I want to float...s

Hi all
I have seen web page where both images and text seem floating or are sitting on top of the page. It looks as if they are on another layer. can someone give me a simple example of how this is done.....
thanks for any help you can give Graham

Thanks for taking the time to reply....
But the site you told me about is really just setting the background. What I am really talking about is something like the scripts that put snow flakes that float down the page .....

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<img ....>
<p> blah blah blah</p>
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am
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http://alt-web.com/DEMOS/CSS2-Sticky-Text.shtml
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var xMax:Number = this._x + 10
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var yNew:Number = (Math.random()*(yMax-yMin)) + yMin
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yTween = new mx.transitions.Tween(me, "_y",
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Divs being removed from parent div when a float style is applied
Hi All,
I hope someone is able to help me with the below issue.
I apologise if the questions I have been asking lately are really basic, I’m just teaching myself web design.
I really do appreciate the help you guys offer, so a big thank you in advance.
I am confused as to why I am not getting my desired effect for the below code. I am creating a website for someone and have structured the website in the following way:
<body>
<div id="wrap">
<div id="title"></div>
<div id="shopping_cart"></div>
<div id="content_wrap">
<h2 class="header">Header goes here</span></h2>
<div id="nav_bar">
<table>table goes here</table>
</div>
<div id="side_bar">
<h1>text here</h1>
<table>table goes here</table>
</div>
<div id="content">
<p>text here</p>
<div id="content_image"></div>
</div>
<div id="footer">
<div id="logo"></div>
<div id="flags"></div>
<div id="v_wd"></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
Now I don't know if I am structuring my website the right way this is just the way that makes sense to me. It might not even be the source code that’s the issue and may be the CSS so I have also pasted that in below.
Now the problems I am having are as follows:
I want to have my whole site wrapped in one big div #wrap so I can centre the whole site. Within that div I want all my other divs (which some have divs inside those as well).
To start #title seems to fit inside #wrap without a problem but #shopping_cart gets push outside of #wrap even though it is inside the opening and closing #wrap tag.
My next div #content_wrap, it seems to be inside #wrap however the margin-top I have applied to #content_wrap pushes it down from #title not #shopping_cart even though #content_wrap is below #shopping_cart not #title.
The second problems seem to be with the divs that are or supposed to be inside #content_wrap.
h2 .header seems to fit inside #content_wrap without any problems. Now it gets really confusing, for me anyway. Any div I put below h2 .header which is inside #content_wrap doesn’t seem to actually go inside #content_wrap or #wrap they get pushed below #wrap even though in the source code they are inside the opening and closing div tags.
Also #side_bar and #content together equal 860px which is the width of their surrounding div #content_wrap so they should fit perfectly side by side. This I know ties into a previous discussion I raised in discussion (http://forums.adobe.com/message/4501038#4501038). I have taken Murry’s advice on board from this discussion and tried floating just #side bar to the left and left enough margin for #content to clear, I also tried floating both to the left. Nothing worked.
As I have been writing this I’ve gone through my code, all the above issues only occur if I float a div. If I float a div for some reason it removes that div from any div surrounding it and pushes it below every single div. I don’t know how to position my divs in the exact place I want without floating them but if I float they get moved out of their parent div and therefore aren’t in the position I want them in either.
If you are able to help me resolve this issue it will help me with all future projects. I really do appreciate any help you can give.
Kind Regards
Elliot
CSS
I have marked out where I would float a particular div */style*/ which I know would cancel that style. Therefore the problems I am having are with divs #shopping_cart, #side_bar and #content.
body {
background:url(images/body_bg.png) no-repeat center center fixed;
-webkit-background-size: cover;
-moz-background-size: cover;
-o-background-size: cover;
background-size: cover;}
#wrap {
height:auto;
width:895px;
margin:0 auto;}
#title {
Background-image:url(images/title.png);
height:67px;
width:895px;
margin-top:50px;
margin-left:auto;
margin-right:auto;}
#shopping_cart {
background: url(images/shopping_cart.jpg);
height:46px;
width:142px;
margin-top:15px;
margin-right:25px;
/*float:right;*/}
#content_wrap {
background:url(images/content_bg.png) repeat;
border:2px solid #666;
height: auto;
width:862px;
margin-top:15px;
margin-left:auto;
margin-right:auto;}
#nav_bar {
width:809px;
height:59px;
margin-left:26px;}
#side_bar {
height:auto;
width:285px;
margin-top:20px;
border-right:1px solid #666;
/*float:left;*/}
#content {
height:auto;
width:575px;
margin-top:20px;
/*float:left;*/}
#content_image {
background-image:url(images/couple.jpg);
height:184px;
width:271px;
margin:0 auto;}
#footer {
background-color:#0F0;
width:860px;
height:200px;}
#kejo_logo {
background-image:url(images/kejo.png);
height:100px;
width:227px;}
#flags {}
#viscari_wd {}
#copyright {}
#pp_tu {}
.header {
color: #FFF;
font-size:44px;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
margin-left:10px;}
.header_small {
color: #FFF;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 25px;
margin-left:10px;}
#content_wrap #side_bar h1 {
font-family:"Trebuchet MS", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color: #4b4a4a;
font-size:20px;
padding-left:15px;}
#content_wrap #content p {
color: #484747;
text-align:center;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size:20px;
padding-right:15px;}

