CSS - Containers Extending To The Bottom Of Page/content

It's hard for me to explain this so bear with me.

This is the page in question.

The right side is my float. If it is longer than the left side, then it continues, but the white background does not. I've tried doing height: 100% and so forth and can't get it to stretch.

I've tried reversing the float assigning it to the left side and it appears fine in Net/Moz, but IE won't run it right.


I don't really want to use float but I can't find another way to do it. I'm redoing the site from tables to CSS to make it cleaner. Floating has always been a problem but I've found ways to deal with it. Now, I'm realizing how finicky it is on different browsers.

Any suggestions or alternatives to float? The heights of both sides may change at any point so I don't really want to use any position elements. Will I have to?

Thanks in advance.

Tim

I'm in the midst of redeveloping my site's look and feel using CSS. I'm having a moderate amount of luck so far, but I've run into a problem.

I'm testing using Firefox 1.0 PR, but I've seen this behaviors in other Mozilla-based browsers.

Example 1:
URL.

As you will probably see, the white background only extends to the bottom of the one DIV. The only way I was able to get the white background to extend to the bottom of the two DIVs was to use an image in one of the container DIVs.

Example 2:
URL.

Of course, then the problem is still that it doesn't extend all the way to the bottom of the browser unless it's filled entirely with content.

The effect I'm looking for is something like this: URL.

My CSS is here
URL.

First, if anyone can help me figure out how to get the background to extend evenly, without an image, that would be great. If there's a way to make the page always extend to the bottom of the browser, I'd love to hear about that, too.

Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.

Hello - I'm having trouble with the layout of a site I'm working on. Here's the site in question:

http://www.americanidiotsband.com/

If you look at it in anything up to 1024x768, it's fine. But if you go higher than that (say, 1280x1024 resolution), then the main (black) part of the page goes only as far down as the content that is filling it. What SHOULD happen is that the black background should span all the way to the bottom, no matter how much content is inside it...

Here is a link to the stylesheet that I made up:

http://www.americanidiotsband.com/styles.css

I'm sure I'm doing something wrong, and I'm hoping that someone could help me correct this. Thanks in advance for any help that can be offered!...

Hi all,
this is my first post and hope I get help in a hear-tearing problem that I face at this link: (URL address blocked : See forum rules)

ie show the complete page fine but firefox obscure the bottom content, no need for more explanation since it is obvious from looking at the page, I have the same problem when page content get much long as in the above link.
any help would be greatly appreciated.
sorry for my bad english

hi,

I am fairly new to css and working on a website with a complete css layout for the first time, one I got from dreamweaver. I thought things were going great because I did all my testing in Firefox (like a good boy) but then I tried to test it in Internet Explorer 6 and alot if not all of my webpages have the text positioned at the bottom instead of the top of a page.

Here is a link:
http://www.jcstrategies.com/jeff/featured_listings.php


CSS CODE
-----------------------------------------------------------
/***********************************************/
/* emx_nav_left.css */
/* Use with template Halo_leftNav.html */
/***********************************************/

/***********************************************/
/* HTML tag styles */
/***********************************************/
body{
font-family: Arial,sans-serif;
color: #333333;
line-height: 1.166;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
background: #cccccc url(./images/bg_grad.jpg) fixed;
}

/******* hyperlink and anchor tag styles *******/

a:link, a:visited{
color: #005FA9;
text-decoration: none;
}

a:hover{
text-decoration: underline;
}

/************** header tag styles **************/

h1{
font: bold 120% Arial,sans-serif;
color: #334d55;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
}

h2{
font: bold 114% Arial,sans-serif;
color: #006699;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
}

h3{
font: bold 100% Arial,sans-serif;
color: #334d55;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
}

h4{
font: 100% Arial,sans-serif;
color: #333333;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
}

h5{
font: 100% Arial,sans-serif;
color: #334d55;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
}


/*************** list tag styles ***************/

ul{
list-style-type: square;
}

ul ul{
list-style-type: disc;
}

ul ul ul{
list-style-type: none;
}

/********* form and related tag styles *********/

form {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}

label{
font: bold 1em Arial,sans-serif;
color: #334d55;
}

input{
font-family: Arial,sans-serif;
}

/***********************************************/
/* Layout Divs */
/***********************************************/
#pagecell1{
position:absolute;
top: 112px;
left: 2%;
right: 2%;
width:95.6%;
background-color: #ffffff;
}

#tl {
position:absolute;
top: -1px;
left: -1px;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
z-index: 100;
}

#tr {
position:absolute;
top: -1px;
right: -1px;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
z-index: 100;
}

#masthead{
position: absolute;
top: 0px;
left: 2%;
right: 2%;
width:95.6%;

}

#pageNav{
float: left;
width:178px;
padding: 0px;
background-color: #F5f7f7;
border-right: 1px solid #cccccc;
border-bottom: 1px solid #cccccc;
font: small Verdana,sans-serif;
}

#content{
padding: 5px 10px 5px 5px;
margin:0px 0px 0px 179px;
border-left: 1px solid #ccd2d2;
}

/***********************************************/
/* Component Divs */
/***********************************************/
#siteName{
margin: 0px;
padding: 16px 0px 8px 0px;
color: #ffffff;
font-weight: normal;
}

