Fluid Grid Layout with Sidebar

I am fairly new to dreamweaver and trying to build a fluid grid layout with a sidebar which needs to span the full height of the website and I am having trouble. I cant get the sidebar to span multiple columns using the fluid grids. I know I can do it with pure css using display options but wanted to know if. Can do it visually using dreamweaver's built in tools and UI.
Can someone point out if I am going about this correctly? I can provide more info if needed.
Thanks.

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Abdelqader Alnobani wrote:
How can I make a part of the body of my content full width of the screen with a fluid grid layout in CSS? (In dreamweaver program)
and I know it is being over-ridden by
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http://www.alistapart.com/articles/responsive-web-design/
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Brian McNay wrote:
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          background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #CAE4BF 0%, #FFFFFF 100%);
          /* Opera */
          background-image: -o-linear-gradient(top, #CAE4BF 0%, #FFFFFF 100%);
          /* Webkit (Safari/Chrome 10) */
          background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0, #CAE4BF), color-stop(1, #FFFFFF));
          /* Webkit (Chrome 11+) */
          background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #CAE4BF 0%, #FFFFFF 100%);
          /* W3C Markup, IE10 Release Preview */
          background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, #CAE4BF 0%, #FFFFFF 100%);
          z-index: 2;
Picture:

Try
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<style>
body {
    width: 1000px;
    margin: auto;
    background: #616161;
.header {
    height: 70px;
    width: 900px;
    margin: auto;
    background: #D3E8CA;
.nav {
    height: 90px;
    background: #7CBD66;
-moz-box-shadow:    0px 0px 5px 3px #333;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0px 0px 5px 3px #333;
box-shadow:         0px 0px 5px 3px #333;
    position: relative;
    z-index: 99;
.content {
    height: 70px;
    width: 900px;
    margin: auto;
    background: #D3E8CA;
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="header"></div>
<div class="nav"></div>
<div class="content"></div>
</body>
</html>

Fluid Grid Layout - IE Issue with Image Size

Hi,
I've been working on a new website using the CS6 Fluid Grid Layout. My site is working correctly in Chrome and Firefox but in Internet Explorer 9 and 10, and most likely all other versions, the images that resize normall in Chrome and Firefox stay at maximum size in Internet Explorer. Please could somebody take a look at my site and see where I have gone wrong in the code as I can't find the problem anywhere.
www.moleseyhire.com/index2.html
Kind regards,
Mitchell Ransom

You could set the <divs> up like:
<div id="special_1"><img src="http://www.moleseyhire.com/images/offer-1.png" alt="33% Off Shampoo"></div>
<div id="special_2"><img src="http://www.moleseyhire.com/images/offer-2.png" alt="Multi Hire"></div>
    <div id="special_3"><img src="http://www.moleseyhire.com/images/offer-3.png" alt="Multi Buy"></div>
    <div id="special_4"><img src="http://www.moleseyhire.com/images/offer-4.png" alt="10% Off Tile Cutter Accessories"></div>
Then add
#special_1, #special_2, #special_3, #special_4 {
    width: 24%;
    float: left;
    margin-right: 1%;
To the following media queries:
@media only screen and (min-width: 769px) and @media only screen and (min-width: 481px)
and:
#special_1, #special_2, #special_3, #special_4 {
    width: 49%;
    float: left;
    margin-right: 1%;
to the following media query:
/* Mobile Layout: 480px and below. */

Dw6 fluid grid layout

trying to make sense of the fluid grid layout.
can you use <div class> in fluid grid layout?
is it best to only insert divs using the fluid grid layout div?
when you insert a new fluid grid div what is the difference between entering a new line or not?
the html structure seems to be the same regardless of if you start a new line or not, am i wrong?
any help would be appreciated!

