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9.1

Trouble with overlapping DIVs

Asked by adrian_brooks in Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

Tags: HTML, CSS, Layout

Hey folks,

I have a 2 column layout with header and footer (CSS LAYOUT).

I seem to be having some difficulty with trying to figure out why my footer div is not being pushed down with the addition of content in my right column.

In my html page, I have my footer located outside of the page wrapper. So, I would think that that alone would be enough to permit for the footer to be pushed down when page content in the right column begins to get more populated.

Here's a summarized html structure that I'm using along with some of the CSS I am also using.
I hope I have presented enough for you to properly assist.

Thanks all.

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/* CSS SNIPPETS */
* { padding: 0; margin: 0; }
 
body
{
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 8pt;
}
 
#main-surround
{
	/*float:left;
	width: 99.9%;*/
	margin-left:0 auto;
	margin-right:0 auto;
	border:#069 1px solid;
}
 
#header
{
	color: #333;
	background: #EEE;
	font-weight:bold;
	margin-left: 0px auto;
	margin-right:0px auto;
	padding: 10px;
	border: 1px solid #ccc;
	height: 105px;
}
 
#navigation
{
	float: left;
	width:100%;
	margin-left:0px auto;
	margin-right:0px auto;
	height: 24px;
	color: #333;
	padding-top: 3px;
	background: #EEE;
	font-weight:normal;
}
 
#pg-wrapper
{
	position:relative;
}
 
#leftcolumn
{
	position:absolute;
	top:0px;
	color: #333;
	border: 1px solid #ccc;
	background: #EEE;
	padding: 10px;
	height: 460px;
	width: 18%;
	display:inline;
}
 
#rightcolumn
{
	/*float:right;
	position: relative;*/
	color: #333;
	background: #FFF;
	border: 1px solid #ccc;
	padding: 10px;
	height: 460px;
	width: 78%;
	margin-left:20%;
}
 
div#footer
{
	position:relative;
	text-align:center;
	margin-left:20%;
	margin-right:20%;
	background: #EEE;
	/*border:#99A 1px solid;*/
	width:800px;
}
 
<!-- PAGE HTML -->
<!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>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<META NAME="DESCRIPTION" CONTENT="blah blah blah" />
<META NAME="KEYWORDS" CONTENT="blah, blah, blah" />
<META NAME="RATING" CONTENT="General" />
<META NAME="AUTHOR" CONTENT="Me" />
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Language" content="EN" />
<META NAME="COPYRIGHT" CONTENT="© 2008 Magic Element - G.E.M.S." />
<META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="INDEX,FOLLOW" />
<META NAME="REVISIT-AFTER" CONTENT="3 days" />
<title>GEMS</title>
<link rel="icon" href="http://www.sl-gems.com/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon">
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://www.sl-gems.com/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon">
<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="templates/default/styles/layout.css" />
<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="templates/default/styles/styles.css" />
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="scripts/js-functs.js"></script>
<script src="scripts/AC_RunActiveContent.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
<body onload="simplePreload('images/gems_logo02.gif','images/login_up.gif','images/login_over.gif','images/logout_up.gif','images/logout_over.gif');">
<div id="main-surround">
 <div id="header">
  <div id="logo">
   <script type="text/javascript">
    AC_FL_RunContent( 'codebase','http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,19,0','width','640','height','80','title','GEMS Header Ad','src','images/swfs/header_ad1','quality','high','pluginspage','http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer','movie','images/swfs/header_ad1' ); //end AC code
    </script><noscript><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,19,0" width="640" height="80" title="GEMS Header Ad">
    <param name="movie" value="images/swfs/header_ad1.swf" />
    <param name="quality" value="high" />
    <embed src="images/swfs/header_ad1.swf" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="640" height="80"></embed>
    </object></noscript>
    <!--[if IE]>&nbsp;<![endif]-->
    <img src="images/gems_logo02.gif" width="250" height="80" alt="GEMS" />
  </div>
  <div id="navigation"> 
   <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
    <tr>
     <td class="nav-btn"><a href="{TARGET}" title="Home">Home</a></td>
     <td class="nav-btn"><a href="{TARGET}?op=8&act=new" title="Sign Up">Sign Up</a></td>
     <td class="nav-btn"><a href="{TARGET}?op=2" title="About GEMS">About GEMS</a></td>
     <td class="nav-btn"><a href="{TARGET}?op=3" title="Services">Service</a></td>
     <td class="nav-btn"><a href="{TARGET}?op=6" title="Support">Support</a></td>
    </tr>
   </table>
  </div>
 </div>
 <div id="pg-wrapper">
  <!--[if IE 7]>
   <style>
    #rightcolumn { padding-bottom:20px; }
   </style>
  <![endif]-->
  <div id="rightcolumn">
   {RC_CONTENT}
  </div>
  <!--[if IE 6]>
   <style>
    #leftcolumn { height:477px; }
   </style>
  <![endif]-->
  <div id="leftcolumn">
   {LOGIN_CONTENT}
   {SIDE_NAV_CONTENT}
   {FTRD_CONTENT}
  </div>
  <!--[if IE 7]>
   <style>
    #footer { margin-top:8px; }
   </style>
  <![endif]-->
 </div>
</div>
<div id="footer">
 <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:800px;">
  <tr>
   <td class="ftr-nav" id="nav1" onmouseover="toggleBG('nav1', true);" onmouseout="toggleBG('nav1', false);"><a href="{TARGET}" title="Home">Home</a></td>
   <td class="ftr-nav" id="nav2" onmouseover="toggleBG('nav2', true);" onmouseout="toggleBG('nav2', false);"><a href="{TARGET}?op=2" title="About GEMS">About GEMS</a></td>
   <td class="ftr-nav" id="nav3" onmouseover="toggleBG('nav3', true);" onmouseout="toggleBG('nav3', false);"><a href="{TARGET}?op=3" title="Services">Services</a></td>
   <td class="ftr-nav" id="nav6" onmouseover="toggleBG('nav6', true);" onmouseout="toggleBG('nav6', false);"><a href="{TARGET}?op=6" title="Support">Support</a></td>
   <td class="ftr-nav" id="nav7" onmouseover="toggleBG('nav7', true);" onmouseout="toggleBG('nav7', false);"><a href="{TARGET}?op=7" title="Terms Of Service">Terms Of Service</a></td>
   <td class="ftr-nav" id="nav8" onmouseover="toggleBG('nav8', true);" onmouseout="toggleBG('nav8', false);"><a href="{TARGET}?op=8&act=new" title="Sign Up">Sign Up</a></td>
  </tr>
 </table>
</div>
<div id="by-line">
 <span style="font-size:7pt;">This site developed &amp; hosted by <a href="http://www.logiqnet.net" target="_blank">Logiqnet Services</a><br />Copyright&copy; 2008 - All Rights Reserved</span>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
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