.bridgew.edu/etribou/layouts/3col_footer/archives/3col_footer_
>02
>
>
>
Thomas Hall wrote:
>Please look at this layout -
>http://webhost.bridgew.edu/etribou/layouts/3col_footer/archives/3col_footer_
>02
>
>
>
>This is about what I am after except I'd like to be able to absolutely
>position elements inside the header, footer, and columns. It seems that when
>I attem
Thomas Hall wrote:
> This is about what I am after except I'd like to be able to absolutely
> position elements inside the header, footer, and columns.
You need to establish a new positioning context specific to each of
those areas: you can do this by setting each area to either position:
rela
Please look at this layout -
http://webhost.bridgew.edu/etribou/layouts/3col_footer/archives/3col_footer_
02
This is about what I am after except I'd like to be able to absolutely
position elements inside the header, footer, and columns. It seems that when
I attempt this though the elements I s