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css menu positioning question

Hello,

I'm trying to align my menu (ul class="lavaLampBottomStyle") on the right side of my header (div class="roundedcornr_box_906887"). I would like to move it to the right so that I can put another div that has an image that aligns against the left side of the roundedcornr_box_906887 style for the header. The below code puts the "logo here" text on top of the UL based menu. Any ideas?

<html>
	<head>
		
		<script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery-1.2.3.min.js"></script>
		<script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery.easing.min.js"></script>
		<script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery.lavalamp.min.js"></script>
		<script type="text/javascript">
			$(function() {
				$("#1, #2, #3").lavaLamp({
					fx: "backout",
					speed: 700,
					click: function(event, menuItem) {
						return false;
					}
				});
			});
		</script>
		<style type="text/css">
			.lavaLampBottomStyle {
				position: relative;
				height: 29px;
				width: 450px;
				background-color: transparent;
				padding: 10px;
				overflow: hidden;
			}
			.lavaLampBottomStyle li {
				float: left;
				list-style: none;
			}
				.lavaLampBottomStyle li.back {
					border-bottom: 2px solid #fefa8b;
					width: 9px;
					height: 30px;
					z-index: 8;
					position: absolute;
				}
				.lavaLampBottomStyle li a {
					font: bold 14px arial;
					text-decoration: none;
					color: #FFFFFF;
					outline: none;
					text-align: center;
					top: 7px;
					text-transform: uppercase;
					letter-spacing: 0;
					z-index: 10;
					display: block;
					float: left;
					height: 30px;
					position: relative;
					overflow: hidden;
					margin: auto 10px;
				}   
					.lavaLampBottomStyle li a:hover, .lavaLampBottomStyle li a:active, .lavaLampBottomStyle li a:visited {
						border: none;
					}                     
			body{
				background-image: url(images/bg_home.png);
				background-repeat: repeat-x; 
				background-size: 100%;
			}
			.roundedcornr_box_906887 {
				background:url("images/header_home.png") 
				repeat-x scroll 0 0 	
				transparent;				
				width:950px;
				margin-top:15px;
				margin-left: auto ;
				margin-right: auto ;
			}
			.roundedcornr_top_906887 div {
			   background: url(images/roundedcornr_906887_tl.png) no-repeat top left;
			}
			.roundedcornr_top_906887 {
			   background: url(images/roundedcornr_906887_tr.png) no-repeat top right;
			}
			.roundedcornr_bottom_906887 div {
			   background: url(images/roundedcornr_906887_bl.png) no-repeat bottom left;
			}
			.roundedcornr_bottom_906887 {
			   background: url(images/roundedcornr_906887_br.png) no-repeat bottom right;
			}

			.roundedcornr_top_906887 div, .roundedcornr_top_906887, 
			.roundedcornr_bottom_906887 div, .roundedcornr_bottom_906887 {
			   width: 100%;
			   height: 15px;
			   font-size: 1px;
			}
			.roundedcornr_content_906887 { margin: 0 15px; }
			.roundedcornr_box_627923 {
				background: #ffffff;
				margin-top:15px;
				width:950px;
				margin-left: auto ;
				margin-right: auto ;
			}
			.roundedcornr_top_627923 div {
			   background: url(images/roundedcornr_627923_tl.png) no-repeat top left;
			}
			.roundedcornr_top_627923 {
			   background: url(images/roundedcornr_627923_tr.png) no-repeat top right;
			}
			.roundedcornr_bottom_627923 div {
			   background: url(images/roundedcornr_627923_bl.png) no-repeat bottom left;
			}
			.roundedcornr_bottom_627923 {
			   background: url(images/roundedcornr_627923_br.png) no-repeat bottom right;
			}

			.roundedcornr_top_627923 div, .roundedcornr_top_627923, 
			.roundedcornr_bottom_627923 div, .roundedcornr_bottom_627923 {
			   width: 100%;
			   height: 15px;
			   font-size: 1px;
			}
			.roundedcornr_content_627923 { margin: 0 15px; }
		</style>
	</head>
	<body>
		<div class="roundedcornr_box_906887">
		   <div class="roundedcornr_top_906887"><div></div></div>
				<div class="roundedcornr_content_906887">
				<div>
				logo here
				</div>
				<div>
					<ul class="lavaLampBottomStyle" id="3">
						<li class="current"><a href="#">Home</a></li>
						<li><a href="#">Programs</a></li>
						<li><a href="#">Registration</a></li>
						<li><a href="#">Tuition Policies</a></li>
					</ul>
				</div>					
				</div>
		   <div class="roundedcornr_bottom_906887"><div></div></div>
		</div>
	</body>
</html>

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cgray1223

ASKER

line 129 has the UL menu

Zado

Apply this to your code:

.roundedcornr_box_906887  { 
 position:absolute; /*add this to your class*/
 /*rest of your code here*/
}
.lavaLampBottomStyle {
 float:right; /*add this to your class, moves whole element to the right*/
 /*rest of your code here*/
}
.left { /*it is your left section you asked for, and sample content below*/
 position: relative;
 height: 29px;
 width: 450px;
 background-color: transparent;
 padding: 10px;
 overflow: hidden;
 float:left; /*moves whole element to the left*/
}
.logo { /*apply this class to div where your logo is*/
 position: relative;
 height: 100px;
 width: 100%;
 background-color: transparent;
 padding: 10px;
 overflow: hidden;
 float:left;
}

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cgray1223

ASKER

Hi Zado,

I didn't apply the lavaLampBottomSytle position:absolute since it was forcing the header flush against the left side and everything looks pretty good in IE but in Firefox and Chrome the header is shrunk. I've attached images to try to help and my source below.
I

