Re: [css-d] Positioning Help Please

2006-01-16 Thread Roger Roelofs
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

Re: [css-d] Positioning Help Please

2006-01-16 Thread Ian Anderson
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

Re: [css-d] Positioning Help Please

2006-01-16 Thread Colin McGarry
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 > > >

Re: [css-d] Positioning Help Please

2006-01-16 Thread Colin McGarry
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

Re: [css-d] Positioning Help Please

2006-01-16 Thread Ian Anderson
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

[css-d] Positioning Help Please

2006-01-16 Thread Thomas Hall
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