Hi guys,
Thanks for your help but still having a few problems;
In design view the code you advised I should add seems to have placed #shopping_cart back into #wrap under #title and above #content_wrap but hasn't when previewed in browser as there is no margin between #content_wrap & #shopping_cart.
#side_bar and #content now seem to sit side by side each other fine in design view and in the browser, however #footer which is in #content_wrap but under #side_bar and #content is behind #side_bar and #content. How do I get #footer to position under #side_bar and #content?
I have added a green background to #footer to make it stand out. I have also added two images one of the site in design view and one previewed in the browser so you can see the difference. I've also pasted the amended code.
Again thanks for your continued help and advice.
<body>
<div id="wrap">
<div id="title"></div>
<div id="shopping_cart"></div>
<div id="content_wrap">
<h2 class="header">Header goes here</span></h2>
<div id="nav_bar">
<table>table goes here</table>
</div>
<div id="side_bar">
<h1>text here</h1>
<table>table goes here</table>
</div>
<div id="content">
<p>text here</p>
<div id="content_image"></div>
</div>
<div id="footer">
<div id="logo"></div>
<div id="flags"></div>
<div id="v_wd"></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
CSS
body {
background:url(images/body_bg.png) no-repeat center center fixed;
-webkit-background-size: cover;
-moz-background-size: cover;
-o-background-size: cover;
background-size: cover;}
#wrap {
width:895px;
margin:0 auto;
overflow:hidden;}
#title {
background:url(images/title.png);
height:67px;
width:895px;
margin-top:50px;
margin-left:auto;
margin-right:auto;}
#shopping_cart {
background: url(images/shopping_cart.jpg);
height:46px;
width:142px;
margin-top:15px;
margin-right:25px;
float:right;}
#content_wrap {
background:url(images/content_bg.png) repeat;
border:2px solid #666;
width:862px;
margin-top:15px;
margin-left:auto;
margin-right:auto;
overflow: hidden;
clear: both;}
#nav_bar {
width:809px;
height:59px;
margin-left:26px;}
#side_bar {
height:auto;
width:285px;
margin-top:20px;
border-right:1px solid #666;
float:left;}
#content {
height:auto;
width:575px;
margin-top:20px;
float:right;}
#content_image {
background-image:url(images/couple.jpg);
height:184px;
width:271px;
margin:0 auto;}
#footer {
background-color:#0F0;
width:860px;
height:200px;}
#kejo_logo {
background-image:url(images/kejo.png);
height:100px;
width:227px;}
#flags {}
#viscari_wd {}
#copyright {}
#pp_tu {}
.header {
color: #FFF;
font-size:44px;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
margin-left:10px;}
.header_small {
color: #FFF;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 25px;
margin-left:10px;}
#content_wrap #side_bar h1 {
font-family:"Trebuchet MS", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color: #4b4a4a;
font-size:20px;
padding-left:15px;}
#content_wrap #content p {
color: #484747;
text-align:center;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size:20px;
padding-right:15px;}

