CSS - Left Center Right Layout

I'm trying to position the image below vertically center and horizontally left to no avail. Its horizontally left but centers the top of the image in the center of the page. What am I doing wrong?

<DIV style="position: absolute; top: 50%; left: 0px; border: none"><img src="images/right.jpg"></img></DIV>

Hello
I am very new to CSS. One of my problems is that my web experience is only in tools that generate the code. I"m needing what I"m told is a simple thing to do, but not finding it easy for me

I tried to post with some links to my site, etc, but the rules won't let me post any links. I have posted in another CSS site, but fine it very inactive and not getting any help.

What I'm trying to do

All items below to make up the header of the site. A background graphic which fills across the screen, no matter the size of the window. I have this working, although if I shrink the window too far, it overwrites the graphic in item 2 below. A left justified logo graphic. Working fine. A Centered graphic. I have this showing, but it is not quite centered right, and it is a bit smaller than actual, and I cannot get it to space down a bit. (tried padding, does nothing. Trying margin spaces everything down, including item 1 above. A right justified graphic. This shows, but is VERY SMALL, much smaller than original graphic, and it does not right justify.
NOTES
The current code, below, is based on a tutorial I went through, using % for width. The idea being that if it is built based on percent of width, then whatever width of window, it would adjust. I used 900px for original calculations. I find that it only fills the window as if it is 900 px wide. So I redid the percentages based on 1500px.

I've done lots of reading, Googling, and been trying all kinds of stuff and getting not too far with it. Tried px for width too, seems worse.

Here is a print screen of the header:

[IMG]URL[/IMG]

Sigh...sorry...even img code has a url, and even though it showed in preview, I see it will not display it in actual message.

The site I"m working on is shuttermaster.co (not com), where you can see what it looks like now.

CSS Code
Only including the code relevant to the header issue. I do have menu code in CSS, but it is not complete, and I'm not having problems with that.

Code:

	#myHeader {width:auto;height:133px;
		background:url(/photos/i-QXfPgvM/0/S/i-QXfPgvM-S.jpg) repeat-x}

 		#myLogo {
				 float:left;
				 width:10%;
				 height:150px	;
				 margin-left:2.22%;
				 display:inline;
				 background:url(/photos/i-sttGP6Z/1/O/i-sttGP6Z.png) no-repeat}
			   

		#myConame {
				
				width: 15.33%;
				height:90px;
				margin-left:auto;
				margin-right:auto;
				background:url(/photos/i-T3ZjJ8R/2/Th/i-T3ZjJ8R-Th.png) no-repeat}
		
		
		#myBanner {
				float:right;
				width: 29.73%;
				height:150px;
				background:url(/photos/i-BkhSxLJ/1/Th/i-BkhSxLJ-Th.png) no-repeat}

The HTML Code

Code:

<div id="myHeader">
<div id="myLogo"></div>
<div id="myConame"></div>
<div id="myBanner"></div>
<div style="clear: both;"></div>
<div class="menu">
  <ul>
        <li><a href="http://shuttermaster.co">Home</a></li>
        <li><a href="#">Portfolio</a></li>
		<li><a class="drop" href="http://shuttermaster.co/galleries" >Galleries
			<!--[if gte IE 7]><!--></a><!--<![endif]-->
			<!--[if lte IE 6]><table><tr><td><![endif]-->
			<ul>	
				<li><a href="http://rogerewingphotography.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Landscapes/19892237_mHBK84">Landscape</a></li>
				<li><a href="Link">Drop 2</a></li>
				<li><a href="Link">Drop 3</a></li>
        </ul> <!--[if lte IE 7]></td></tr></table></a><![endif]-->
   </li>
        <li><a href="#">About Me</a></li>
        <li><a href="#">Guestbook</a></li>
  </ul>
</div> 
</div>
<div style="clear: both;"></div>

I hope I have been clear enough. Hoping someone can point me the right direction.

Regards, and thanks....

Hi all,

I'm trying to achieve the following:

<div id="left">This column is of blue background, and stretches all the way to the left.</div>

<div id="center"> THIS COLUMN IS FIXED WIDTH, 760px </div>

<div id="right">This column is of red background, and stretches all the way to the right.</div>

Hope that is self explanatory.. I've Googled all this but can only find solutions for fluid "center" columns with fixed width right/left columns. I'm trying to do the opposite. Could anyone let me know how I can do this?

