CSS - Trouble With Text/image Layouts

I'm trying to get a background image/color to repeat down the left hand column of a site, he http:// www. lisaannschleipfer .com, but can't seem to get it working in either FF or IE. You'll notice that in the left hand column, the tannish color does not repeat all the way down the column.

I'm fairly certain I've narrowed it down to the bit of CSS code he

Code:

div#wrapper {
        margin: auto;
	width:800px;
	background: #d1c8ab url(../images/wrapper_bg.jpg);
        background-repeat: repeat-y;
}

I've tried looking around the forum for some solutions, and have found a few possibilities (height: auto, overflow: auto, etc), but nothing that I have tried to insert into the stylesheet has seemed to work.

Does anyone have any suggestions or solutions? I'd appreciate it!

Here's the entire stylesheet, for reference:

Code:

html {
  height: 100%;
  margin-bottom: 0px;
}

form {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}

img,table {
	border:none;
}

table td {
	vertical-align:top;
}

body {
	font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;
	line-height: 1.3em;
	margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
	font-size: 12px;
	color: #666666;
	background: #0d789c url(../images/bg.jpg) top center repeat-x;
}

a:link, a:visited {
	text-decoration: none;
	font-weight: normal;
	color: #0d789c;
}

a:hover {
	text-decoration: underline;
	font-weight: normal;
	color: #0d789c;
}

input.button {
 cursor: pointer;
 vertical-align: bottom;
 border: 0px;
 background:none;
}

p {
  margin-top: 0;
  margin-bottom: 5px;
  text-align:justify;
}

/*****************************************/
/*** Template specific layout elements ***/
/*****************************************/

#header {
	margin:0 auto;
	width:940px;
}

.left_bg {
	background: transparent url(../images/left_bg.jpg) top right no-repeat;
	width:70px;
}

.middle_bg {
	background: transparent url(../images/.jpg) top right no-repeat;
	width:800px;
}

.right_bg {
	background: transparent url(../images/right_bg.jpg) top left no-repeat;
	width:70px;
}

.top_bg {
	background: transparent url(../images/top_bg.jpg) top center no-repeat;
	width:800px;
	height:45px;
}

.rightside {
	background: transparent url(../images/rightside_bg.jpg) top center no-repeat;
	width:185px;
	height:173px;
}

.header_bg {
	background: transparent url(../images/header_bg.jpg) top center no-repeat;
	width:615px;
	height:173px;
}



#page_bg {
	padding: 0;
	margin:0px auto;
}

#top {
	width:800px;
	margin:0 auto;
	padding:0;
}

div.center {
  padding:0;
}

div#wrapper {
        margin: auto;
	width:800px;
	background: #d1c8ab url(../images/wrapper_bg.jpg);
        background-repeat: repeat-y;
}

#logo {
	padding:47px 50px 0 50px;
	height:100px;
	text-align:left;
	margin:0 auto;
} 

#logo a, #logo a:link, #logo a:hover {
	font-weight: normal;
	font-family : "Trebuchet MS", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 36px;
	padding:0px;
	margin:0;
	line-height:1.4em;
	letter-spacing:2px;
	color:#fefefe;
	text-decoration:none;
}

div.newsflash {
	height:150px;
	padding:10px;
	overflow: hidden;
	color:#fff;
	text-align:left;
}

div#tabarea {
	margin: 0;
	width:615px;
	height:26px;
	text-align:left;
}

#footer {
	width:800px;
	margin:0 auto;
}

.validation {
	float:right;
	padding:8px 20px 0 0;
}

#footer .footer {
	background: transparent url(../images/footer.jpg) top center no-repeat;
	height:28px;
	width:800px;
}

#pathway {
	padding: 0px 10px 8px;
	width: auto;
	margin-right: 250px;
	text-align: left;
}

#search {
	float: right;
	width:320px;
	margin-top: -20px;
	margin-right: 20px;
	height: 40px;
	overflow: hidden;
	text-align:right;
}

#area {
	padding: 0;
	width:100%;
/* color:#d1c8ab; */
}

#whitebox {
	margin: 0;
	width: auto;
}

#whitebox div {
	text-align: left;
}



#whitebox_br {
	height: 13px;
	background: url(../images/mw_content_b_r.png) 100% 100% no-repeat;
}

