Tricky898

I tried Dizi's method and worked perfectly, thanks

I've managed to confuse myself again. Firstly, I managed to place a logo box in the top left of the page, to the right of the header. Now, I wish to put one opposite, on the right hand side of the header. However, when I try this, It insists on going to the right of the sidebar, and not the header. Here's the code: <style type="text/css"> <!-- body { background: #666666; margin: 0; /* it's good practice to zero the margin and padding of the body element to account for differing browser defaults */ padding: 0; text-align: center; /* this centers the container in IE 5* browsers. The text is then set to the left aligned default in the #container selector */ color: #FFFFFF; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 100%; } .thrColLiqHdr #top5 { width: 95px; float: none; height: 100px; margin-left: 2.5px; background-image: url(../top%205%20box.gif); } .thrColLiqHdr #container { width: 60%; /* this will create a container 80% of the browser width */ background: #FFFFFF; /* the auto margins (in conjunction with a width) center the page */ border: 1px solid #000000; text-align: left; /* this overrides the text-align: center on the body element. */ margin: 0 auto; } .thrColLiqHdr #logo { height: 60px; width: 90px; float: left; background-color:#0080FF; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0; border: 5px solid #000000; } .thrColLiqHdr #header { height: 62px; margin-left: 100px; background-color: #C0E3FE; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 30px; background-image: url(../New%20bg.gif); } .thrColLiqHdr #header h1 { margin: 0; /* zeroing the margin of the last element in the #header div will avoid margin collapse - an unexplainable space between divs. If the div has a border around it, this is not necessary as that also avoids the margin collapse */ padding: 10px 0; /* using padding instead of margin will allow you to keep the element away from the edges of the div */ } /* Tips for sidebars: 1. Since we are working in percentages, it's best not to use side padding on the sidebars. It will be added to the width for standards compliant browsers creating an unknown actual width. 2. Space between the side of the div and the elements within it can be created by placing a left and right margin on those elements as seen in the ".thrColLiqHdr #sidebar1 p" rule. 3. Since Explorer calculates widths after the parent element is rendered, you may occasionally run into unexplained bugs with percentage-based columns. If you need more predictable results, you may choose to change to pixel sized columns. */ .thrColLiqHdr #sidebar1 { float: left; /* this element must precede in the source order any element you would like it be positioned next to */ width: 100px; /* top and bottom padding create visual space within this div */ padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0; background-color: #247EFC; } .thrColLiqHdr #sidebar2 { float: right; /* this element must precede in the source order any element you would like it be positioned next to */ width: 115px; /* the background color will be displayed for the length of the content in the column, but no further */ padding: 15px 0; /* top and bottom padding create visual space within this div */ background-color: #247EFC; } .thrColLiqHdr #sidebar1 p, .thrColLiqHdr #sidebar1 h3, .thrColLiqHdr #sidebar2 p, .thrColLiqHdr #sidebar2 h3 { margin-left: 10px; /* the left and right margin should be given to every element that will be placed in the side columns */ margin-right: 10px; } /* Tips for mainContent: 1. the space between the mainContent and sidebars is created with the left and right margins on the mainContent div. 2. to avoid float drop at a supported minimum 800 x 600 resolution, elements within the mainContent div should be 300px or smaller (this includes images). 3. in the Internet Explorer Conditional Comment below, the zoom property is used to give the mainContent "hasLayout." This avoids several IE-specific bugs. */ .thrColLiqHdr #mainContent { margin-top: 0; margin-right: 130px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 115px; } .thrColLiqHdr #footer { padding: 0 10px; /* this padding matches the left alignment of the elements in the divs that appear above it. */ background:#DDDDDD; } .thrColLiqHdr #footer p { margin: 0; /* zeroing the margins of the first element in the footer will avoid the possibility of margin collapse - a space between divs */ padding: 10px 0; /* padding on this element will create space, just as the the margin would have, without the margin collapse issue */ } /* Miscellaneous classes for reuse */ .fltrt { /* this class can be used to float an element right in your page. The floated element must precede the element it should be next to on the page. */ float: right; margin-left: 8Px; } .fltlft { /* this class can be used to float an element left in your page The floated element must precede the element it should be next to on the page. */ float: left; margin-right: 8Px; } .clearfloat { /* this class should be placed on a div or break element and should be the final element before the close of a container that should fully contain its child floats */ clear:both; height:0; font-size: 1px; line-height: 0px; } .style2 {font-family: MetroDF, Arial} a:link { color: #000000; text-decoration: none; } a:visited { text-decoration: none; color: #000000; } a:hover { text-decoration: none; color: #FFFFFF; } a:active { text-decoration: none; } .style5 { font-size: 145%; font-family: redensek; } .style6 { font-family: redensek; font-weight: bold; color: #000000; } .style7 { font-family: redensek; color:#000000; font-weight: bold; } .style8 { font-family: redensek; color:#000000 } #logotr { height: 60px; width: 90px; float: right; background-color:#0080FF; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0; border: 5px solid #000000; } --> </style> <!--[if IE]> <style type="text/css"> /* place css fixes for all versions of IE in this conditional comment */ .thrColLiqHdr #sidebar2, .thrColLiqHdr #sidebar1 { padding-top: 30px; } .thrColLiqHdr #mainContent { zoom: 1; padding-top: 15px; } /* the above proprietary zoom property gives IE the hasLayout it needs to avoid several bugs */ </style> <![endif]--></head> <div id=”wrapper”> <body class="thrColLiqHdr"> <div id="container"> <div id="logo"> <div align="center"><a href="index.html"><img src="../logo3.png" alt="Home" width="90" height="60" border="0" /></a></div> </div> <div id="header"> <div align="left"></div> <h1 align="left" class="style2"><span class="style5"><a href="index.html"> ..</a></span> <!-- end #header --></h1> </div> <div id="logotr"></div> <div id="sidebar1"> <h3 align="right"><a href="index.html"><img src="../Left button.gif" alt="Home" width="75" height="15" border="0" /></a><img src="../left button 2.GIF" alt="Games" width="75" height="15" /><img src="../left button 3.GIF" alt="Videos" width="75" height="15" /><img src="../left button 4.GIF" alt="Humour" width="75" height="15" /></h3> <div id="top5"> <div align="center"><span class="style7"></span><span class="style8">1) Top Link <br> 2)<br>3)<br>4)</span></div> </div> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <h3> </h3> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <!-- end #sidebar1 --></div> <div id="sidebar2"> <h3> </h3> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <!-- end #sidebar2 --></div> <div id="mainContent"> <h1> </h1> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <!-- end #mainContent --></div> <!-- This clearing element should immediately follow the #mainContent div in order to force the #container div to contain all child floats --><br class="clearfloat" /> <div id="footer"> <p>Footer</p> <!-- end #footer --></div> <!-- end #container --></div> </body>

