CSS - Css Text Is Completely Off Screen, Need To Scroll To View It, Why?

Hello,

I'm having an interesting dilemma. Hopefully I can get some advice. I have created a site using a 2 column liquid layout. The site is created using CSS. I have tested successfully in both FF & IE (which my client uses). In the content area, there is a data table that is generated dynamically. At times the table consists of many columns. If the table strecthes beyond the screen view (resulting in horizontal scrolling) the container/layout does not stretch with the table.

Any thoughts?

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated!

Below are snippets of code from the css code and html code:
CSS
Code:

body {
	margin: 0px 20px 0px 20px;
	background-color: #069;
	background-image: url(../images/bkgd.gif);
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 70%;
	color: #036;
	}
	
#container {
	width: 100%;
	margin: 0px auto 0px auto;
	background-color: #DDD;
	}

...

#content {
	background-color: #FFF;
	padding: 20px;
	margin-left: 190px;
	}

...


	
#content_main table.data {
	margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
	border: 1px solid #369;
	background-color: #FFF;
	}
	
#content_main table a.nobrdr {
	border-bottom: none;
	}
	
#content_main table.data th {
	height: 20px;
	color: #E8E8E8;
	text-align: center;
	background-color: #369;
	border: 1px solid #2C537D;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	}
	
#content_main table.data td {
	height: 25px;
	padding: 3px;
	border: 1px solid #CCC;
	vertical-align: top;
	line-height: 15px;
	}

HTML
Code:

<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="data" summary="this table displays BDXT selected data">
				<tr>
					<th scope="col" width="5%" nowrap>fund</th>
					<th scope="col" width="6%" nowrap>bsli</th>
					<th scope="col" width="4%" nowrap>reg</th>
					<th scope="col">title</th>
					<th scope="col" width="9%" nowrap>projcode</th>
					<th scope="col" width="7%" nowrap>cip</th>
					<th scope="col" width="4%" nowrap>afc</th>
					<th scope="col" width="10%" nowrap>avail</th>
					<th width="10%" nowrap scope="col">oblig</th>
					<th width="10%" nowrap scope="col">oblig</th>
					<th width="10%" nowrap scope="col">oblig</th>
					<th width="10%" nowrap scope="col">oblig</th>
					<th scope="col" width="10%" nowrap>unoblig</th>
					<th scope="col" width="5%" nowrap>&nbsp;</th>
				</tr>
				<tr>
					<td scope="row" align="center" nowrap>682A</td>
					<td align="center" nowrap>1A01A1</td>
					<td align="center" nowrap>HQ</td>
					<td>NEXT GENERATION WEATHER RADAR (NEXRAD) </td>
					<td align="center" nowrap><a href="#">25570427</a></td>
					<td align="center" nowrap>W020200</td>
					<td align="center" nowrap>140</td>
					<td align="right" nowrap>000,000</td>
					<td align="right" nowrap>000,000,000</td>
					<td align="right" nowrap>000,000,000</td>
					<td align="right" nowrap>000,000,000</td>
					<td align="right" nowrap>000,000,000</td>
					<td align="right" nowrap>000,000</td>
					<td align="center" nowrap><a href="#" class="nobrdr"><img src="images/icon_view.gif" alt="view detail" width="15" height="13" border="0"></a></td>
				</tr>
				<tr>
					<td scope="row" align="center" nowrap>682A</td>
					<td align="center" nowrap>1A01A1</td>
					<td align="center" nowrap>HQ</td>
					<td>NEXT GENERATION WEATHER RADAR (NEXRAD)</td>
					<td align="center" nowrap><a href="#">25570427</a></td>
					<td align="center" nowrap>W020200</td>
					<td align="center" nowrap>3J0</td>
					<td align="right" nowrap>000,000</td>
					<td align="right" nowrap>000,000</td>
					<td align="right" nowrap>000,000</td>
					<td align="right" nowrap>000,000</td>
					<td align="right" nowrap>000,000</td>
					<td align="right" nowrap>000,000,000</td>
					<td align="center" nowrap><a href="#" class="nobrdr"><img src="images/icon_view.gif" alt="view detail" width="15" height="13" border="0"></a></td>
				</tr>
				<tr>
					<td scope="row" align="center" nowrap>682A</td>
					<td align="center" nowrap>1A01A1</td>
					<td align="center" nowrap>TC</td>
					<td>NEXT GENERATION WEATHER RADAR (NEXRAD)</td>
					<td align="center" nowrap><a href="#">25570427</a></td>
					<td align="center" nowrap>W020200</td>
					<td align="center" nowrap>4C0</td>
					<td align="right" nowrap>000,000</td>
					<td align="right" nowrap>000,000,000</td>
					<td align="right" nowrap>000,000,000</td>
					<td align="right" nowrap>000,000,000</td>
					<td align="right" nowrap>000,000,000</td>
					<td align="right" nowrap>000,000</td>
					<td align="center" nowrap><a href="#" class="nobrdr"><img src="images/icon_view.gif" alt="view detail" width="15" height="13" border="0"></a></td>
				</tr>
			</table>