I've got some messy CSS that definitely needs to be corrected, I'm trying out different things so here's my 'trial& error' code:
Code:

	#left {
		background-color: blue;
		float: left;
		margin: auto;
		position: absolute;
	}
	#center {
 		background: #DFDFEB url(../images/body/top.jpg) no-repeat;
		width: 760px;
		margin: 0 auto;		
	}
	#right {
		background-color: red;
	}

Thanks in advance!

I am trying to create a web page layout using CSS instead of tables (what I usually use). The content of the page is a fixed width, where the background just expands to keep the content part centered. The problem I am running into is adding a shadowed border (created in photoshop) to this content area. With tables I would just create a narrow 10 px column on each side of the content and use the shadowed gif part as the backgorund on each side. But I want to try to do this with CSS any help, ideas, or links to a page explaining this is greatly appreciated as I am not really turning up much. Here is a pic to explain the shadow (which runs vertically along both sides of the white content area) I am tyring to accomplish.

Thank you

Hi,

Creating a Wordpress theme.

I need help to clear:left JPG thumbnails in my 2nd-column div, but WITHOUT clearing the 1st-column div that is floated:left. In other words, I want these two columns to work independently, just like <TD> in html.

Here is my setup -- it is a 2-column layout, with the left column being a navigational sidebar (navigation content automatically generated by wordpress), and the Right Column is the "real content" div. Wordpress generates the content in the right column, also. And since Wordpress generates the content based upon what the reader selects, I cannot assign any HEIGHT attributes to the Divs, because I do not know whether the selections have a lot of content, or very little.



----------------- HEADER DIV------------------------------------------

-- Sidebar Div-- __________ --- RIGHT DIV (not floated)

----------------- FOOTER DIV ----------------------------------------
(property of footer is set to clear:both)



SIDEBAR DIV is float:left; width 160px
RIGHT DIV is not floated, and contains all the content. 600px;



Problem I need to solve:

In column #2 -- the right div, I want to float-left small thumbnail jpgs, and write text flowing along the right side of the thumbnail. If the text does not naturally drop below the jpg, I want to clear:left to drop down to a new line and start the process over (new thumbnail, new text beside it).

*** The problem is that when I clear:left on the jpg, it NOT ONLY clears the JPG, but also clears:left on the whole Sidebar DIV, thereby dropping the next line WAY DOWN on the page.

So it looks like this:

___ HEADER ____

Sidebar __________________ Thumbnail #1: Text text text






(clear:left clears everything....)
__________________________ Thumbnail #2: Text

---- FOOTER ---




Attempted solution:
If I set the sidebar div to position:absolute, it works ok EXCEPT (and big except) that if there is not much content in the RIGHT DIV, then the FOOTER DIV is not low enough on the page, thereby overlapping the Sidebar Div.

Obviously, this whole design could be EASILY accomplished with TABLES, but those are blasphemy these days, so I would like a more "modern" solution. I have googled this all day, and have not seen a solution. Help is appreciated.

Hello! I am in need of some help with my css. I know, I am a total newbie but need some help with getting the css working properly. It seems that some parts work for IE and other parts work for Firefox. It seems like my left bar shows differently in IE and Firefox. Furthermore I have checked with IE on Mac and the main body doesn't show correctly either. It is displayed too short, doesn't fill the box. If anyone please could take a look at the code and see if they can help me I would appreciate it.

Please anyone help me. You can see the page at:
http://www.galakse.no/test/index.php/tscm/news
The css is located he
http://www.galakse.no/test/design/tscm/stylesheets/tscm.css

Any and all help is very much appreciated!

Thank you!

I'm attempting to get a page that has a header, footer, left navigation bar with a fixed width, with a right "fluid" content section. I can get it to work by giving the main content a "margin-left" of the width of the navigation panel, and absolutely positioning the navigation. Problem is, with the navigation being absolutely positioned, it takes it out of the flow and doesn't push the container to fit its contents. I've trying playing with using floated divs, which is I'm sure the way I'll have to go, but I want the navigation bar to always be a fixed width of 175px, and I want the content section to stretch to fill the remaining space. I'd also like to make sure the content portion appears BEFORE the navigation panel in the order it appears on the HTML for SEO purposes. I'm sure it's easy using Javascript, but I'd like to do a pure CSS solution, if possible. How do I do that? Here is the link if you want to have a look:

http://www.chcs-ut.com/support.php?section=technical

Hello,

I am having difficulty with the center column on the following page: http://cbo4edu.org/index2.html

I want to widen the center column so that the CBO NEWS heading touches the blue line which divides the center and right column. When I try to add width to the style sheet the left column moves out of alignment.