Thanks works perfectly.

<style type="text/css"> <!-- body { font: 100% Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background: #666666; margin: 0; /* it's good practice to zero the margin and padding of the body element to account for differing browser defaults */ padding: 0; text-align: center; /* this centers the container in IE 5* browsers. The text is then set to the left aligned default in the #container selector */ color: #000000; width: 1000px; } .thrColLiqHdr #container { width: 100%; /* this will create a container 80% of the browser width */ background: #FFFFFF; /* the auto margins (in conjunction with a width) center the page */ border: 1px solid #000000; text-align: left; /* this overrides the text-align: center on the body element. */ margin: 0 auto; } .thrColLiqHdr #logo { height: 60px; width: 90px; float: left; background-color:#0080FF; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0; border: 5px solid #000000; } .thrColLiqHdr #header { height: 57px; margin-left: 100px; background-color: #FFCC00; padding-top: 13px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 30px; background-image: url(../New%20bg.gif); } .thrColLiqHdr #header h1 { margin: 0; /* zeroing the margin of the last element in the #header div will avoid margin collapse - an unexplainable space between divs. If the div has a border around it, this is not necessary as that also avoids the margin collapse */ padding: 10px 0; /* using padding instead of margin will allow you to keep the element away from the edges of the div */ } /* Tips for sidebars: 1. Since we are working in percentages, it's best not to use side padding on the sidebars. It will be added to the width for standards compliant browsers creating an unknown actual width. 2. Space between the side of the div and the elements within it can be created by placing a left and right margin on those elements as seen in the ".thrColLiqHdr #sidebar1 p" rule. 3. Since Explorer calculates widths after the parent element is rendered, you may occasionally run into unexplained bugs with percentage-based columns. If you need more predictable results, you may choose to change to pixel sized columns. */ .thrColLiqHdr #sidebar1 { float: left; /* this element must precede in the source order any element you would like it be positioned next to */ width: 100px; /* top and bottom padding create visual space within this div */ padding-top: 15px; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0; background-color: #EBEBEB; background-image: url(../side%20bg.gif); } .thrColLiqHdr #sidebar2 { float: right; /* this element must precede in the source order any element you would like it be positioned next to */ width: 115px; /* since this element is floated, a width must be given */ background: #EBEBEB; /* the background color will be displayed for the length of the content in the column, but no further */ padding: 15px 0; /* top and bottom padding create visual space within this div */ } .thrColLiqHdr #sidebar1 p, .thrColLiqHdr #sidebar1 h3, .thrColLiqHdr #sidebar2 p, .thrColLiqHdr #sidebar2 h3 { margin-left: 10px; /* the left and right margin should be given to every element that will be placed in the side columns */ margin-right: 10px; } /* Tips for mainContent: 1. the space between the mainContent and sidebars is created with the left and right margins on the mainContent div. 2. to avoid float drop at a supported minimum 800 x 600 resolution, elements within the mainContent div should be 300px or smaller (this includes images). 