Floating item - help

I'll try my best to describe what I am trying to do... I want
to FLOAT and leaf image right over the top of where 2 TDs come
together. I am trying to use a <div> tag which works fine,
except for one problem it is creating. No matter how I do it, it
somehow makes the TD on the bottom have too much height. I am
trying to use CSS with these parameters.
.mapLink {
position: relative;
top: -200px;
right: 20px;
float: right;
What do I need to add to keep it from blewing up the bottom
half of the page?
here is a link to the pages:
http://www.gulfnetwork.com/gcmccc/locations.htm

Thytar wrote:
> Ok... It works in IE... but not in Firefox? How do I
make it work in Firefox
Surround your main table in a <div>
<div id="tableContainer">
<table width="877" border="0" align="center"
cellpadding="0"
cellspacing="0" class="tableBorderDkGreen">
blah blah blah
</table>
</div>
Then give it some css:
#tableContainer {
position: relative;
width: 877px;
margin: 0 auto;
(dont use a <p> tag to try and position the leaf use a
<div> instead.
Insert the 'mapLink' <div> inside the "tableContainer"
<div>
So you have the following structure:
<div id="tableContainer">
<div class="mapLink"><img src="images/leaf1.png"
alt="Map Link"
width="100" height="73" /></div>
<table width="877" border="0" align="center"
cellpadding="0"
cellspacing="0" class="tableBorderDkGreen">
blah blah blah
</table>
</div>
Now use absolute positioning on the mapLink <div> (mess
around with the
x, y co-ordinates until you have it in the position required.
.mapLink {
position: absolute;
top: 200px;
left: 20px;
This is probably the best way to do it to get consistent
results
cross-browser. Using relative positioning in combination with
float and
minus margins is a disaster waiting to happen. You might
achieve utopia
in one browser but its likely to be out in another.

Need help with a few things in Photoshop CS4

1) When I change a photo, I click to save, up pops the JPEG Options box, which has been set to 12 since last year. Today, it suddenly changes itself to 6 for no good reason. Each and every photo I change, I have to now tell it 12, not 6. How do I get it back to 12, and get it to stay there??? How/why did it change itself in the first place?
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Randomly Apple TV can't play Movies/Tv shows and music.

I've seen other people having problems with this issue but with all my searching, have not found an answer and thought I'd share my experience in case someone has a solution or suggestion.
Our cable modem service comes into an access pannel in the bedroom closet. It goes to the Linksys WRT54G router, then to a hub which sends out to all the rooms in our house. Our house is new and pre-wired for ethernet in each room. It comes in the office, goes into another hub and then to the Mac Mini I have and to a NAS Lacie storage drive where all my movies, music and photos are at. We stream everything and only synk photos on the Apple TV.
Over the last couple of days, the Apple TV can't play movies or music for some reason. The errors I get with Movies/TV is "The selected video cannot be played." The format was not recognized. With music the message is "Apple TV cannot play the current song." I know all the movies and music work because a day before I just played I AM LEGEND and it worked perfectly.
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I'm running iTunes 7.6.2 and I checked the ATV and iTunes and both say they are up to date on their software.
I could really use some help here. The frustrating part is the kids want to watch one of their movies for the 700th time and it won't play many time.
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I use a Harmony 880 (I believe) remote.

Oops----thinking of the light on the Airport!!! =-)
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At a complete loss as to any other ideas to try to get her up and running again. No way am I going anywhere near an Apple Store with all the iPad hype that is out right now!!!!!!