Any help is much appreciated, thanks!

I've been unable to replicate this issue in IE, but it's plaguing all other "free" browsers I use (Firefox, Galeon, etc.).

Take a look at http://www.skudd.com/blog/view/1370 for example. The bar on the left is floated left, as are the label elements in my comment form. In the li of each form item, I have a br with the clear property set to "left".

What I'm trying to accomplish is I want to clear the previous label, so as to prevent the "stair step" effect. Why would "clear: left;" in this case cause the element to clear everything that has been floated left? What should I try in place of it?

Hello,

I have two columns, one is on the left and another in the middle (center). Left column is where I want it to be, central column is also aligned properly, however, it is below left column. I want it to be on the same level as left.

See here

see how it got below ?

It is XHTML validated and CSS is fine too (some background color warnings).

Plz help me to make central column go up. Thanks.

I always seem to run into this problem and somehow get it fixed but this time I am stuck.

I have a main wrapper and 2 footers that line up together and are all floated to the left. I'm trying to put in a column to their right that runs vertical called "right", to be spaced out about 110 px from the top of the page so it sits vertically below the banner and the navs. I tried giving it a left margin to clear the floated DIV's but to no avail. You can see the page he http://yourthreshold.com/playground/ It seems to clear in Firefox but not in IE ..

The main CSS:

Code:

* {
 margin: 0;
 padding: 0;
}

body {
margin:0;
padding:0;
background-color:#e5e5e5;
}

#wrapper {
width: 640px;
height: 720px;
margin-left:0;
margin-top:0;
border: 2px solid gray;
border-bottom: 0px solid gray;
background-image:url(../images/banner.jpg);
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-color:#c0c0c0;
float:left;
}

	#navigation {
	width: 640px;
	height: 22px;
	background-color:#c9c9c9;
	margin-top: 88px;
	}
	
	#insidewrapper {
	height:auto;
	width:99%;
	margin: 6px 1px 4px 1px;
	}

		/* Begin Left Side Info Boxes */
		#sidebar {
		width:150px;
		height:600px;
		margin-left:2px;
		float:left;
		border:1px solid #666666;
		border-bottom:0px;
		font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
		font-size:9px;
		color:#666666;
		background-color:#ffffff;
		}
		
			.infobox {
			height:123px;
			font:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
			font-size:9px;
			padding:3px;
			border-top:0px;
			border-left:0px;
			border-right:0px;
			}
				.infopic {
				margin-top:9px;
				}
				
			.infobutton {
			height:20px;
			border-bottom:1px solid #666666;
			padding-left:3px;
			}
				
		/* Begin Main Content */
		#maincontent {
		width:465px;
		height:593px;
		margin-left:158px;
		border:1px solid;
		border-color:#666666;
		font:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
		font-size:12px;
		color:#333333;
		padding:3px;
		background-image:url(../images/background_trans2.gif);
		background-repeat:no-repeat;
		background-position:center;
		background-color:#ffffff;
		}
			/* Main Content for pages with textual content */
			#content {
			width:97%;
			height:auto;
			padding:5px;
			}

			/* Main Content for pages with products */
			#productWrapper {
			height:auto;
			width:100%;
			margin-top:10px;
			}
			
			#productLeft {
			height:auto;
			width:115px;
			float:left;
			}
			
			#productMiddle {
			height:auto;
			width:200px;
			margin-left:1px;
			float:left;
			}
			
			#productRight {
			height:auto;
			width:auto;
			}
	
	/* Begin Footer */
	#footerlinks, #footer {
	width:640px;
	height:auto;
	text-align:center;
	float:left;
	}
	
	#footerlinks {
	border-right: 2px solid gray;
	border-bottom: 1px solid gray;
	border-left: 2px solid gray;
	background-color:#c0c0c0;
	font:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size:9px;
	letter-spacing:1px;
	color:#555555;
	padding-bottom:4px;
	}
	
	#footer {
	margin-left:0;
	margin-top:0;
	margin-bottom:15px;
	padding-top:8px;
	border-top: 0px;
	border-right: 2px solid gray;
	border-bottom: 2px solid gray;
	border-left: 2px solid gray;
	font:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size:9px;
	color:#555555;
	background-color:#a9a9a9;
	}
	