/* horizontal pill menu */
.pill {
  margin:0px 0 0 1px;
  text-align:left;
}

td.pill_m {
  padding: 0;
  margin: 0 10px;
  width: auto;
  text-align:center;
}

#pillmenu {
  white-space: nowrap;
  height: 26px;
  float: left;
}

#pillmenu ul {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;

  list-style:none;
}

#pillmenu li {
	float: left;
	margin: 0px 1px 0 0;
	padding: 0;
	background: transparent;
}

#pillmenu a {
  font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
  font-size: 11px;
  font-weight: normal;
	float:left;
  display:block;
  height: 24px;
  line-height: 24px;
  padding: 2px 10px 0 10px;
  color: #fff;
  text-decoration: none;
  background: transparent;
}


#pillmenu a:hover {
  text-decoration: underline;
}

#pillmenu a#active_menu-nav {
	color: #fff;
	background: url(../images/active_arrow.gif) top center no-repeat;
}

#pillmenu a#active_menu-nav:hover {
	color: #fff;
}

#leftcolumn {
	margin: 0;
	text-align:left;
	width: 221px;
	float:left;
	background: #d1c8ab url(../images/leftcol_bg.jpg) top left no-repeat;

}


div#maincolumnfull {
	padding:2px 10px;




	float:left;
	width: 760px;

}









div#maincolumn {
padding:20px 10px;
float:left;
width: 559px;
background: #ffffff url(../images/maincol_bg.jpg) top left no-repeat;
}

div.nopad {
	padding: 0;
	text-align:left;
}

td.middle_pad {
	width: 20px;
}

/*****************************************/
/*** Joomla! specific content elements ***/
/*****************************************/

div.offline {
	background: #fffebb;
	width: 100%;
	position: absolute;
	top: 0;
	left: 0;
	font-size: 1.2em;
	padding: 5px;
}

span.pathway {
  display: block;
  margin: 0 20px;
  height: 16px;
  line-height: 16px;
  overflow: hidden;
}

/* headers */
div.componentheading {
  padding-left: 0px;
}

h1 {
	padding: 0;
	font-family:Helvetica ,Arial,sans-serif;
	font-size: 1.3em;
	font-weight: bold;
	vertical-align: bottom;
	color: #666;
	text-align: left;
	width: 100%;
}

h2, .contentheading {
	padding: 0;
	font-family: Tahoma, Helvetica,sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	font-weight: bold;
	vertical-align: bottom;
	color: #8cb6cf;
	text-align: left;
	width: 100%;
}

table.contentpaneopen h3 {
	margin-top: 25px;
}

h4 {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #333;
}

h3, .componentheading, table.moduletable th, legend {
  margin: 0;
  font-weight: bold;
  font-family: Tahoma,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;
  color:#71a7c8;
  font-size: 1.4em;
  padding-left: 0px;
	margin-bottom: 10px;
	text-align: left;
}


/* small text */
.small {
	font-size: .90em;
	color: #999;
	font-weight: normal;
	text-align: left;
}

.modifydate {
  height: 20px;
  vertical-align: bottom;
	font-size: .90em;
	color: #999;
	font-weight: normal;
	text-align: left;
}

.createdate {
	height: 20px;
	vertical-align: top;
	font-size: .90em;
	color: #999;
	font-weight: normal;
	vertical-align: top;
	padding-bottom: 5px;
	padding-top: 0px;

}

a.readon {
	margin-top: 10px;
	display: block;
	float: left;
	background: url(../images/mw_readon.png) top right no-repeat;
	padding-right: 20px;
	line-height: 14px;
	height: 16px;
}

/* form validation */
.invalid { border-color: #ff0000; }
label.invalid { color: #ff0000; }


/** overlib **/

.ol-foreground {
	background-color: #f6f6f6;
}

.ol-background {
	background-color: #666;
}

.ol-textfont {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 10px;
}

.ol-captionfont {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	color: #f6f6f6;
	font-weight: bold;
}
.ol-captionfont a {
	color: #0B55C4;
	text-decoration: none;
	font-size: 12px;
}

