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CSS - Flexible Website Height
Hi Guys,
I have been recently playing with some HTML/CSS and I cannot figure out a way to make my website to be flexible. I have attached a link to the screenshot to show what happens when I reach out of height. I am using min-height but I doesn't seem to responde. http://screencast.com/t/NNx4fxkFAc I will also upload my CSS and HTML code. I tried to keep it clear and easy to read. I really appreciate any help as I have been trying to fix it whole day, getting sort of desperate. Code:
/*---------- Header Start ---------- */
#header {
background:url(images/topbar_slice.png) repeat-x;
height: 268px;
}
#logo { background:url(images/logo.png) no-repeat;
position: absolute;
padding-bottom: 30px;
top: 7%;
left: 3%;
width:320px;
height:90px;
}
#logo h1, #logo small {
display:block;
text-indent:-9999px;
}
ul#menu {
margin:0px; padding:0px;
position:relative;
left:0px;
top: 10px;
}
ul#menu li {
display:inline;
margin-left:50px;
margin-bottom: 10px;
}
ul#menu li a {
text-decoration:none;
color:#ffffff;
font-family:Helvetica, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size:10px;
font-weight:bold;
text-transform:uppercase;
}
ul#menu li a.active, ul#menu li a:hover {
color:#D8D8D8 ;
}
#search {
background: url(images/search_field.png) top no-repeat;
width:178px;
height: 30px;
position: absolute;
right: 5%;
top: 1%;
}
#search_button {
background-image: url(images/search_icon.png);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
width:20px;
height: 20px;
position: absolute;
right: 10%;
top: 6px;
}
/*--------- Header End -----------*/
/*--------- Body Start ---------- */
body {
font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
color:#7f7d78;
font-size:16px;
line-height:23px;
}
.block_inside {
display:block;
border:10px solid #ffffff;
background: #ffffff url(images/backgroud_slice.jpg) repeat-x;
padding:30px;
overflow:auto;
}
#main {
background:#c4c0be;
}
#main .container {
background:url(images/background_slice.png) repeat-y;
min-height: 700px;
position: relative;
margin: -0.8% 15% 0% 15%;
border:1px solid #a3a09e;
}
.text_block {
float: left;
padding-right: 40%;
margin-left: 40px;
width: 230 px;
height: 400px;
text-align: justify;
font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif, Arial;
}
h2 {
margin:60px 0px 10px 0px;
line-height:23px;
font-size:36px;
font-family:Helvetica, Arial, Sans-serif;
color:#000000;
}
small {
color:#595856;
font-weight:bold;
font-size:11px;
display:block;
margin-bottom:15px;
}
a {
color:#007de2;
text-decoration:none;
}
a {
color:#007de2;
text-decoration:none;
}
a:hover { text-decoration:underline; }
p { margin: 0px 0px 15px 0px; }
a.button {
background:#32312f url(images/button_bg.jpg) repeat-x;
padding:5px 10px 5px 10px;
color: #ffffff;
text-decoration: none;
border:1px solid #32312f;
text-transform:uppercase;
font-size:9px;
line-height:25px;
}
a.button:hover {
background:#007de2 url(images/button_bg_o.jpg) repeat-x;
border-color:#007de2;
}
/*--------- Body End ------------ */
/*--------- Sidebar Start -------- */
#sidebar {
background-image: url(images/sidebar_slice.png);
background-repeat: repeat-y;
position: absolute;
width: 285px;
margin: -18.3% 0 50% 0;
height: 80%;
right: 30px;
}
#sponsor {
background: url(images/edit.png) no-repeat;
width: 200px;
height: 200px;
position: absolute;
top: 30px;
left: 10px;
}
#sidebar_text {
color:#595856;
font-weight:bold;
font-size:11px;
display:block;
margin-bottom:15px;
margin-left: 40 px;
}
/*--------- Sidebar End ------- */
Code: <!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">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
<title>Almost Student</title>
<link href="style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="images/favicon.ico" />
</head>
<body>
<div id="main">
<!------------MAIN------------>
<div class="container">
<!------------Header---------------------------->
<div id="header">
<ul id="menu">
<li><a href="">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="">Articles</a></li>
<li><a href="">About Us</a></li>
<li><a href="">Contact</a></li>
</ul>
<div id="search">
<div id="search_button">
</div><!--search button end-->
</div> <!--search end-->
<div id="logo">
<h1>Almost Student</h1>
</div> <!--logo end-->
</div> <!--header end-->
<!------------Header End----------------------------->
<!------------Content----------------------------->
<div id="post_block">
<span>
<div class="text_block">
<!--<img src="images/sample_mini_portfolio.jpg" class="thumbnail" alt="PSDTUTS" /> -->
<h2>Post</h2>
<small>test</small>
<p>Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard
dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book.
It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged.
It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages,
and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum.</p>
<br />
<a href="a" class="button">Continue reading...</a>
<!--<img src="images/sample_mini_portfolio.jpg" class="thumbnail" alt="PSDTUTS" /> -->
<h2>Post</h2>
<small>test</small>
<p>Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard
dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book.
It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged.
It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages,
and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum.</p>
<br />
<a href="a" class="button">Continue reading...</a>
</div>
</span>
</div>
<!------------Content End----------------------------->
<!------------SIDEBAR--------------------------------->
<div id="sidebar">
<div id="sponsor">
</div><!--sponsor end-->
</div><!--sidebar end-->
<!------------SIDEBAR END-------------------------------->
</div> <!--container end-->
</div> <!--main end-->
<!------------MAIN END------------>
<div id="footer">
<div class="container">
All rights reserved. Almoststudent.com
</div> <!-- container-->
</div> <!-- footer -->
</body>
</html>
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div.divBox1
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