Hi all,

Is there any way to make the View-Text Size work in CSS - or more specifically, is there any way to limit how large or small the text becomes?

I know you can use 0.8em font sizes, but I don't want the font to them become too large or small when adjusted, so is there any way to limit this?

Thanks.

Hi, I am using Dreamewaver CS4 and i noticed that when i view my page in live view or in the browser my background image doesnt show up. It does however in the split code/design view. Any help?

Here is my Page Code

Code:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<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;
	background-color: #96D0FF;
}
.thrColAbsHdr #container {
	position: relative; /* adding position: relative allows you to position the two sidebars relative to this container */
	width: 780px;  /* using 20px less than a full 800px width allows for browser chrome and avoids a horizontal scroll bar */
	background: #FFFFFF;
	margin: 0 auto; /* the auto margins (in conjunction with a width) center the page */
	border: 0px solid #000000;
	text-align: center; /* this overrides the text-align: center on the body element. */
	font-size: 11pt;
} 

/* Tips for absolutely positioned sidebars with header and footer:
1. Absolutely positioned (AP) elements must be given a top and side value, either right or left. (As a default, if no top value is given, the AP element will begin directly after the last element in the source order of the page. This means, if the sidebars are first element in the #container in the document's source order, they will appear at the top of the #container even without being given a top value. However, if they are moved later in the source order for any reason, they'll need a top value to appear where you desire.
2. Absolutely positioned (AP) elements are taken out of the flow of the document. This means the elements around them don't know they exist and don't account for them when taking up their proper space on the page. Thus, an AP div should only be used as a side column if you are sure the middle #mainContent div will always contain the most content. If either sidebar were to contain more content, that sidebar would run over the bottom of the parent div, and in this case the footer as well, and the sidebar would not appear to be contained.
3. If the above mentioned requirements are met, absolutely positioned sidebars can be an easy way to control the source order of the document.
4. If the source order is changed, the top value should be equal to the height of the header since this will cause the columns to visually meet the header.
*/
.thrColAbsHdr #header { 
	height: 60px; /* if you're changing the source order of the columns, you'll may want to use a height on the header so that you can give the columns a predictable top value */
	background: #DDDDDD; 
	padding: 0 10px 0 20px;  /* this padding matches the left alignment of the elements in the divs that appear beneath it. If an image is used in the #header instead of text, you may want to remove the padding. */
} 
.thrColAbsHdr #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 */
}
.thrColAbsHdr #sidebar1 {
	position: absolute;
	top: 267px;
	left: 3px;
	width: 150px; /* the background color will be displayed for the length of the content in the column, but no further */
	padding: 15px 10px 15px 20px; /* padding keeps the content of the div away from the edges */
	background-color: #fff;
}
.thrColAbsHdr #sidebar2 {
	position: absolute;
	top: 267px;
	right: 3px;
	width: 160px; /* the background color will be displayed for the length of the content in the column, but no further */
	padding: 15px 10px 15px 20px; /* padding keeps the content of the div away from the edges */
	background-color: #fff;
}
.thrColAbsHdr #mainContent { 
	margin: 0 200px; /* the right and left margins on this div element creates the two outer columns on the sides of the page. No matter how much content the sidebar divs contain, the column space will remain. */
	padding: 0 10px; /* remember that padding is the space inside the div box and margin is the space outside the div box */
}
.thrColAbsHdr #footer {
	padding: 0 10px 0 20px;
	background-color: #CCC;
} 
.thrColAbsHdr #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 */
}
.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 */
	float: left;
	margin-right: 8px;
}
--> 
</style><!--[if IE 5]>
<style type="text/css"> 
/* place css box model fixes for IE 5* in this conditional comment */
.thrColAbsHdr #sidebar1 { width: 180px; }
.thrColAbsHdr #sidebar2 { width: 190px; }
</style>
<![endif]--></head>

