Thanks Samuel. I'd actually considered the fixes quite minimal. Apart from a couple of IE hacks, the only 'fix' in place is the mighty clearfix class for float clearing.
If you have any suggestions on how the CSS can be minimised I'd be very grateful if you'd share them. Almost everything I know about CSS can be attributed to positive feedback from this list. -- Paul A Noone Webmaster, ASHM [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Samuel Richardson Sent: Tuesday, 20 December 2005 4:24 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Dropped DIV dilemma If you have to have that many fixes in place for a page that is that simple then your doing something wrong. Paul Noone wrote: >Cheers all. I know there's a lot to wde through but most of the fixes, >widths and relative positions in place were put in to fix other problems in >the first instance. > >As you say, getting rid of the clearfix solves that particular problem but >causes others. Definitely a clearing problem then. > >What's bugging me is that it was all working just fine until recently. >Now...what the hell did I change? Will keep slogging away at it. > >I've closed the input tags and all validates again. Thanks. > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >On Behalf Of Bert Doorn >Sent: Tuesday, 20 December 2005 3:49 PM >To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org >Subject: Re: [WSG] Dropped DIV dilemma > > > >Paul Noone wrote: > > >>Problem: >>http://d81314.i50.quadrahosting.com.au/index.php?module=News&id=cntnt0 >>1&cntn >>t01action=detail&cntnt01articleid=8&cntnt01returnid=11 >> >>The Site Updates div gets pushed way down the page. And I've got no >>idea why/ Strangely all is well in IE (with all the hacks in place I'd >> >> >hope so!). > >There's a lot of css to wade through, but as far as I can tell, your >clearfix class is the cause of the problem. Removing that class (in Firefox >dev toolbar, to test my theory) stops it dropping down, although it causes >problems elsewhere. > >With so many divs, classes and id's that's about the only thing I can figure >out. > >Regards >-- >Bert Doorn, Better Web Design >http://www.betterwebdesign.com.au/ >Fast-loading, user-friendly websites > >****************************************************** >The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help >****************************************************** > >****************************************************** >The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help >****************************************************** > > > > ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ****************************************************** ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
