Add AP Div to CSS Layout...

Hey,
I really need to add an AP Div to my CSS- Layout (3 column
absolutely positioned) ! No problem BUT i need it to shrink and
grow with the other parts of the page (sidebar1/2, main content,
header, footer etc..) In other words, I need a third sidebar in
this "CSS-Set"... How can I "attach" the apDiv's to the other Divs
such as main content, header... ?!
Thx for help !

On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:47:54 +0000 (UTC), "hendrik.r."
<[email protected]> wrote:
> I really need to add an AP Div to my CSS- Layout (3
column absolutely
>positioned) ! No problem BUT i need it to shrink and grow
with the other parts
>of the page (sidebar1/2, main content, header, footer
etc..) In other words, I
>need a third sidebar in this "CSS-Set"... How can I
"attach" the apDiv's to the
>other Divs such as main content, header... ?!
The short answer is, you cannot. Absolutely positioned page
elements
cannot interact with other page elements because they are
removed from the
normal flow of the document. That's what makes absolute
positioning a bad
way to do most things.
Gary

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should be next to on the page. */
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margin-left: 8px;
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margin-right: 8px;
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clear:both;
height:0;
font-size: 1px;
line-height: 0px;
take a look at this
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browser width */
background: #FFFFFF;
margin: 0 auto; /* the auto margins (in conjunction with a
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border: 1px solid #000000;
text-align: left; /* this overrides the text-align: center
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in the code, .twoColLiqRtHdr is a class for the <body>
tag only.
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works, maybe I'm used to just defining the ID of <div> tags
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Is this use for inline styles only?
what's the advantage of using this type of styles?
I hope someone can take a look at this, thank you in advance!
:)

Yeah.... I can't really see a use for class here at all. But
that's me
(and now you!)....
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>> I use this often when I have a single template with
variable layout
>> (i.e., section-specific layouts). You can use either
>> server-scripting or template parameters to change
the ID attribute on
>> the body tag, which will trigger an entirely
different set of CSS
>> selector assignments.
>
> FWIW, I believe it makes more sense to use an ID
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> rather than a class on "BODY" as this element is unique
through the
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I am looking for a two-column CSS layout that is centered
with blank space
on the sides, so the layout does not expand across the entire
screen, but
instead uses a portion of it (such as 75%). The left column
would be for
navigation and I haven't decided if I want it to be liquid or
fixed, but the
right column for content would be liquid. There would also be
a heading div
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people here may
already know what's tried and true and what should be
avoided. Are any
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a future date
if needed? I also like the idea of putting the content div
first in the
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who may be
using a screen reader, but if that feature makes the coding
much more
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we agree (o:
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> "Matt" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:g4tg96$isq$[email protected]..
>>I am looking for a two-column CSS layout that is
centered with blank space
>>on the sides, so the layout does not expand across
the entire screen, but
>>instead uses a portion of it (such as 75%). The left
column would be for
>>navigation and I haven't decided if I want it to be
liquid or fixed, but
>>the right column for content would be liquid. There
would also be a
>>heading div and navigation div across the top and a
footer across the
>>bottom.
>>
>> While looking for sample sites I keep finding ones
that use three
>> columns, and I'm worried that if I remove the third
column that the
>> layout will break at some point, even if I don't see
it in my test
>> browsers. I'm also discovering that some of the
sample pages out there
>> don't respond well when I resize the browser window.
The columns don't
>> have a minimum width or they stack on top of each
other at some point.
>>
>> There are so many different techniques to use when
designing a layout
>> with CSS, some better than others, that I thought
maybe some people here
>> may already know what's tried and true and what
should be avoided. Are
>> any layouts robust enough to allow a third column to
be added at a future
>> date if needed? I also like the idea of putting the
content div first in
>> the code, to improve search engine indexing and also
to aid those who may
>> be using a screen reader, but if that feature makes
the coding much more
>> complex then I could see why I might avoid it for
now.
>>
>
>

CSS Layout problems

I should start this by saying I am very new to CSS layouts,
and am self taught, so I'm probably doing something very wrong. So
far I've stuck to really simple layouts and had no problems...but
they were very simple layouts.
With the site I'm doing at the moment I have placed other
div's inside a content div, so that I can have left and right hand
content within the content div. But the left and right div's are
not pushing the content div down with their content, and I'm not
sure what else to try to get it to work.
I've tried setting the height of the content div to auto or
inherit but that doesn't work.
As you can see on the main page of the site I'm using a
background image in the content cell.
http://members.westnet.com.au/zelky/surfschoolnew/index.html
And if you look at the details page you can see what I am
trying to describe. The content div not pushing down with the left
and right content div’s contents means the background image
is just a few pixels deep under the nav div.
http://members.westnet.com.au/zelky/surfschoolnew/details.html
And my pathetic CSS/stylesheet is here:
http://members.westnet.com.au/zelky/surfschoolnew/mainstyle.css
Thanks in advance and hopefully my mess isn’t’ to
hard to look at. As I said I'm a bit lost so hopefully I'm not
going to confuse anyone with my "home made" skills.