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First off I'd like to apologise for my lack of PL/SQL experience, what follows may seem naive, but I guess we all have to start somewhere.
I'm trying to create a function which determines an employee's Annual Holiday Entitlement by comparing their length of service against a lookup of entitlement values. Due to the complexity of the application I'm targeting there are a number of other factors to be take into consideration, but this is the basic idea of what I want to achieve.
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I've sure I've probably made some fundamental error, but can't spot it myself. Any help would be most welcome.
I've included the entire script below for your entertainment ;-)
Thanks
Phil.
create or replace
function mygetannualholidayentitlement
( v_empNo in varchar2
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) return number as
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   v_holidayPlan VARCHAR2(20);
   v_contServiceOption VARCHAR2(255);
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   v_empStartDate DATE;
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   v_selectedAmount FLOAT(53);
   v_effectiveDate DATE;
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   -- Holiday plan details are also keyed on DATE_EFFECTIVE. Need to identify which row is active as at our @effectiveDate.
   CURSOR holDefCursor
     IS SELECT length_of_service,
   date_effective,
   amount
     FROM holiday_plan_def
      WHERE hplan_code = v_holidayPlan
     AND length_of_service < v_lengthOfService
     ORDER BY date_effective ASC,
   length_of_service ASC;
BEGIN
   -- Initialise variables --
   -- truncate any hours/Mins & secs from effective date
   v_effectiveDate := trunc(v_inputdate);
   v_entitlement := 0;
   v_contServiceOption := 0;
   v_lengthOfService := 0;
   BEGIN
   SELECT HPLAN_CODE
     INTO v_holidayPlan
     FROM APPT_HOLIDAY_BALANCE
      WHERE emp_no = v_empNo
              --          post_no = @postNo and
              AND ( v_effectiveDate BETWEEN HOLIDAY_YEAR_START AND HOLIDAY_YEAR_END );
   EXCEPTION
   WHEN NO_DATA_FOUND THEN
      v_holidayplan:=NULL;
   WHEN OTHERS THEN
       raise_application_error(-20011,'Unknown Exception in MyGetAnnualHolidayEntitlement function.');
   END;
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   IF v_holidayPlan IS NULL THEN
      SELECT HPLAN_CODE
        INTO v_holidayPlan
        FROM ABS_SYSTEM_CONTROLS ;
   END IF;
   BEGIN
    SELECT OPTION_VALUE
      INTO v_contServiceOption
      FROM PS_OPTIONS
       WHERE OPTION_NAME = 'CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_OPTION';
   EXCEPTION
   WHEN NO_DATA_FOUND THEN
      v_contServiceOption := 'N' ;
   WHEN OTHERS THEN
       raise_application_error(-20011,'Unknown Exception in MyGetAnnualHolidayEntitlement function.');
   END;
   IF v_contServiceOption = 'Y' THEN
   BEGIN
      -- Need to take into account the employees CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE when calculating length of service
      BEGIN
      SELECT CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE
        INTO v_empStartDate
        FROM person
         WHERE emp_no = v_empNo;
      EXCEPTION
        WHEN NO_DATA_FOUND THEN
          v_empStartDate := NULL;
        WHEN OTHERS THEN
          raise_application_error(-20011,'Unknown Exception in MyGetAnnualHolidayEntitlement function.');
      END;
      -- If we can't get a CONTINUOUS_SERVICE_DATE we will fall back to PERSON.DATE_OF_START
      IF v_empStartDate IS NULL THEN
      BEGIN
         SELECT DATE_OF_START
           INTO v_empStartDate
           FROM PERSON
            WHERE emp_no = v_empNo;
      EXCEPTION
        WHEN OTHERS THEN
          raise_application_error(-20011,'Unknown Exception in MyGetAnnualHolidayEntitlement function.');
      END;
      END IF;
   END;
   ELSE
   BEGIN
      -- Need to use employees DATE_OF_START when calculating length of service
      SELECT DATE_OF_START
        INTO v_empStartDate
        FROM PERSON
         WHERE emp_no = v_empNo;
   END;
   END IF;
   -- Now we can get length of service
   v_lengthOfService := sqlserver_utilities.datediff('MONTH', v_empStartDate, v_effectiveDate) / 12.00;
   OPEN holDefCursor;
   FETCH holDefCursor INTO v_selectedLOF,v_selectedDateEffective,v_selectedAmount;
   WHILE ( sqlserver_utilities.fetch_status(holDefCursor%FOUND) = 0 )
   LOOP
      BEGIN
         IF v_selectedDateEffective < v_effectiveDate THEN
            v_entitlement := v_selectedAmount;
         END IF;
         -- Get the next value.
         FETCH holDefCursor INTO v_selectedLOF,v_selectedDateEffective,v_selectedAmount;
      END;
   END LOOP;
   CLOSE holDefCursor;
   -- Return the result of the function
   RETURN v_entitlement;
END;Edited by: user4395499 on 27-Oct-2008 04:04
Edited by: user4395499 on 27-Oct-2008 04:05
Edited by: user4395499 on 27-Oct-2008 07:10

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