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Layer a Div over another Div

I have an HTML document here with 2 divs, the first div is a jquery slow show (the jquery cycle plg in) and then I have a div below which is where the content will go. I want the content div to layer over the slideshow div so the that the slideshow is running in the background of my page. No matter what I try the content div just shows up below the slideshow div.

here is my code:

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
<head> 
<title>Title</title> 
<link href="css/global.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">

<style type="text/css"> 
body{background-color: #000;}
.slideshow { height: 771px; width: 1500px;}
.slideshow img {background-color: #000; position: ;}
.container {}
</style> 

<!-- include jQuery library --> 
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3.2/jquery.min.js"></script> 
<!-- include Cycle plugin --> 
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://cloud.github.com/downloads/malsup/cycle/jquery.cycle.all.latest.js"></script> 

<script type="text/javascript"> 
$(document).ready(function() {
    $('.slideshow').cycle({
		fx: 'turnDown',
		//speed: 1000,
		timeout: 10000,
});
</script> 
</head> 

<body> 
	<div class="slideshow"> 
		<img src="img_home.jpg" /> 
		<img src="img_services.jpg" /> 
		<img src="img_contact.jpg" /> 
		<img src="img_about.jpg" /> 
	</div> 

	      <div class="container">
      
      		<!-- content will go here -->
      		
      <!---end of container-->
      </div>

</body> 
</html>

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LZ1

In order for layering like this to work, you'll need both divs to be positioned absolutely and then have a z-index applied.

So your CSS should be like this:

<style type="text/css"> 
body{background-color: #000;}
.slideshow { height: 771px; width: 1500px;position:absolute; z-index:10;}
.slideshow img {background-color: #000; position:absolute; z-index:1;}
.container {}
</style>

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RNB

ASKER

LZ1:

thank you so much for the reply, it seems to be working but the content div is showing up behind the div with the images and I need it to be the other way around, what can I do to reverse whats happening?

thank you!

LZ1

Reverse the Z-indexes. If that doesn't work, can you show a live URL?

RNB

ASKER

I reversed the z-index and still the same problem, this is a live example:

http://dev.anathallo.net/trin/index.html

if you refresh, for a split second there you can see my nav bar and header then the image loads and goes over it.

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RNB

ASKER

wow! thank you so much, jagadishdulal. That worked brilliantly!