When you 'float' elements on your page you effectively remove
them from
the normal flow of the document, therfore the 'content'
<div> thinks
nothing is inside it. You need to help it by 'clearing' the
floats.
There are various methods for clearing floats.
Insert a 'clearing' <br> (shown below) into your pages
code directly
AFTER the closing 'right' container tag and BEFORE the
closing 'content'
container tag.
</div>
<br style="clear: both;" />
</div>
zelky wrote:
> I should start this by saying I am very new to CSS
layouts, and am self taught,
> so I'm probably doing something very wrong. So far I've
stuck to really simple
> layouts and had no problems...but they were very simple
layouts.
>
> With the site I'm doing at the moment I have placed
other div's inside a
> content div, so that I can have left and right hand
content within the content
> div. But the left and right div's are not pushing the
content div down with
> their content, and I'm not sure what else to try to get
it to work.
>
> I've tried setting the height of the content div to auto
or inherit but that
> doesn't work.
>
> As you can see on the main page of the site I'm using a
background image in
> the content cell.
>
>
http://members.westnet.com.au/zelky/surfschoolnew/index.html
>
> And if you look at the details page you can see what I
am trying to describe.
> The content div not pushing down with the left and right
content div?s contents
> means the background image is just a few pixels deep
under the nav div.
>
>
http://members.westnet.com.au/zelky/surfschoolnew/details.html
>
> And my pathetic CSS/stylesheet is here:
>
>
http://members.westnet.com.au/zelky/surfschoolnew/mainstyle.css
>
> Thanks in advance and hopefully my mess isn?t? to hard
to look at. As I said
> I'm a bit lost so hopefully I'm not going to confuse
anyone with my "home made"
> skills.
>
>

CSS Layout Nightmare!

OK, I've recently decided to convert from table based layout to div layouts using CSS. I'm pretty proud of the outcome and found it a nice approach to designing. HOWEVER, when i click to edit pages in contribute, it strips out all of the css outline visual aids (like you see in wysiwig editors like Dreamweaver). This is going to be a major problem for my client and wysiwig style editing. Does anybody know how i can get contribute to display this in edit mode and also the best option for my client to select divs in order to copy and paste content. This would be pretty easy in table based layout as contribute lets you select a table and copy and paste it. Ideal way for my client to copy and paste additional news items same format. Any help would be gratefully appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Not.
Walt
"SamDesign.be" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:ets71o$ark$[email protected]..
> Hallo Brandon,
> Make de "<div id="divContent">" smaller
> Sheers
> www.SamDesign.be
>
>
> "Brandon" <[email protected]>
a écrit dans le message
> de news: ets5tg$9fo$[email protected]..
>> Working on CSS Layout for the first time (always
have used Tables) . . .
>> can you look at the page below (in initial stages)
and tell me how I can
>> move everything UP? It's driving me crazy. The
picture in the center
>> needs to come up, the main nav buttons need to move
up, and the "boxes"
>> in the left column all need to move up under each
other.
>>
>>
http://www.presentationsdirect.com/2007/
>>
>> --
>> Brandon
>>
>>
>
>