Ben Pleysier wrote:
It's not my code, just rubbish I pulled out of the Bootstrap example sites....plenty more like that........ how about this beauty:
<div class="spb-row-container spb-row-full-width spb_parallax_asset sf-parallax parallax-window-height parallax-fixed spb_content_element bg-type-cover col-sm-12 no-shadow hidden-xs remove-element-spacing col-natural" data-v-center="true" data-top-style="" data-bottom-style="" data-midnight="dark" style="background-color:#009fc2;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;background-image: url(http://www.thesign.pt/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/FM.jpg);">
I thought we were talking about Bootstrap. No Bootstrap in the above.
<body class="html not-front not-logged-in no-sidebars page-node page-node- page-node-1172 node-type-static-page not-mobile region-content navbar-is-fixed-top" onunload="">
No Bootstrap here either.
<div class="col-lg-3 col-md-4 col-md-offset-1 col-sm-4 col-sm-offset-1 col-xs-22 col-xs-offset-2 col-lg-offset-0">
Please allow me to explain. Bootstrap is based on 12 columns regardless of screen size. Translating the above we get the following for each of the screen sizes
large 3 cols offset 0
medium 4 cols offset 1
small 4 cols offset 1
extra small 22 cols offset 2
Our attention immediately falls on the extra small device with 22 columns that are 2 columns offset, total 24 columns. How can this be when there are only 12 columns available. Why would one have offset columns on the smallest screen size when we are already battling for real-estate. I think that if we make the classes believable we can safely ignore the classes for the extra small device. Continuing, we see the same number of columns for medium and small and the same offset. Being a mobile first approach, the classes that we assign to small will filter through to larger screen sizes making the classes for medium screen sizes ineffective. Looking at the 0 offset for large screen sizes?? Why do that when it is the default value. In other words, had Bootstrap been applied properly, the tag would look like
<div class="col-sm-4 col-sm-offset-1 col-lg-3">
The other two examples are even more ridiculous. Once again, I implore you to start learning Bootstrap and you will come to the conclusion that you are supplying us with gibberish.
I'm not supplying the gibberish it's the many websites that rely on frameworks, be they Bootstrap/Foundation/Wordpress - whatever rubbish they are using that I'm lifting this code from that are supplying it.
Take the Bootstrap form - every form input field I observe is wrapped in a <div> tag, why - it's bloated and redundant coding. Bootstrap, much like Wordpress was never invented to be used to build websites.
That IS my whole point - there are numerous examples of where Bootstrap IS NOT being used properly because people rely on something they no nothing about and end up with verbose class names splattered around all over their pages, bloated js and css scripts because they are the default files which come with Bootstrap.
<div class="col-sm-4 col-sm-offset-1 col-lg-3"> to me this is still nasty and overly complex 'class' mark-up. A page full of this tripe would drive me insane.
The very worst people you could advise to use Bootstrap are the people in this forum because most will have little knowledge of coding (that's why they turn to a framework) and end up with a page full of crap.
And I'm not verbalising you - you said it yourself. People use lots of 'short cuts' - it doesnt mean it's a good approach to take. No ones re-inventing the wheel apart from Bootstrap, who are obviously trying too. Media queries already exist to produce responsive design, learn how to implement them and free yourself from being entrapped by frameworks where you have to use their naming convention, their break points by default, their over bloated js and css files and somethimes rubbish html mark-up.

How do I get my Fluid Grid Layout page to resizes from portrait to landscape for iPhones?