3. in the Internet Explorer Conditional Comment below, the zoom property is used to give the mainContent "hasLayout." This avoids several IE-specific bugs. */ .thrColLiqHdr #mainContent { margin-top: 0; margin-right: 130px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 115px; } .thrColLiqHdr #footer { padding: 0 10px; /* this padding matches the left alignment of the elements in the divs that appear above it. */ background:#DDDDDD; } .thrColLiqHdr #footer p { margin: 0; /* zeroing the margins of the first element in the footer will avoid the possibility of margin collapse - a space between divs */ padding: 10px 0; /* padding on this element will create space, just as the the margin would have, without the margin collapse issue */ } /* Miscellaneous classes for reuse */ .fltrt { /* this class can be used to float an element right in your page. The floated element must precede the element it should be next to on the page. */ float: right; margin-left: 8Px; } .fltlft { /* this class can be used to float an element left in your page The floated element must precede the element it should be next to on the page. */ float: left; margin-right: 8Px; } .clearfloat { /* this class should be placed on a div or break element and should be the final element before the close of a container that should fully contain its child floats */ clear:both; height:0; font-size: 1px; line-height: 0px; } .style2 {font-family: MetroDF, Arial} a:link { color: #000000; text-decoration: none; } a:visited { text-decoration: none; color: #000000; } a:hover { text-decoration: none; color: #FFFFFF; } a:active { text-decoration: none; } .style5 {font-size: 95%} --> </style> <!--[if IE]> <style type="text/css"> /* place css fixes for all versions of IE in this conditional comment */ .thrColLiqHdr #sidebar2, .thrColLiqHdr #sidebar1 { padding-top: 30px; } .thrColLiqHdr #mainContent { zoom: 1; padding-top: 15px; } /* the above proprietary zoom property gives IE the hasLayout it needs to avoid several bugs */ </style> <![endif]--></head> <div id=”wrapper”> <body class="thrColLiqHdr"> <div id="container"> <div id="logo"> <div align="center"><a href="index.html"><img src="../LOGO.PNG" alt="home" width="65" height="60" border="0" /></a></div> </div> <div id="header"> <h1 align="left" class="style2"><span class="style5"> <a href="index.html">...</a></span> <!-- end #header --></h1> </div> <div id="sidebar1"> <h3> </h3> <h3> </h3> <h3> </h3> <h3> </h3> <h3> </h3> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <!-- end #sidebar1 --></div> <div id="sidebar2"> <h3>Sidebar2 </h3> <p>The background color on this div will only show for the length of the content. If you'd like a dividing line instead, place a border on the right side of the #mainContent div if the #mainContent div will always contain more content than the #sidebar2 div. </p> <p>Donec eu mi sed turpis feugiat feugiat. Integer turpis arcu, pellentesque eget, cursus et, fermentum ut, sapien. </p> <!-- end #sidebar2 --></div> <div id="mainContent"> <h1> Main Content </h1> <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Praesent aliquam, justo convallis luctus rutrum, erat nulla fermentum diam, at nonummy quam ante ac quam. Maecenas urna purus, fermentum id, molestie in, commodo porttitor, felis. Nam blandit quam ut lacus. Quisque ornare risus quis ligula. Phasellus tristique purus a augue condimentum adipiscing. Aenean sagittis. Etiam leo pede, rhoncus venenatis, tristique in, vulputate at, odio. Donec et ipsum et sapien vehicula nonummy. Suspendisse potenti. </p> <h2>H2 level heading </h2> <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Praesent aliquam, justo convallis luctus rutrum, erat nulla fermentum diam, at nonummy quam ante ac quam. Maecenas urna purus, fermentum id, molestie in, commodo porttitor, felis. Nam blandit quam ut lacus. Quisque ornare risus quis ligula. Phasellus tristique purus a augue condimentum adipiscing. Aenean sagittis. Etiam leo pede, rhoncus venenatis, tristique in, vulputate at, odio.</p> <!-- end #mainContent --></div> <!-- This clearing element should immediately follow the #mainContent div in order to force the #container div to contain all child floats --><br class="clearfloat" /> <div id="footer"> <p>Footer</p> <!-- end #footer --></div> <!-- end #container --></div> </body> </div> Sorry about all the annotations on it, I used a dreamweaver template, just added on an extra div for the logo.