<body class="thrColAbsHdr">

<div id="container">
  <p><img src="Images/Header Home.png" width="509" height="144" align="absmiddle" /><img src="Images/www.yoursouthlandsmile.png" width="163" height="52" /></p>
  <p><img src="Images/Links.png" width="780" height="38" /></p>
<div id="sidebar1">
    <h3>
      <!-- end #sidebar1 -->
    Meet The Doctors:</h3>
<p> <img src="Images/Dr. J.png" alt="" width="83" height="95" align="absmiddle" /></p>
    <p>Dr. J. Chris Harvan    </p>
    <p><img src="Images/Dr.png" alt="" width="82" height="93" align="absmiddle" /></p>
  <p>Dr. Kristina Harven</p>
  <!-- end #sidebar2 -->
</div>
  <div id="sidebar2">
    <p>&nbsp;</p>
    <p><img src="Images/Invisalign.png" width="141" height="46" /></p>
<p><img src="Images/Invisalign.png" alt="" width="141" height="46" /></p>
    <p><img src="Images/Invisalign.png" alt="" width="141" height="46" /></p>
    <p><img src="Images/Invisalign.png" alt="" width="141" height="46" /></p>
    <p><img src="Images/Invisalign.png" alt="" width="141" height="46" /></p>
    <p>&nbsp;</p>
  </div>
  <div id="mainContent">
<h1> Your Dental Health Is Our Priority</h1>
    <p>
    <p><img src="Images/DO2.png" width="119" height="119" align="left" />Welcome to Southland Smiles. Your oral health is our highest priority, and we strive to help our patients experience a positive health change and maintain that change for the rest of their lives.  </p>
    <p><br />
      
      <marquee><img src="Images/Marquee/imgres-1.jpeg" height="119" /><img src="Images/Marquee/imgres-2.jpeg" height="119" /><img src="Images/Marquee/imgres-3.jpeg" height="119" /><img src="Images/Marquee/imgres-4.jpeg" height="119" /><img src="Images/Marquee/imgres-5.jpeg" height="119" /><img src="Images/Marquee/imgres-6.jpeg" height="119" /><img src="Images/Marquee/imgres.jpeg" height="119" /></p>
<p>
  <!-- end #mainContent -->
  </div>
    </p>
    <p>&nbsp;</p>
    <p>&nbsp;</p>
<div id="footer">
  <p> <img src="Images/296268493113.png" width="29" height="29" align="absmiddle" /> | 25521 East Smoky Hill Road, Suite 140, Aurora, CO 80016 	</p>
  <div><a href="mailto:info@yoursouthlandsmile.com">info@yoursouthlandsmile.com</a></div>
<!-- end #footer --></div>
<!-- end #container --></div>
</body>
</html>

And here is the code for the style sheet that defines the background:

Code:

body {background-image: url(images/background.png);
		
        background-repeat: repeat-y;
        background-position: center;
        background-color: #f7f4ee;}

Hi There.. I am still learning CSS/Xhtml so please be patient and understanding, . Anyway, I am making a site for my business and wanted to try some new idea. Everything looks good except for my navigation bar in IE. Whenever I change resolution the navigation bar moves out of position and I have to refresh to get it to snap into place. In Firefox and Chrome I do not have this issue.