Css layout problems - css and tables

Hi guys,
Well as some of you suggested months ago, I've been trying to
learn to layout with CSS... It's actually getting a bit rewarding
now as I start to figure a few things out but there's still plenty
of questions!!!
If anyone can take a look at what I'm working on at the
moment and give me some help I'd REALLY REALLY appreciate it!!
My main trouble (I think) is working with a drop-down menu
system that I found on the web and I'm dying to use it because it's
perfect for this design. It's layed out using a table so I'm trying
to incorporate that...
Click
[url=http://home.iprimus.com.au/jediwdog/ltc/mockup2.jpg]here[/url]
for a picture of what i'm trying to get this page to look like and
[url=http://home.iprimus.com.au/jediwdog/ltc/example1.html]here[/url]
to see how far I've got. You can download the stylesheet from
[url=http://home.iprimus.com.au/jediwdog/ltc/example1.css]here[/url].
Here's what I need to know:
1. I'm trying to push the table down so it looks better lined
up with the logo but when I tell it to be further from the top, it
doesn't seem to move. Any ideas on why?
2. As you can see, I've inserted some blank space into the
middle of the menu so that the logo doesn't cover any of the menu
items. I can't seem to get the same 1px black border on this
section.
I assume this is because the border on the other parts is a
layer/div border? Will I have to somehow put a div in there so as
to create the same border effect?
3. I'd really like to keep the header and footer visible at
all times, even if there's lots of content to scroll through. I
found this:
http://www.cssplay.co.uk/layouts/basics2.html#Top
but when I tried to implement this on my page, it all went haywire!
Is this going to be a possibility?
4. I guess other than that, have I completely stuffed this
up!? I don't think I have but it's worth asking I guess!
THANKS IN ADVANCE! I'm really loving using css layout rather
than tables - it's soooo much more versatile. I just need to get
past some obstacles I think!
Cheers
Neil

On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 22:17:20 +0000 (UTC), "Barb S."
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Ok, I made your suggested changes and have this:
>
> body {
> font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
> text-align: center;
> font-size: 1em;
> font-style: normal;
> text-decoration: none;
> top: 15px;
> background-image:
url(/images/backgrounds/background1.gif);
> padding-top: 15px;
>>>> width: 70%;
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
> }
>
> #body {
> margin: 0 auto;
> text-align:left;
> width: 760px;
> padding-right: 20px;
> padding-bottom: 20px;
> padding-left: 20px;
> background-color: #FFFFCC;
> padding-top: 20px;
> font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
> font-size: 1em;
> color: #003366;
>
> }
>
>
http://www.japanesetemari.com
>
> The page is on the left size of the screen and the
yellow box does not expand
>out. Not exactly what I'd wanted. I like to take
advantage of larger screens
>and have the page expand out but not so far out so the
lines of text are real
>long.
> Barb
It's this in the body style that is limiting the width -
change that
to 100%
>>>> width: 70%;
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
> }
~Malcolm N....
~

CSS layout box model?

Hi, I'm using Dreamweaver cs4. I downloaded a diablo 3
fansite kit from blizzard, and was looking at their code &
style sheets and such for reference while learning to use DIV to
layout new websites. I pretty much have the same DIV box going for
all the content in the middle. But when i click on their DIV box,
it shows margin on the left and the right, and while in design
view, automatically centers their DIV box.
I created a page, setup a div box 1000px wide, centered it,
and it does not give me a preview of it centered while in design
view, nor does it show me the margins & padding (displays
diagonal white transparant stripes where the padding & margins
goes). i made sure i clicked the "CSS Layout Box Model" in the
visual aid menu, but it does not want to work on my page, yet i can
turn it on and off on the fan site index page. How do i make it
work on my page?
Thx

Which page? Can we see the other one too?
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"ZzarkZul" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:[email protected]...
> Heres the code for the .css document.
>
>
>
> /* Stylesheet 1 -------------------------------*/
>
> body { margin:0; font:12px Tahoma; color:#FFFFDD;
> background:url(../images/bg1.jpg) 50% 0 #170f05
repeat-x; }
>
> #ev_bg {
> background:url(../images/ev_bg1.gif) repeat-y;
> width:1064px;
> margin:auto;
> }
> #everything { width:1000px; margin:0 32px;
> background:url(../images/stone-dark.jpg); border:1px
solid black;
> border-width:0px 1px; }
>
> #header { height:162px;
background:url(../images/d3_header1.jpg) right
> no-repeat; padding:0 20px; }
> #header h1 {
> padding-top:115px;
> margin:0;
> color:white;
> }
>
> #middle { clear:both;
background:url(../images/borderb1.gif) repeat-x;
> padding:20px 10px; }
>
> #left_column { width:195px; float:left; }
> .horizontal #left_column { width:auto; float:none; }
> #navigation a { background:url(../images/button_bg1.gif)
no-repeat;
> width:170px; height:25px; display:block;
padding-left:25px; margin:5px 0;
> font-size:13px; color:white; text-decoration:none;
line-height:25px;}
> #navigation a:hover { background-position:0 bottom; }
> .horizontal #navigation a { float:left; }
> #more_information { padding-top:15px;}
>
> #middle_column { float:left; width:50%; margin:0px 20px;
> #middle_column.two_column { float:left; width:75%; }
> .horizontal #middle_column { width:auto; float:none; }
> .date_break { font-size:19px; border-bottom:1px solid
#680808;
> margin-bottom:10px; }
> .post { background:url(../images/leather-heavy.jpg);
border:1px solid
> #221100; margin-bottom:35px; line-height:18px; }
> .post h1 { background:url(../images/title_bg1.gif)
repeat-x #0d2368;
> padding:2px 10px; margin:0; font-size:15px;
color:white;}
> .post_body { padding:5px 15px; }
> .post .postedby { float:left; clear:both; }
> .post .timestamp { float:right }
>
> ul { margin:20px; padding:10px; }
> li { list-style:none;
background:url(../images/bullet.gif) 0 5px
> no-repeat;
> padding-left:30px; line-height:25px; }
> .list_left, .list_right { width:48%; float:left }
>
> .post_info { clear:both; padding-top:10px; }
>
> #right_column {
> width:26%;
> float:left;
> }
> .box { background:url(../images/leather-vdark.jpg);
border:1px solid
> #545454; margin:10px 0 25px 0; padding:10px; }
>
> #footer { clear:both; padding:20px }
> #subnav { margin:10px 0;}
> #subnav a { color:#7A0C0C; }
> #subnav a:hover { color:#E51414 }
> .copyright { font-size:10px;}
>