.ol-closefont {}

/* menu links */
a.mainlevel:link, a.mainlevel:visited {
	padding-left: 5px;
}

a.mainlevel:hover {

}

/* spacers */
span.article_separator {
	display: block;
	height: 20px;
}

.article_column {
	padding-right: 5px;
}

.column_separator {
	border-left: 1px dashed #e0e0e0;
	padding-left: 10px;
}

td.buttonheading {

}

.clr {
	clear: both;
}


div#maindivider {
  border-top: 1px solid #ddd;
  margin-bottom: 10px;
  overflow: hidden;
  height: 1px;
}

table.blog span.article_separator {
	display: block;
	height: 20px;
}

/* table of contents */
table.contenttoc {
  margin: 5px;
  border: 1px solid #ccc;
  padding: 5px;
}

table.contenttoc td {
  padding: 0 5px;
}


/* content tables */
td.sectiontableheader {
  background:transparent url(../images/sectiontableheader_bg.gif) top left repeat-x;
  color: #fff;
  font-weight: bold;
  padding: 4px;
  border-right: 1px solid #fff;
}

tr.sectiontableentry0 td,
tr.sectiontableentry1 td,
tr.sectiontableentry2 td {
  padding: 6px;
}

td.sectiontableentry0,
td.sectiontableentry1,
td.sectiontableentry2 {
  padding: 3px;
}


tr.sectiontableentry1 {
	background:#f3f3f3;
}
tr.sectiontableentry2 {
	background:#fefefe;
}

/* content styles */
table.contentpaneopen, table.contentpane {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
}

table.contentpaneopen li {
	margin-bottom: 5px;
}

table.contentpaneopen fieldset {
	border: 0;
	border-top: 1px solid #ddd;
}

table.contentpaneopen h3 {
	margin-top: 25px;
}

table.contentpaneopen h4 {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #333;
}

.highlight {
	background-color: #fffebb;
}


/* module control elements */
table.user1user2 div.moduletable {
	margin-bottom: 0px;
}

div.moduletable {
  margin-bottom: 25px;
}

div.module_menu, div.module {
	margin: 0 0 0 2px;
	padding: 0;
	margin-bottom: 15px;
}


div.module_menu div div div div ,div.module div div div div {
	background: none;
	padding: 0;
}

div.module_menu div, div.module div {
	
}

div.module_menu div div, div.module div div {
	padding:0 0 10px 0;
	
}

div.module_menu div div div, div.module div div div {
	padding: 0px;
	width: auto;	
}

div.module_menu ul li a:link, div.module_menu ul li a:visited,
div.module ul li a:link, div.module ul li a:visited {
	font-weight: normal;
	background:transparent url(../images/blue/bullet2.jpg) top left no-repeat;
	line-height:24px;
	
}

#leftcolumn div.module table ,#rightcolumn div.module table {
	width: auto;
}

#leftcolumn h3, #rightcolumn h3 {
	height:36px;
	color:#fff;
	font-weight: bold;
	font-family: Tahoma, Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	line-height:26px;
	margin: -2px 0 0 ;
	position:absolude;
	padding:0px 0 2px 22px;
	text-align: left;
	width:198px;
	background:transparent url(../images/h3_bg.gif) top left no-repeat;
}


#leftcolumn .moduletable_menu, #leftcolumn .moduletable, #leftcolumn .moduletable_text, #leftcolumn .c {
	margin:0 0 20px 0;
	padding: 0px;
	text-align:left;
}

#leftcolumn ul.menu, #rightcolumn ul.menu {
	margin:0;
	padding:0px 0 0 10px;
	list-style:none;
	margin: 0px 0;
	width:194px;	
}


#leftcolumn ul.menu li, #rightcolumn ul.menu li {
	margin:0;
	padding:0;
}

#leftcolumn ul.menu li a, #leftcolumn ul.menu li a:link,
#rightcolumn ul.menu li a, #rightcolumn ul.menu li a:link {
	display:block;
	line-height:20px;
	border-bottom:1px dotted #c3b586;
	padding:2px 0px 0 12px;
	height:20px;
	text-decoration:none;
	text-align:left;
	color:#666666;
}

#leftcolumn ul.menu li a:hover, #rightcolumn ul.menu li a:hover {
	color:#0d789c;
}