I have set the container on my css to be 100% - yet when I preview it in firefox and ie (using Dreamweaver CS3), it only takes up around 80% of the browser window - meaning that it is centred somewhere to the left. is it the resolution I have my screen set to, or can I change this? thanks

I haven't found it yet, I'll keep searching Perhaps you can customize it to appear.

only one thing that is missing that I loved off the old version - the "most read" and "most emailed" sections on the right hand side. I used to use these a lot other than that, great, as you can change it so the text is always set to be smaller.

one other thing - decided to use a 22% margin (as that coincided with the sidebar) and am now attempting to put in another Div to the left (inside the margin). This will contain the websites logo. However, it keeps placing it above the header div - whereas i want it to the left of it. any help?

Thanks for the kind welcome, and happy new year Everything seems so easy once someone else tells me, works perfectly, thank you

I'm not entirely sure how to describe this, as I am new to the world of web design. But I am using Adobe Dreamweaver CS3, and have a page that is layed out as follows: I have drawn the black solid line on using paint. This is where I would like there to be something that will not allow the text for the title to go further to the left than the right border of the left sidebar... hope that makes sense in other words, I always want the title lined up with the right hand side of the left sidebar. Are there any ways to do this? (I used a DW template to get the header/footer & 2 sidebars) thanks OKAY, this problem solved, now I am stuck on the next one :S please read my post further down thanks