CSS layout

Hi
A couple of embarrassingly basic questions but would
appreciate help:
1. I'm using a CSS layout template and need to alter the
position of a div border (to coincide with another border). How do
you physically do this? Can't seem to "drag and drop" the border
2. I've aligned a Heading to the "left" but when I display it
on the browser it either stays to the left or moves to the center
of the div. depending on the size of my window. How do you prevent
this?
3. Currently my html and css codes are in 2 different
(linked) documents. When I publish to the web do I simply load both
files or do I need to copy and paste the css coding into my html
document?
Thanks once again

Posting our code would be helpful
> 1. I'm using a CSS layout template and need to alter the
position of a div
> border (to coincide with another border). How do you
physically do this?
> Can't
> seem to "drag and drop" the border
I'm not sure what you're asking here ... positioning a
border? the div
border is always, well, on the perimeter of the div. Do you
want to move one
edge of the div over 10 px? If so (and assuming its the left
border...) ,
try subtracting 10 px from the div width and giving the div a
margin-left of
10px. As for "drag and drop," what are we dragging? What are
we dropping?
> 2. I've aligned a Heading to the "left" but when I
display it on the
> browser
> it either stays to the left or moves to the center of
the div. depending
> on the
> size of my window. How do you prevent this?
can we see the code here? It sounds to me like you're running
into problems
with an element being set to 500px wide and then a browser
window that is
400px wide. A wide img maybe? I'm only guessing at things
without seeing th
ecode though
> 3. Currently my html and css codes are in 2 different
(linked) documents.
> When
> I publish to the web do I simply load both files or do I
need to copy and
> paste
> the css coding into my html document?
Yep. Just make sure they stay relative to each other in the
same way. In
other words, if both your htm file and css file are in the
same folder on
your local machinge then they must remain in the same folder
on your server.
If your css is in a subfolder called "css" then you need to
make sure your
css file is in a similar subfolder on the server
Alex

CSS Layout issue!! Help Urgent!!