I have been googling trying to find the solution but have come up empty. Could someone look at my code and tell me when I did wrong so I don't make the same mistake again? Thanks for your help.


Here is the CSS:

<style type="text/css">
<!--
#html, body {
top: 0px;
right: 0px;
bottom: 0px;
left: 0px;
width:920px;
height: 100%;
background: url(desk.jpg) white center no-repeat;
background-repeat:no-repeat;
margin: 0 auto;
text-align: center;
font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
#container {
width: 900px; height:840px;
background-image: url(bg1.png);
margin: 0 auto;
text-align: left;
}
#mainContent {
padding: 3px 60px;
margin-top: 0px ;
}

#text {
padding: 0;
margin-left: 35px;
text-align: center;
}

#navigation {
float:right;
display:block;
width: 400px;
margin-top: 15px ;
font-family:Trebuchet MS, Helvetica, sans-serif;
overflow:hidden;
}
#navigation ul {
float:left;
list-style:none;
margin:0;
padding:0;
position:relative;
left:50%;
text-align:center;
}
#navigation ul li {
display:block;
float:left;
list-style:none;
margin:0;
padding:0;
position:relative;
right:50%;
}

#navigation ul li a {
display:block;
margin:0;
padding:.4em .8em;
color:#000;
text-decoration:none;
line-height:1.3em;
}
#navigation ul li a span {
display:block;
}
#navigation ul li.active a {
color: #fff;
font-weight:bold;
}
#navigation ul li a:hover {
color: #fff;
font-weight: bold;
}

.guy {
float: right;
margin-top: -70px;
}

.yell {
float: left;
margin-top: 20px;
padding-bottom: 0px;
margin-right: 30px;
margin-left: 20px;
}

.second {
margin-top:45px;
}

#footer {
font-size: 11px;
margin-bottom: 10px;
}
-->

I have two divs that are set to scroll if there is more content than can be viewed in the div. The problem is IE6/7.

This works perfectly in FF. All of the contents in the boxes scrolls nicely together. However, in IE6/7, the image at the top just sits there. The text scrolls up and gets lost in the image (they are the same color). I can't tell if the text is on top of or below the image, but that is probably irrelevant.

The page can be seen at www dot bordertownband dot us/test/index.php. Sorry, but my URL's seem to be blocked.

Here is the CSS code for one of the boxes (they are coded the same):

.contentbox {
background: #FAFAED;
border: 1px solid #787650;
width: 461px;
height: 100%;
margin: 0;
float: left;
overflow-x: hidden;
overflow-y: auto;
}

.contentbox #contentboxtext {
width: 437px;
margin: 10px;
}

.contentbox #contentboxtext img {
margin-bottom: 10px;
}


Here is the HTML code:

<div id="contentboxtext">
<img src="images/welcome_to_bordertown_head.png" width="432"
height="22" alt="Bordertown Band Party Band Classic Rock Modern Rock Parties Weddings Wedding Receptions Birthday Parties">
<p>Bordertown was formed by a group of experienced musicians who wanted to have fun by playing songs they like and that they grew up with. Here is a list of songs Bordertown is working on now. Bordertown will add life to any atmosphere such as wedding receptions, restaurants, coffee shops, concerts, birthday parties, bar mitzvahs, political rallies, whatever!</p>
<p>Bordertown is always available but never free! (that's a joke)</p>
<ul>
<li>Bad Day - Daniel Powter</li>
<li>Don't Stop - Fleetwood Mac</li>
<li>Falling In Love At A Coffee Shop - Landon Pigg</li>
<li>Have A Nice Day - Bon Jovi</li>
<li>How To Save A Life - The Fray</li>
<li>Jammin' Me - Tom Petty</li>
<li>Over My Head (Cable Car) - The Fray</li>
<li>Stop And Stare - OneRepublic</li>
<li>True Lies - Kenny Wayne Shepherd</li>
<li>Wanted Dead Or Alive - Bon Jovi</li>
</ul>
</div>


Any help would be greatly appreciated.