Starting in portrait on my iPhone 4, the fluid grid layout page does not resize when I turn to landscape. After I refresh / resize to fit the page on landscape and then turn the iPhone to portrait, the page resizes just fine. Everything seems to be working just fine on the desktop, ignoring IE. Could it be my media query tags?
If anyone knows a solution, it would be much appreciated. Thanks.
Here is my test page: http://www.bedroomandmore.com/1_b_fluidGrid.html
Here are my media query tags (the first set of rules does not have the media query tag and becomes the default):
@media only screen and (max-device-width: 480px) and (orientation : landscape) {
@media only screen and (min-width: 481px) {
@media only screen and (min-width: 769px) {
Here is most of my media query CSS:
@charset "UTF-8";
/* Simple fluid media
   Note: Fluid media requires that you remove the media's height and width attributes from the HTML
   http://www.alistapart.com/articles/fluid-images/
img, object, embed, video {
          max-width: 100%;
/* IE 6 does not support max-width so default to width 100% */
.ie6 img {
          width:100%;
/* Mobile Layout: 480px and below.(smartphone portrait) */
.gridContainer {
          width: 95.4184%;
          padding-left: 0.5907%;
          padding-right: 0.5907%;
#header {
          clear: both;
          float: left;
          display: block;
          margin-left: 0%;
          width: 72%;
          max-height: 0%;
          display: -moz-box; /* Firefox */
          display: -webkit-box; /* Safari and Chrome */
          display: box;
          border: none;
          top: auto;
          padding-top: 0.25em;
#menuHorizontal {
          clear: both;
          float: left;
          width: 118%;
          height:100%;
          margin-left: auto;
          position:relative;
          top:-1em;
          display: block;
#slides {
          clear: both;
          float: left;
          margin-left: 0.1em;
          width: 119%;
          position: relative;
          top: -1em;
          display: block;
                    /*Slides container: Important: Use position:relative; with top:-1em; together to position div.
                              Set the width of your slides container
                              Set to    display: none     to prevent content flash*/
.slides_container {
          clear: both;
          width: 100%;
          display: block;
                    /*Each slide: Important:
                              Set the width of your slides
                              If height not specified height will be set by the slide content
                              Set to     display: block     for original setting
                              slide_container is container size
                              slides_container div set the size of the image inside--adjust to fit image in it so it is not cropped*/
.slides_container div {
          clear: both;
          width: 69%;
          display: block;
          /* Mobile Layout: 480px. (smartphone landscape)
                              Inherits styles from Mobile Layout 480px.
                              Set to clear:none; to allow div to shift up
                              Or set to clear:both; to take a whole row of the screen*/
@media only screen and (max-device-width: 480px) and (orientation : landscape) {
.gridContainer {
          width: 95.4184%;
          padding-left: 0.7907%;
          padding-right: 0.7907%;
#header {
          clear:both;
          float: left;
          display: block;
          margin-left: auto;
          width:100%;
          display: -moz-box; /* Firefox */
          display: -webkit-box; /* Safari and Chrome */
          display: box;
          border: none;
#menuHorizontal {
          clear:both;
          float: left;
          width: 110%;
          margin-left:auto;
          display: block;
#slides {
          clear:both;
          float: left;
          margin-left: 0%;
          width: 68%;
          display: block;
                    /*Slides container: Important:
                              Set the width of your slides container
                              Set to    display: none     to prevent content flash*/
.slides_container {
          clear:both;
          float: left;
          width: 100%;
          display: block;
                    /*Each slide: Important:
                              Set the width of your slides
                              If height not specified height will be set by the slide content
                              Set to     display: block     for original setting*/
.slides_container div {
          clear:both;
          width:69%;
          display: block;
                    /* Tablet Layout: 481px to 768px. Inherits styles from: Mobile Layout.
                              Set to clear:none; to allow div to shift up
                              Or set to clear:both; to take a whole row of the screen*/
@media only screen and (min-width: 481px) {
.gridContainer {
          width: 95.9456%;
          padding-left: 0.5271%;
          padding-right: 0.5271%;
#header {
          clear:both;
          float: left;
          display: block;
          margin-left: auto;
          width: 100%;
          display: -moz-box; /* Firefox */
          display: -webkit-box; /* Safari and Chrome */
          display: box;
          border: none;
#menuHorizontal {
          clear:both;
          float: left;
          margin-left:auto;
          display: block;
#slides {
          clear:both;
          float: left;
          margin-left: 0%;
          width: 70%;
          display: block;
                    /*Slides container: Important:
                              Set the width of your slides container
                              Set to    display: none     to prevent content flash*/
.slides_container {
          clear:both;
          float: left;
          width: 100%;
          display: block;
                    /*Each slide: Important:
                              Set the width of your slides
                              If height not specified height will be set by the slide content
                              Set to     display: block     for original setting*/
.slides_container div {
          width: 100%;
          display: block;

I found the problem. There is a bug in Safari for iPhone 4. Use code to fix found at http://stackoverflow.com/a/6379407

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