/************** utility styles *****************/

#utility{
font: 75% Verdana,sans-serif;
position: absolute;
top: 16px;
right: 0px;
color: #919999;
}

#utility a{
color: #ffffff;
}

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

/************** pageName styles ****************/

#pageName{
padding: 0px 0px 14px 10px;
margin: 0px;
border-bottom:1px solid #ccd2d2;
}

#pageName h2{
font: bold 175% Arial,sans-serif;
color: #000000;
margin:0px;
padding: 0px;
}

#pageName img{
position: absolute;
top: 0px;
right: 6px;
padding: 0px;
margin: 0px;
}

/************* globalNav styles ****************/

#globalNav{
position: relative;
width: 100%;
min-width: 640px;
height: 32px;
color: #cccccc;
padding: 0px;
margin: 0px;
background-image: url(./images/glbnav_background.gif);
}

#globalNav img{
margin-bottom: -4px;

}

#gnl {
position: absolute;
top: 0px;
left:0px;
}

#gnr {
position: absolute;
top: 0px;
right:0px;
}

#globalLink{
position: absolute;
top: 6px;
height: 22px;
min-width: 640px;
padding: 0px;
margin: 0px;
left: 10px;
z-index: 100;
}


a.glink, a.glink:visited{
font-size: small;
color: #000000;
font-weight: bold;
margin: 0px;
padding: 2px 5px 4px 5px;
border-right: 1px solid #8FB8BC;
}

a.glink:hover{
background-image: url(./images/glblnav_selected.gif);
text-decoration: none;
}

.skipLinks {display: none;}

/************ subglobalNav styles **************/

.subglobalNav{
position: absolute;
top: 84px;
left: 0px;
/*width: 100%;*/
min-width: 640px;
height: 20px;
padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px;
visibility: hidden;
color: #ffffff;
}

.subglobalNav a:link, .subglobalNav a:visited {
font-size: 80%;
color: #ffffff;
}

.subglobalNav a:hover{
color: #cccccc;
}

/*************** search styles *****************/

#search{
position: absolute;
top: 5px;
right: 10px;
z-index: 101;
}

#search input{
font-size: 70%;
margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px;
}

#search a:link, #search a:visited {
font-size: 80%;
font-weight: bold;

}

#search a:hover{
margin: 0px;
}


/************* breadCrumb styles ***************/

#breadCrumb{
padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px;
font: small Verdana,sans-serif;
color: #AAAAAA;
}

#breadCrumb a{
color: #AAAAAA;
}

#breadCrumb a:hover{
color: #005FA9;
text-decoration: underline;
}


/************** feature styles *****************/

.feature{
padding: 0px 0px 10px 10px;
font-size: 80%;
min-height: 200px;
height: 200px;
}
html>body .feature {height: auto;}

.feature h3{
font: bold 175% Arial,sans-serif;
color: #000000;
padding: 30px 0px 5px 0px;
}

.feature img{
float: left;
padding: 0px 10px 0px 0px;
}


/*************** story styles ******************/

.story {
padding: 10px 0px 0px 10px;
font-size: 80%;
}

.story h3{
font: bold 125% Arial,sans-serif;
color: #000000;
}

.story p {
padding: 0px 0px 10px 0px;
}

.story a.capsule{
font: bold 1em Arial,sans-serif;
color: #005FA9;
display:block;
padding-bottom: 5px;
}

.story a.capsule:hover{
text-decoration: underline;
}

td.storyLeft{
padding-right: 12px;
}


/************** siteInfo styles ****************/

#siteInfo{
clear: both;
border-top: 1px solid #cccccc;
font-size: small;
color: #cccccc;
padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px;
margin-top: 0px;
}

#siteInfo img{
padding: 4px 4px 4px 0px;
vertical-align: middle;
}


/************ sectionLinks styles **************/

#sectionLinks{
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;

}

#sectionLinks h3{
padding: 10px 0px 2px 10px;
border-bottom: 1px solid #cccccc;
}

#sectionLinks a:link, #sectionLinks a:visited {
display: block;
border-top: 1px solid #ffffff;
border-bottom: 1px solid #cccccc;
background-image: url(./images/bg_nav.jpg);
font-weight: bold;
padding: 3px 0px 3px 10px;
color: #21536A;
}

#sectionLinks a:hover{
border-top: 1px solid #cccccc;
background-color: #DDEEFF;
background-image: none;
font-weight: bold;
text-decoration: none;
}


/************* relatedLinks styles **************/

.relatedLinks{
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px 0px 10px 10px;
border-bottom: 1px solid #cccccc;
}

.relatedLinks h3{
padding: 10px 0px 2px 0px;
}

.relatedLinks a{
display: block;
}


/************* relatedLinks2 styles **************/

.relatedLinks2{
margin: 0px;
padding: 10px 0px 10px 1px;
border-bottom: 1px solid #cccccc;
}

.relatedLinks h3{
padding: 10px 0px 2px 0px;
}

.relatedLinks a{
display: block;
}


/**************** advert styles *****************/

#advert{
padding: 10px;
}

#advert img{
display: block;
}

/********************* end **********************/




ANY IDEAS????