Re: [WSG] my second simple css question

Paul Ingraham wrote: the wrapping text seems to accommodate changes in the BOTTOM margin of the sidebar just fine. So why on earth can't the flowing text work with an altered TOP margin? If I can't build what I want, I hope to at least understand why! Forget my previous post. I've gone all the

Re: [WSG] my second simple css question

Paul Ingraham wrote: Just one problem. The top of the sidebar is always on the same line as the adjacent paragraph. I'd rather have this: main content main content main content main content main content main content main content main sidebar sidebar sidebar sidebar main content main

RE: [WSG] my second simple css question

-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Ingraham http://www.vancouvermassage.ca/screenshot2.jpg How the devil can I push the top edge downwards AND have the document content flow above as well as beside it...? It's so easy with an img! Paul

Re: [WSG] my second simple css question

Thanks for detailed comments, Kristof. Just so you know, I never intended to bash my way to a solution with an img of a sidebar. I see the trouble with that. You could argue it's ugly... I do. Or just ineffective, actually. A sidebar should appear to be out of the flow of the main content of

Re: [WSG] my second simple css question

Paul Ingraham wrote: ...but to my knowledge you can't reach your wish without putting the sidebar in the middle of your content. Actually, I can't even reach it by doing that! I haven't figured out ANY way of doing it, acceptable or otherwise. So maybe my questions wasn't so simple question,

Re: [WSG] my second simple css question

Paul Do you have a picture or URL? Then we can grok it in fullness. Cheers James Paul Ingraham wrote: Okay, you guys made good short work of my first simple css question, and it was a great introduction to this list. Thank you all. Now it's time for another! I want a sidebar, and I've created

Re: [WSG] my second simple css question

I guess I probably should have just done that in the first place. Here's how it looks now, to help with the grokking... http://www.vancouvermassage.ca/screenshot.jpg Unfortunately, I have no picture of how I want it. :-) But it's very simple. I just want to move the sidebar down, so that

Re: [WSG] my second simple css question

Thanks for the suggestion, Darian. It doesn't work, but it does illustrate precisely why I'm feeling stumped. This seems to just pushes the top of the sidebar down... but the adjacent paragraph continues to wrap as though it was still there. Here's a screenshot of that...