/* ****** left col current menu ****** */
#leftcolumn ul.menu li#current a, #leftcolumn ul.menu li#current a:link, 
#rightcolumn ul.menu li#current a, #rightcolumn ul.menu li#current a:link {
	display:block;
	line-height:20px;
	border-bottom:1px dotted #0d789c;
	padding:2px 0px 0 12px;
	text-decoration:none;
	color:#0d789c;
}

#leftcolumn ul.menu li#current a:hover, #rightcolumn ul.menu li#current a:hover {
	color:#666666;
}

/* ****** left col sub menu ****** */
#leftcolumn ul.menu li ul, #rightcolumn ul.menu li ul {
	margin:0;
	padding:0 0 0 0px;
	list-style:none;
	
}

#leftcolumn ul.menu li#current ul li a, #leftcolumn ul.menu li#current ul li a:link,
#rightcolumn ul.menu li#current ul li a, #rightcolumn ul.menu li#current ul li a:link {
	background: transparent url(../images/menu_sub_link_bg.gif) left no-repeat;
	text-decoration:none;
	color:#666666;
	padding:2px 25px;
}

#leftcolumn ul.menu li.active ul li#current a, #leftcolumn ul.menu li.active ul li#current a a:link {
	background: transparent url(../images/current_link.jpg) left no-repeat;
	text-decoration:none;
	color:#666666;
	padding:2px 25px;
}

#leftcolumn ul.menu li#current ul li a:hover, #rightcolumn ul.menu li#current ul li a:hover {
	s/menu_sub_link_bg.gif) left no-repeat;
	color:#666666;
}

/* forms */
#leftcolumn .moduletable ul, #rightcolumn .moduletable ul {
	margin:6px 0;
	padding:0;
	list-style:none;
}


#leftcolumn .moduletable ul li, #rightcolumn .moduletable ul li {
	margin:0;
	padding:0 2px;
}

table.adminform textarea {
  width: 540px;
  height: 400px;
  font-size: 1em;
  color: #000099;
}

div.search input {
	width: 69px;
        vertical-align:bottom;
        background-color: #ffffff;
	margin: 15px 0 10px 0;
}

form#form-login fieldset {
	margin:0px 20px 0 20px;
	padding:20px 0 0 0;
	border:none;
	text-align:left;
}
form#form-login ul { 
	text-align:left;
	list-style:none;
	margin:10px 0 0 0;
	padding:0;	
}
form#form-login ul li{ 
	text-align:left;
	margin:0;
	padding:0 0 0 20px;
}

#leftcolumn div.module h3 {
	top:-500px;
	left:-500px;
	padding-left:0;
	position:absolute;
}



/* thumbnails */
div.mosimage         {  margin: 5px; }
div.mosimage_caption {  font-size: .90em; color: #666; }






div.caption       { padding: 0 10px 0 10px; }
div.caption img   { border: 1px solid #CCC; }
div.caption p     { font-size: .90em; color: #666; text-align: center; }












/* Parameter Table */

table.paramlist {
	margin-top: 5px;
}

table.paramlist td.paramlist_key {
	width: 128px;
	text-align: left;
	height: 30px;
}

table.paramlist td.paramlist_value {
}

div.message {
	font-family : "Trebuchet MS", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-weight: bold;
	font-size : 14px;
	color : #c30;
	text-align: center;
	width: auto;
	background-color: #f9f9f9;
	border: solid 1px #d5d5d5;
	margin: 3px 0px 10px;
	padding: 3px 20px;
}

/* Banners module */

/* Default skyscraper style */
.bannergroup {
}

.banneritem {
}

/* Text advert style */

.banneritem_text {
	padding: 4px;
	font-size: 11px;
}

.bannerfooter_text {
	padding: 4px;
	font-size: 11px;
	background-color: #F7F7F7;
	text-align: right;
}

/* System Messages */
/* see system general.css */

.pagination span { padding: 2px; }
.pagination a    { padding: 2px; }

/* Polls */
.pollstableborder td {
	text-align: left;
}

/* Frontend Editing*/
fieldset {
	border: 1px solid #ccc;
	margin-top: 15px;
	padding: 0 15px;
}

legend {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0 10px;
}

td.key {
	border-bottom:1px solid #eee;
	color: #666;
}

/* Tooltips */
.tool-tip {
	float: left;
	background: #ffc;
	border: 1px solid #D4D5AA;
	padding: 5px;
	max-width: 200px;
}