	/* Begin Rightside Column */
	#right {
	border: 1px solid orange;
	width:195px;
	margin-left:650px;
	padding-top:111px;
	}

OK, so I have this nice clean form that I wanted to style up like the table-forms of old. I did it by floating the labels and form elements left, then clearing the labels left so they use their own lines. This works beautifully in Firefox and Safari, but IE (Win, at least) seems to think everything not cleared left should go on the same line! Is this a known IE bug/discrepancy? If so, is there a way to combat it without introducing meaningless elements to the markup (such as encasing each label/element pair in a div)?
Here's some example HTML:
html4strict Code:
Original - html4strict Code <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <head> <title>Test</title> <style type="text/css"> @import url("style.css"); </style> </head> <body> <form name="form" action="test.php" method="post"> <label for="name">Name:</label> <input type="text" name="name" /> <label for="thoughts">Your Thoughts:</label> <textarea name="thoughts"></textarea> <label for="fun">Having fun?</label> <input type="checkbox" name="fun" value="yes" /> </form> </body> </html>

  

  


 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>


 <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">


 <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en">


 <head>


 <title>Test</title>


 <style type="text/css">


     @import url("style.css");


 </style>


 </head>


 <body>


  


 <form name="form" action="test.php" method="post">


     <label for="name">Name:</label>


         <input type="text" name="name" />


     <label for="thoughts">Your Thoughts:</label>


         <textarea name="thoughts"></textarea>


     <label for="fun">Having fun?</label>


         <input type="checkbox" name="fun" value="yes" />


 </form>


  


 </body>


 </html> 

And the CSS:
css Code:
Original - css Code label { display: block; float: left; clear: left; width: 8em; margin-right: .5em; text-align: right; } input, textarea { display: block; float: left; }

  

  


 label {


     display: block;


     float: left;


     clear: left;


     width: 8em;


     margin-right: .5em;


     text-align: right;


 }


 input,


 textarea {


     display: block;


     float: left;


 } 

Hi, I have this page:

Code:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"
   "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>

<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
<title>New Page 1</title>
<style type="text/css">
* {
	padding: 0;
	margin: 0;
}

p {padding: 0; margin: 0; }

html {padding:0; margin:0;}


.leftDiv {
	height: 100px;
	width: 30px;
	background-color: teal;
	float: left;
}

.mainDiv {
	padding: 5px 0 10px 0px;
	width: 200px;
	height: 20px;
	background-color: blue;

}

.mainPara {
	padding-left: 5px;
}

</style>
</head>

<body>
<div id="contentDiv" style="width: 700px; height: 700px;">
	<div class="leftDiv">
	
	</div>
	<div class="mainDiv">
		<p class="mainPara">
		First Para
		</p>
	</div>
	<div class="mainDiv">
		<p class="mainPara">
		Second Para
		</p>
	</div>
</div>
</body>

</html>

And have two questions. First, why the gap between the left div and mainDiv in IE? I thought 3px bug was only for block elements with no dimensions?

Second, why does padding left not take effect in FF untill I have overcome the width of the float? Even padding-left in the para does not take effect, which should be based off of its parent.

Any help is appriciated,

CJB

I am using the following code how do I change it so that it would show up in the center of the brower window?

Thanks
Tim
PHP Code:
<div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; z-index: 1; top: 0px; align: center\">
<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" 

codebase=\"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,0

,0\" width=\"544\" height=\"396\" id=\"cardio\" align=\"middle\">
<param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"sameDomain\" />
<param name=\"movie\" value=\"ads/cardio3.swf\" />
<param name=\"loop\" value=\"false\" />
<param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" />
<param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" />
<param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#ffffff\" />
<embed src=\"ads/cardio3.swf\" loop=\"false\" quality=\"high\" wmode=\"transparent\" 

bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" width=\"544\" height=\"396\" name=\"cardio\" align=\"middle\" 

allowScriptAccess=\"sameDomain\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" 

pluginspage=\"http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer\" />
</object>
</div> 

Hello, I am using an OS Commerce layout for a client's website. On this page - www.mts-diesel.com you will see how I have the homepage laid out in anticipation of design, with 3 divs of varying colors. One div with an id of #hp_left is where I want to put a nice jquery code. But when I insert that into #hp_left it breaks the whole layout, was seen here www.mts-diesel.com/index2.php I'm not sure what in the css in the code for this script is breaking my layout but Ithought someone here might be willing to shed some light. A big thank you. Tom