Thanks Hugh, Joseph. I'd tried wrapping the ABN in a <span>, but that wasn't working too well -- putting it in a paragraph worked miracles, though. I managed to get away without assigning widths to either the <p> or the <ul> elements, so that was good. Yet to throw it at Internet Explorer, but we'll see...
Joshua Street base10solutions Website: http://www.base10solutions.com/ Phone: (02) 9898-0060 Fax: (02) 8572-6021 Mobile: 0425 808 469 E-mails and any attachments sent from base10solutions are to be regarded as confidential. Please do not distribute or publish any of the contents of this e-mail without the senderâs consent. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by replying to the e-mail, and then delete the message without making copies or using it in any way. Although base10solutions takes precautions to ensure that e-mail sent from our accounts are free of viruses, we encourage recipients to undertake their own virus scan on each e-mail before opening, as base10solutions accepts no responsibility for loss or damage caused by the contents of this e-mail. On Tue, 2004-10-05 at 12:27, Joseph Lindsay wrote: > Hi Joshua, > > try wrapping the abn in <p>. > > #footer {clear: both;} > #footer p {float:left;} > #footer ul {float: right;} > #footer li {display:inline;} > > Joe > > > > On Tue, 5 Oct 2004 11:49:01 +1000, Joshua Street > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all. I'm trying to do something which I know is easy with tables, but of > > course, that's not my first preference. Basically, it's a footer line with an ABN > > number (for non-Australians, a business registration number) on the left, and an > > unordered list on the right with validation links, an accessibility policy link, > > etc. > > > > I want it to look like this: > > > > _________________________________________________________________________ > > |ABN 72797798055 |XHTML|CSS|Accessibility|Top| > > |_________________________________________________________________________| > > > > Markup currently goes: > > > > <div id="footer">ABN 72797798055 > > <ul id="standardsline"> > > <li><a href="http://validator.w3c.org/check/referer";>XHTML</a></li> > > <li><a href="http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/check/referer";>CSS</a></li> > > <li><a href="/accessibility/">Accessibility</a></li> > > <li><a href="#body" title="Back to top">Top</a></li> > > </ul> > > </div> > > > > And the CSS: > > > > #footer {clear:both;text-align:left;} > > > > #standardsline {float:right;display:inline;} > > #standardsline li {display:inline;list-style-type:none;} > > > > I've stripped irrelevant (presentation aside from layout) CSS from that, and the > > display:inline in #standards line is probably unnecessary -- That's just me trying > > to get it to work. > > > > Currently, it's displaying like this: > > > > _________________________________________________________________________ > > |ABN 72797798055 | > > |_____________________________________________|XHTML|CSS|Accessibility|Top| > > > > which sucks. Well, not completely, but it's not how I want it to look. > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > Joshua Street > > base10solutions > > > > > > ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