.tool-title {
	padding: 0;
	margin: 0;
	font-size: 100%;
	font-weight: bold;
	margin-top: -15px;
	padding-top: 15px;
	padding-bottom: 5px;
	background: url(../../system/images/selector-arrow.png) no-repeat;
}

.tool-text {
	font-size: 100%;
	margin: 0;
}

/* System Standard Messages */
#system-message dd.message ul { background: #C3D2E5 url(../../images/notice-info.png) 4px center no-repeat;}

/* System Error Messages */
#system-message dd.error ul { color: #c00; background: #E6C0C0 url(../../system/images/notice-alert.png) 4px center no-repeat; border-top: 3px solid #DE7A7B; border-bottom: 3px solid #DE7A7B;}

/* System Notice Messages */
#system-message dd.notice ul { color: #c00; background: #EFE7B8 url(../../system/images/notice-note.png) 4px center no-repeat; border-top: 3px solid #F0DC7E; border-bottom: 3px solid #F0DC7E;}



/* ****************************************************************************** */
/* blue */
input,button {
	background:transparent;
        vertical-align:bottom;
}

input[type="checkbox"], input[type="radio"]{
   background: transparent;
   border: none;
}

/* -------------------------- */
a.sgfooter:link, a.sgfooter:visited {
	color			: #fff;
	font-family: Arial,sans-serif;
	text-decoration:none;
}
a.sgfooter:hover {
	color: #fff;
	font-family: Arial,sans-serif;
	text-decoration:none;
}
#sgf {
font-size: 11px;
text-align:left;
color: #fff;
padding:4px 0 0 10px ;
font-family: Arial,sans-serif;
width:500px;
float:left;
}
.sgf {
text-align:right;
font-size: 11px;
font-family: Arial,sans-serif;
color: #666;
text-decoration:none;
}
.sgf1 {
font-size: 11px;
font-family: Arial,sans-serif;
color: #666666;
text-align:left;
}

a.sglink:link, a.sglink:visited {
	color			: #666666;
	font-size		: 11px;
	font-family: Arial,sans-serif;
	text-decoration:none;
}
a.sglink:hover {
	color			: #666666;
	font-family: Arial,sans-serif;
	text-decoration:none;
}

Here's the html and css for http://www.pxgo.com/lifepak-prime.php - What I really need help with is aligning the footer (I know absolute positioning is bad for me, but relative doesn't work either) and floating my image (which for some reason vanished once I added the floatleft class). Thanks in advance for any help!

Code:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Lifepak Prime</TITLE>
<LINK rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css"></HEAD>
<BODY>
<?php 
include ("include/head.txt"); 
?> 
<?php 
include ("include/menu.txt");
?>
<div id="content"><h2>Lifepak Prime</h2><img class="floatleft" src="graphics/lifepak-prime.bmp" width="192" height="192" alt="Lifepak Prime" />
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<br><br>Lifepak Prime all-natural dietary supplements addresses the specific needs of men over 40 and post-menopausal women with BioGinkgo 27/7 extract (ginkgo biloba), milk thistle, glutathione, alpha-lipoic acid, coenzyme Q10, and grape seed extract.
<br><br>Lifepak Prime provides 150 IU, or 500 % daily value, of vitamin E,  increased levels of B6, B12, and zinc for optimal nutrition intake. Lifepak Prime also provides unique dietary components for bone health, as well as those that support memory and circulation.
<br><br>My family uses Lifepak so I'll be happy to answer questions about Lifepak on the <a href="http://www.pxgo.com/discuss/viewforum.php?f=9">Lifepak message board</a>. We'd also love to hear from other people who are using Lifepak.
<br><h2>Lifepak information</h2>Lifepak Prime is optimized for men over 40 and post-menopausal women. There is also a Lifepak for pregnant and lactating women (Lifepak PreNatal), Lifepak for woomen from 18-menopause (<a href="lifepak-women.php">Lifepak Women</a>), and adults from 18 to 40 (<a href="lifepak.php">Lifepak anti-aging formula</a>).
<br><br>Lifepak is a vitmain, mineral, phytonutrient supplement. Lifepak is much more than a multiple although it does address common deficincies: 
<ul><li>Vitamins A, E, and B6
<li>Zinc, iron, calcium, and magnesium for healthy bones
<li>Alpha-lipoic acid, vitamins B9 (folic acid), B12, C, E, flavinoids, and carotenoids for the anti-aging processes of cellular protection and cellular regeneration.
</ul></div>
<br><br> 