I am having a problem with creating a css layout, in the past i used tables and am trying to convert my sites for my customers. I have layed out the website using divs and css and it looks great until i put in the cosing of the menu bar. when i put in the coding for the menu bar suddenly the bar has a padding around it but i cannot find a padding that would change this in the css coding. I need this done asap! so please help. ill show my coding below:
this is the div coding:
<div id=Nav>
   <ul class="dropdown" id="Bar"; width: 879px" name="Bar">
         <li class="style16" style="width: 161px; height: 22px">
   <a href="default.html" style="width: 146px">Home</a></li>
         <li class="style10" style="width: 169px; height: 23px">
   <a href="about.html" style="width: 153px">About</a></li>
     <li class="" style="height: 31px; width: 175px; left: 0px; top: 0px">
   <a href="Equipment.html" class="style18">
   <div class="style10" style="width: 156px; height: 20px;">
    Equipment</div>
   </a> <ul class="sub_menu">
            <li><a href="compressor.html">Air Compressors</a></li>
            <li><a href="compactions.html">Compaction</a></li>
            <li><a href="concrete.html">Concrete Equipment</a></li>
            <li><a href="forklifts.html">Fork Lifts</a></li>
            <li><a href="generators.html">Generators</a></li>
            <li><a href="groundthawing.html">Ground Thawing</a></li>
            <li><a href="heaters.html">Heaters</a></li>
            <li><a href="scissorlifts.html">Scissor Lifts</a></li>
            <li><a href="boomlifts.html">Boom Lifts</a></li>
            <li><a href="lighttowes.html">Light Towers</a></li>
            <li><a href="misc.html">Misc.</a></li>
            <li><a href="dirtequipment.html">Dirt Equipment</a></li>
            <li><a href="powertools.html">Power Tools</a></li>
            <li><a href="pumps.html">Pumps | Saws | Welders</a></li>
                 </ul>
         </li>
         <li style="width: 165px"><a href="locations.html">
   <div class="style10" style="width: 154px">
    Locations</div>
   </a>
           </li>
             <li style="width: 180px"><a href="contact.html">
   <div class="style16" style="height: 24px">
    Contact Us</div>
   </a>         </li>
        </ul>
</div>
This is the css coding:
#wrapper {
width: 880px;
margin-right: auto;
margin-left: auto;
background-color: #f4f4f4;
#Navigation {
background-image: url(Images/NAvigation%20BAr.jpg);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
width: 880px;
visibility: visible;
height: 3-px;
vertical-align: top;
Nav {
vertical-align: top;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
clear: both;
height: 20px !important;
#wrapper1 {
width: 876px;
margin-right: auto;
margin-left: auto;
color: #F4F4F4;
/* IE10 Consumer Preview */
background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(left, #716375 0%, #E8E8E8 100%);
/* Mozilla Firefox */
background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(left, #716375 0%, #E8E8E8 100%);
/* Opera */
background-image: -o-linear-gradient(left, #716375 0%, #E8E8E8 100%);
/* Webkit (Safari/Chrome 10) */
background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, right top, color-stop(0, #716375), color-stop(1, #E8E8E8));
/* Webkit (Chrome 11+) */
background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(left, #716375 0%, #E8E8E8 100%);
/* W3C Markup, IE10 Release Preview */
background-image: linear-gradient(to right, #716375 0%, #E8E8E8 100%);
margin-bottom: auto;
#Bar {
background-repeat: no-repeat;
width: 880px;
height: 28pt;
overflow: visible;
background-image: url(Images/NAvigation%20BAr.jpg);
position: relative;
vertical-align: top;
#container {
width: 880px;
color: #000;
background-color: #EDEDED;
dominant-baseline: 578px;
/* IE10 Consumer Preview */
background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(left, #716375 0%, #E8E8E8 100%);
/* Mozilla Firefox */
background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(left, #716375 0%, #E8E8E8 100%);
/* Opera */
background-image: -o-linear-gradient(left, #716375 0%, #E8E8E8 100%);
/* Webkit (Safari/Chrome 10) */
background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, right top, color-stop(0, #716375), color-stop(1, #E8E8E8));
/* Webkit (Chrome 11+) */
background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(left, #716375 0%, #E8E8E8 100%);
/* W3C Markup, IE10 Release Preview */
background-image: linear-gradient(to right, #716375 0%, #E8E8E8 100%);
margin-bottom: auto;
#content {
float: left;
color: #090;
width: 580px;
padding-right: 6px;
background-color: #033;
margin-top: 20px;
.container {
color: #000;
background-color: #ff6;
width: 876px;
#expect {
height: 164px;
width: 294px;
float: right;
position: relative;
background-color: #C90;
margin-left: 582px;
padding-top: 10px;
#hours {
float: left;
height: 55px;
width: 294px;
line-height: 4px;
word-spacing: normal;
white-space: normal;
display: inline;
letter-spacing: normal;
padding-top: 10px;
font-size: 13pt;
color: #000;
margin-left: 586px;
background-color: #F99;