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html>
	<head>
		<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/lavalamp_test.css" type="text/css" media="screen">
		<script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery-1.2.3.min.js"></script>
		<script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery.easing.min.js"></script>
		<script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery.lavalamp.min.js"></script>
		<script type="text/javascript">
			$(function() {
				$("#1, #2, #3").lavaLamp({
					fx: "backout",
					speed: 700,
					click: function(event, menuItem) {
						return false;
					}
				});
			});
		</script>
		<style type="text/css">
			html, body {
				margin: 0;
				padding: 0;
			}
			@media screen {
				img.bkgnd {
					position: fixed;
					top: 0; left: 0;
					width: 100%;
					height: 100%;
					z-index: -1000;
				}
			}
			@media print {
				img.bkgnd {
					display: none;
				}
			}
			.roundedcornr_box_906887 {
				background:url("images/header_home.png") 
				repeat-x scroll 0 0 	
				transparent;				
				width:950px;
				margin-top:15px;
				margin-left: auto ;
				margin-right: auto ;
			}
			.roundedcornr_top_906887 div {
			   background: url(images/roundedcornr_906887_tl.png) no-repeat top left;
			}
			.roundedcornr_top_906887 {
			   background: url(images/roundedcornr_906887_tr.png) no-repeat top right;
			}
			.roundedcornr_bottom_906887 div {
			   background: url(images/roundedcornr_906887_bl.png) no-repeat bottom left;
			}
			.roundedcornr_bottom_906887 {
			   background: url(images/roundedcornr_906887_br.png) no-repeat bottom right;
			}

			.roundedcornr_top_906887 div, .roundedcornr_top_906887, 
			.roundedcornr_bottom_906887 div, .roundedcornr_bottom_906887 {
			   width: 100%;
			   height: 15px;
			   font-size: 1px;
			}
			.roundedcornr_content_906887 { margin: 0 15px; }
			.roundedcornr_box_627923 {
				background: #ffffff;
				margin-top:15px;
				width:950px;
				margin-left: auto ;
				margin-right: auto ;
			}
			.roundedcornr_top_627923 div {
			   background: url(images/roundedcornr_627923_tl.png) no-repeat top left;
			}
			.roundedcornr_top_627923 {
			   background: url(images/roundedcornr_627923_tr.png) no-repeat top right;
			}
			.roundedcornr_bottom_627923 div {
			   background: url(images/roundedcornr_627923_bl.png) no-repeat bottom left;
			}
			.roundedcornr_bottom_627923 {
			   background: url(images/roundedcornr_627923_br.png) no-repeat bottom right;
			}

			.roundedcornr_top_627923 div, .roundedcornr_top_627923, 
			.roundedcornr_bottom_627923 div, .roundedcornr_bottom_627923 {
			   width: 100%;
			   height: 15px;
			   font-size: 1px;
			}
			.roundedcornr_content_627923 { margin: 0 15px; }
			.left { 
				 position: relative;
				 height: 29px;
				 width: 450px;
				 background-color: transparent;
				 padding: 10px;
				 overflow: hidden;
				 float:left; 
			}
			.logo { 
				 position: relative;
				 background-color: transparent;
				 padding: 10px;
				 overflow: hidden;
				 float:left;
			}
		</style>
	</head>
	<body>
		<img class="bkgnd" src="images/bg_home.png" />
		<div class="roundedcornr_box_906887">
		   <div class="roundedcornr_top_906887"><div></div></div>
				<div class="roundedcornr_content_906887">
				<div class="logo"><img src="images/logo_small.gif"/></div>
				<div>
					<ul class="lavaLampBottomStyle" id="3">
						<li class="current"><a href="#">Home</a></li>
						<li><a href="#">Programs</a></li>
						<li><a href="#">Registration</a></li>
						<li><a href="#">Tuition Policies</a></li>
					</ul>
				</div>					
				</div>
		   <div class="roundedcornr_bottom_906887"><div></div></div>
		</div>
		<div class="roundedcornr_box_627923">
	   <div class="roundedcornr_top_627923"><div></div></div>
		  <div class="roundedcornr_content_627923">
			 <br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>

		  </div>
	   <div class="roundedcornr_bottom_627923"><div></div></div>
	</div>
	</body>
</html>

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lavalamp_test.css

        .lavaLampBottomStyle {
			float:right;
            position: relative;
            height: 29px;
            width: 450px;
            background-color: transparent;
            padding: 10px;
            overflow: hidden;
        }
                .lavaLampBottomStyle li {
                    float: left;
                    list-style: none;
                }
                    .lavaLampBottomStyle li.back {
                        border-bottom: 2px solid #fefa8b;
                        width: 9px;
                        height: 30px;
                        z-index: 8;
                        position: absolute;
                    }
                    .lavaLampBottomStyle li a {
                        font: bold 14px arial;
                        text-decoration: none;
                        color: #FFFFFF;
                        outline: none;
                        text-align: center;
                        top: 7px;
                        text-transform: uppercase;
                        letter-spacing: 0;
                        z-index: 10;
                        display: block;
                        float: left;
                        height: 30px;
                        position: relative;
                        overflow: hidden;
                        margin: auto 10px;
                    }   
                        .lavaLampBottomStyle li a:hover, .lavaLampBottomStyle li a:active, .lavaLampBottomStyle li a:visited {
                            border: none;
                        }

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Zado

Try add 'height' to logo class in your css:

.logo {
 position: relative;
 background-color: transparent;
 padding: 10px;
 overflow: hidden;
 float:left;
 height:80px; /*apply your height here*/
 min-height:80px; /*apply this as well if height does not work*/
}

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cgray1223

ASKER

no luck with those....I'll keep trying different things. Let me know if you have any other ideas. Thanks for the help!

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remorina

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