<?php 
include ("include/ads.txt");
?><br><br>
<?php
include ("include/footer.txt");
?>

</BODY></HTML>

Code:

BODY { margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; margin-top: 0%; font-size: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, arial, sans-serif; COLOR:#000000; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#ffffff; }
A:link { font-size: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, arial, sans-serif; COLOR: #238c13; text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; font-weight:bold;}
A:visited { font-size: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, arial, sans-serif; COLOR: #238c13; text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; font-weight:bold;}
A:active { font-size: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, arial, sans-serif; COLOR: #238c13; text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; font-weight:bold;}
A:hover { font-size: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, arial, sans-serif; COLOR: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: none; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#238c13; font-weight:bold;}
FONT {BACKGROUND: none; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, arial, sans-serif}
.titular {COLOR: #000000; background-color:#238c13;}
.negro {background-color:#000000; color: #FFFFFF; FONT-SIZE: 12px; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-weight:bold;}
.floatleft {float: left; border=1; padding=1; margin: 4px;}

a {
	color:#09c;
	font-size:11px;
	font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-weight:600;
	text-decoration:none;
	}
a:link {color:#09c;}
a:visited {color:#07a;}
a:hover {background-color:#eee;}
  
#head {
	font-family:verdana, arial, sans-serif;
	color:#000000;
	font-size:16px;
	font-weight:800;
        background:#238c13;
	padding:0px;
	}


#head h1 {
	margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;
	padding:20px;
	color:#000000;
	font-size:18px;
	font-weight:800;
	z-index:1;
	}

	#head a,
        #head a:link,
        #head a:visited,
        #head a:active,
        #head a:hover {
		margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;
		padding:20px;
		color:#000000;
		font-family:verdana, arial, sans-serif;
		font-size:18px;
		font-weight:800;
		text-decoration: none;
		}


/* All the content boxes belong to the content class. */
#content {
	position:relative; /* Position is declared "relative" to gain control of stacking order (z-index). */
	width:auto;
	min-width:200px;
	margin:30px 170px 20px 220px;
	border:0px;
	background-color: #ffffff;
	padding:10px;
	color: #000000;
	font:bold 15px verdana, arial, sans-serif;
	z-index:5;
	}
#content h2 {font:bold 16px verdana, arial, sans-serif;	padding:15px;}
#content a:link { font-size: 15px; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, arial, sans-serif; COLOR: #238c13; text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; font-weight:bold;}
#content a:visited { font-size: 15px; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, arial, sans-serif; COLOR: #238c13; text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; font-weight:bold;}
#content a:active { font-size: 15px; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, arial, sans-serif; COLOR: #238c13; text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; font-weight:bold;}
#content a:hover { font-size: 15px; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, arial, sans-serif; COLOR: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: none; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#238c13; font-weight:bold;}


#navi {
	position:absolute;
	width:200px;
	top:120px;
	left:20px;
	border-right:#238c13 2px dotted;
	background-color:#ffffff;
	padding:0px;
	color:#238c13;
	font:bold 13px verdana, arial, sans-serif;
	z-index:2;
	}
	
#navi A:link { font-size: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, arial, sans-serif; COLOR: #238c13; text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; font-weight:bold;}
#navi A:visited { font-size: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, arial, sans-serif; COLOR: #238c13; text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; font-weight:bold;}
#navi A:active { font-size: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, arial, sans-serif; COLOR: #238c13; text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; font-weight:bold;}
#navi A:hover { font-size: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, arial, sans-serif; COLOR: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: none; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#238c13; font-weight:bold;}

		
#ads {
	position:absolute;
	width:130px;
	top:100px;
	right:10px;
	border-left:#238c13 2px dotted;
	background-color:#ffffff;
	padding:10px;
	z-index:3;
	}
	


#footer {
	position:absolute;
	width:100%;
	top:730px;
	margin:10px 0px 0px 0px;
	padding:10px 0px 0px 0px;
	border-top:#238c13 2px dotted;
	background-color:#ffffff;
	z-index:4;
	}