#footer {
height: 76px;
width: 880px;
background-color: #CC0;
clear: both;
#cards {
float: right;
height: 31px;
width: 294px;
margin-left: 582px;
padding-top: 10px;
background-color: #F36;
#contact {
float: left;
height: 328px;
width: 293px;
word-spacing: normal;
white-space: normal;
line-height: 1px;
color: #000;
display: inline;
font-size: 14pt;
background-color: #FFF;
padding-top: 10px;
margin-top: 20px;
#header {
background-image: url(Images/Proquip%20Logo/Proquip%20logo2.jpg);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: center center;
width: 885px;
height: 126px;
background-color: #000;
margin-right: 2.5px;
margin-left: 0px;
#wrapper #container #contact p strong {
color: #800000;
font-size: 14pt;
#wrapper #container #contact blockquote p a {
color: #000;
#wrapper #container #expect div {
color: #900;
font-size: 14pt;
font-weight: bold;
#wrapper #container #hours div {
color: #900;
font-size: 14pt;
font-weight: bold;
#box2 {
background-image: url(Images/Option%201/Services/whitebox2.jpg);
#box3 {
background-image:url(Images/Option%201/Services/redbox2.jpg);
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position: center center;
#gold {
background-image:url(Images/Option%201/Logos/gold.gif);
background-repeat:no-repeat;
#white {
background-image:url(Images/Option%201/ProQuip-Pics/box1.gif);
background-repeat:no repeat;
#forklift {
background-image:url(Images/Option%201/ProQuip-Pics/34-01-4380.jpg);
background-repeat:no-repeat;
#scissorlift {
background-image:url(Images/Option%201/ProQuip-Pics/jlg-scissor-lifts-21.jpg);
background-repeat:no-repeat;
/* Navigation Menu- Level one */
ul {
list-style: none
ul.dropdown {
font-size: 13pt;
color: #000000;
height: 25px;
text-decoration: none !important;
width: 860px;
position: relative;
vertical-align: top;
ul#Bar.dropdown {
width: 878px;
position: relative;
vertical-align: top;
ul.dropdown li {
font-weight: 600;
float: left;
zoom: 1;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 13pt;
display: block;
width: 175px;
color: #000000;
top: 25px;
text-decoration: none !important;
text-align: center;
ul.dropdown a:hover {
color:#cc0000;
ul.dropdown a:active {
color: #000000;
ul.dropdown li a {
display: block;
border-right: 1px solid#333;
color: #000000;
border-right-width: 1px;
text-decoration: none !important;
text-align: center;
ul.dropdown li:last-child a {
border-right:none; /* does not wotk in IE */
text-decoration:none !important; }
ul.dropdown li.hover,
ul.dropdown li.hover {
color: #000000;
position: relative;
height: 28px;
top: 0px;
ul.dropdown li.hover a {
color:#800000;
/* Level Two Navigation */
ul.dropdown ul {
width: 180px;
visibility: hidden;
position: absolute;
top: 100%;
left: 36%;
display: block;
float: left;
color: #000000;
text-decoration: none !important;
height: 25px;
ul.dropdown ul li {
font-weight: normal;
color: #000000;
border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc;
float: left;
border-bottom-color: #c0c0c0;
border-bottom-style: groove;
display: block;
background-color: #dbdbdb;
text-decoration:none !important;
/* IE 6&7 needs inline block */
ul.dropdown ul li a {
border-right: none;
display: inline-block;
height: 18px;
line-height: 16px;
color: #000000;
width: 100%;
text-decoration: none !important;
/* Level Three Navigation */
ul.dropdown ul ul {
top: 100%;
color: #000000;
text-decoration: none !important;
ul.dropdown li:hover>ul {
visibility: visible;
color: #000000;
top: 30px;
text-decoration: none !important;

I have the site using tables up and running, this is a website for a client so I cant make a test site using that domain would it be ok if I screen shot'ed the problem?
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 12:19:44 -0700
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: CSS Layout issue!! Help Urgent!!
    Re: CSS Layout issue!! Help Urgent!!
    created by Jon Fritz II in Dreamweaver support forum - View the full discussion
Well, you're not using position:absolute, so you've got a big thumbs up from a bunch of us for that.
Is there any chance you could post a link to this page on your server? It's much easier to troubleshoot from a browser than it is to rebuild the page from code fragments.
If you haven't gone live with the page yet, create a folder called TEST in your site and save copies of the page and css there. Upload TEST and post a link to it here. Once the problem is found/fixed, delete TEST from the server.
You can also attempt to use Firefox or Chrome to find your issue by right clicking > Inspect Element. All CSS that affects a given element will be displayed with file name and line numbers there.
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Css layout not working in firefox

I've created a css layout using divs, it works fine in IE,
but in firefox, the container div doesn't stretch far enough to
contain all the content.
here's the link to the page:
http://www.claremckenzie.co.uk/tryshahunt/profile.html
can anyone help?

I've solved it myself with the clear both rule. doh!

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