#footer A:link { font-size: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, arial, sans-serif; COLOR: #238c13; text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; font-weight:bold;}
#footer A:visited { font-size: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, arial, sans-serif; COLOR: #238c13; text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; font-weight:bold;}
#footer A:active { font-size: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, arial, sans-serif; COLOR: #238c13; text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; font-weight:bold;}
#footer A:hover { font-size: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, arial, sans-serif; COLOR: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: none; BACKGROUND-COLOR:#238c13; font-weight:bold;}

Hey guys,

Here's my problem:

http://www.3rdcoastpc.com/moonstoys/

Basically I want the menu in the rounded rectangle area, not underneath (outside) of it. You can see what's happening in the URL. If I use a span tag instead of a div in the head_content class, the background (the right corner of the rounded rectangle) doesn't show. I'm not sure what's going on here because in my HTML I'm putting the <ul> tags right after the logo image, so I would think that it would sit next to the logo and not underneath it. I'm just confused as this is my first attempt at doing a tableless design.

Here's my css:
http://www.3rdcoastpc.com/moonstoys/main.css

and the HTML:
http://www.3rdcoastpc.com/moonstoys/index.html

Thanks in advance!
Dustin

I would like to align left images so that they touch against each other.
Here is a capture of my problem.
dollhedz.com/test

[CODE]
<style type="text/css">

body{
background-color:#000033;
color:#00cc33;

}


#wrapper{
background-color:#000000;
margin:15px auto 0px;
width:700px;
height:800px;
}



#sitenav{
background-image:url(sitegrax/sitenavback.jpg);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
height:55px;
padding-left:213px;
border: 0px;
margin:0px;
text-align:left;
}

#one{
float:left;
text-align:left;
align:left;
margin:0px;
padding:0px;
}




</style>
</head>

<body>

<div id="wrapper">

<div id="banner"><img src="sitegrax/banner.jpg" alt=" yellow Jacket dodging a 355 smoothbore slug" border="0" />
</div>

<div id="sitenav" >
<div id="one"><a href=""><img src="sitegrax/bt_game_nav.jpg" alt="site navigation games" border="1" /></a>
<a href="" align="left"><img src="sitegrax/bt_history_nav.jpg" alt="site navigation history" border="1" /></a>
<a href=""><img src="sitegrax/bt_pilot_nav.jpg" alt="site navigation pilot"border="1" /></a></div>
</div>

</div>

</body>
</code>

Problem: There is a 5 to 6 pixel space between each image that I would like gone. The 1px border around each image is there to show the edge of each image.

thank you for your time

I've been thinking about switching over to making table-less css layouts, but there's been a few things holding me back, as I'm not sure if they're possible.

Firstly, can you have two fixed width divs on the sides of a variable width div, which will stretch to fit the screen? Something like this is generally what I mean:

Code:

<div style="width: 50px; float: left;">left</div>
<div style="width: *; float: left;">middle</div>
<div style="width: 50px; float: left;">right</div>

Also, is there any way to make a div that has been placed to the right of another match the height of the the one to it's left? Basically, I want it to behave more like standard tables do in that every cell in a row is the same height. Is this possible?

I think it would answer a lot of questions if we make a list of cross browser css layouts.

I am going to post all of my submissions via http://www.blendedcodes.com so everyone can see a live demo and change the code around live. Please post your submissions via blendedcodes.com or a similar site that lets visitors interact with the code. This is all about everyone learning the css layouts... I'll compile them all and post the final list when I close the thread.

Centered body with left and right columns
http://www.blendedcodes.com/DTrzZ6In

Table made of floating divs
http://www.blendedcodes.com/CFwtV3S1

This is driving me absolutely insane.
The transition from table designs to css designs is a brutal one, in case no one is aware. Table designs seem so much easier, but I guess I might as well be compliant.

Here's my problem:
All I need to do is have a three column box that has a select box in the left column, then two images vertically aligned in the middle within the middle column, and a second select box in the right column.

This would be incredibly easy with tables seeing that all I would need is:
Code:

<table>
   <tr>
      <td align="left">
         <select>
            <option>Option</option>
         </select>
      </td>
      <td valign="middle" align="center">
         <img src="picture1.jpg"/><br/>
         <img src="picture1.jpg"/>
      </td>
      <td align="left">
         <select>
            <option>Option 2</option>
         </select>
      </td>
   </tr>
</table>

I'm assuming that since it's this easy to do with tables and everyone is opposed to using tables for design, there must be an easier way using divs and the like. Please enlighten me, someone!

First off I am entirely new to using CSS for anything other than some link and scroll bar decorations.

Secondly, this code does not (currently) validate but I think I can resolve those issues, but before I go to the trouble of appeasing a (forum) guideline and making sure the code validates I have some questions that may or may not prevent me from using the code or CSS all together.

The code (template/stle sheet) I am using is from http://www.code-sucks.com/css%20layouts/css-3-column-layouts/
the top question I have now is:

How can I seperate elements within the "header" section of this format?
i.e. within the "header I would like to place a logo to the far left + a slogan and also place an advertising banner? normally I would do this with three or more table cells.

would it compromise the benefit of switching from mainly table oriented pages to CSS by including "some" tables within the CSS sections?

Thanks for any insights and sorry if I have crossed any lines with this query.

Hi,

Am very new to CSS, and need some advice. Broadly speaking, how would I achieve this layout using purely CSS? Thanks in advance

http://forums.devshed.com/attachmen...tachmentid=4990

i have been for 7 years now developing websites using tables and CSS, and nowadays i realized that i should use <DIV>s to create layout for my websites as it will be faster and SEO friendly.

so can you please tell me any tutorials that teach me how to build a website using <DIV>s? and do someone know whether Lynda offers this or not?

I am looking for a CSS tutorial which teaches how to make a layout like this
layout
Basically a 3 column layout with boxes in the left and right columns
Thanks

I've got two pages, one created using tables for layout, and one using css .

With the text columns in the tables layout, as you can see, no matter how much text you put in either column, the grey-background container will be pushed down.

However, with the text columns in the css layout, I had to float the right column to the right in order to display the two columns together, and therefore, if you have more text in the right floated column, adding more or less text does not push down the height of the grey-background container.

Can anyone tell me how I can fix this while allowing for random amounts of text to be displayed in either column, in the layout?

I'm having an issue with a CSS layout I"m working on.
1.For some off reason the div element for my page footer appears to think its inside of the mbox div.
no matter what I have tried I can't get the pagebot div to the bottom of browser.
2. Width of 100% still leaves 30 or so px's on the right, any reason for this?
3. setting a min-height of 500 or so for mbox or innerbox divs has been ignored.
Code:

<html>
<head>
	<title>Untitled</title>
	<style>
	#container {
		position: absolute;
		top: 0px;
		left: 0px;
		width: 100%;
		height: 100%;
	}
	#pagetop{
		position: relative;
		top: 0px;
		background-color: #ADD8E6;
		width: 100%;
		height: 65px;
	}
	#pagebot {
		position: relative;
		background-color: #ADD8E6;
		height: 65px;
		clear: both;
	}
	#mbox {
		position: relative;
		border: 5px solid #000;
	}
	#innerbox {
		position: relative;
		left: 10px;
	}
	div{
		border: 1px solid red;
	}
	</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container">
	<div id="pagetop"></div>
	<div id="mbox">
		<div><img src='imgs/logo_tot_grey.jpg' width='280' height='95' alt='' border='0'></div>
		<div id="innerbox">
			<p>Test</p>
		</div
	</div>
	<div id="pagebot"></div>
</div>
</body>
</html>

Hi there,

I wanted to make buttons for my menu but I didn't want to use a lot of bandwidth so I decided to use Layouts and use the same image button over and over again! I made it in FrontPage with a great success but at the end I found out that the layout doesn't work in FireFox, the writing is all over the place in FireFox.

Here is the code:
Code:

<div id="logo" style="position:absolute; left:-1px; top:20px; width: 171px; height: 45px;">

<p align="center"><font face="Tahoma" size="2">TEST LAYOUT</font></div>
<p>
<img border="0" id="img1" src="../button22.jpg" height="30" width="150" alt=""></p>

If you apply it in IE it works, but if you apply it in Firefox it doesn't work.

Thanks in advance for your help and support.

Best Regards,
John