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Gap between header and spry menu + content div shifts when inserting menu

I am new to dreamweaver and it is driving me crazy. There is a gap between the header and the navigation menu that i cannot get rid of. The content div also shifts to the right of the menu when i insert the menu. How can i fix it? Thanks!

<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<style type="text/css">
#outerWrapper {
      width: 1024px;
      margin-top: 0px;
      margin-right: auto;
      margin-bottom: 0px;
      margin-left: auto;
}
#contentWrapper {
      width: 100%;
      overflow: auto;
}
#header {
      width: 100%;
}
#nav {
      width: 100%;
      background-color: #d59844;
      margin-top: 0px;
}
#content {
      width: 100%;
      }
#footer {
      width: 100%;
}
</style>
<link href="SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarHorizontal.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<script src="SpryAssets/SpryMenuBar.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
<div id="outerWrapper">
<div id="header"><img src="Images/Header short.jpg" width="1024" height="167" alt="header" ></div>
<div id="nav">
<ul id="MenuBar1" class="MenuBarHorizontal">
<li><a href="#">Home</a> </li>
<li><a href="#" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">About JA</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#">What is JA</a></li>
<li><a href="#">How we started</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Our mission</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#">Contact Info</a> </li>
<li><a href="#">Upcoming Events</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Our supporters</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Volunteers</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Educators</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Donate Now</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div id="contentWrapper">
<div id="content">content</div>
</div>
<div id="footer">footer</div>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
var MenuBar1 = new Spry.Widget.MenuBar("MenuBar1", {imgDown:"SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarDownHover.gif", imgRight:"SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarRightHover.gif"});
</script>
</body>
</html>

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Gary

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Cubbybulin

ASKER

this is what looks like with the div shift - it looks fine on live view but hard to work on it in design view

Gary

If you're floating the menu then you need to clear the float. You can use overflow:auto on the container

Cubbybulin

ASKER

this is what happens when i clear the float

Cubbybulin

ASKER

here is the menu css

@charset "UTF-8";

/* SpryMenuBarHorizontal.css - version 0.6 - Spry Pre-Release 1.6.1 */

/* Copyright (c) 2006. Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. */

/*******************************************************************************

LAYOUT INFORMATION: describes box model, positioning, z-order

*******************************************************************************/

/* The outermost container of the Menu Bar, an auto width box with no margin or padding */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal
{
      margin: 0;
      padding: 0;
      list-style-type: none;
      font-size: 100%;
      cursor: default;
      width: auto;
}
/* Set the active Menu Bar with this class, currently setting z-index to accomodate IE rendering bug: http://therealcrisp.xs4all.nl/meuk/IE-zindexbug.html */
ul.MenuBarActive
{
      z-index: 1000;
}
/* Menu item containers, position children relative to this container and are a fixed width */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal li
{
      margin: 0;
      padding: 0;
      list-style-type: none;
      font-size: 100%;
      position: relative;
      text-align: left;
      cursor: pointer;
      width: 12.5%;
      float: left;
      z-index: 1000;
}
/* Submenus should appear below their parent (top: 0) with a higher z-index, but they are initially off the left side of the screen (-1000em) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul
{
      margin: 0;
      padding: 0;
      list-style-type: none;
      font-size: 100%;
      z-index: 1020;
      cursor: default;
      width: 100%;
      position: absolute;
      left: -1000em;
}
/* Submenu that is showing with class designation MenuBarSubmenuVisible, we set left to auto so it comes onto the screen below its parent menu item */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
{
      left: auto;
}
/* Menu item containers are same fixed width as parent */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul li
{
      width: 8.2em;
}
/* Submenus should appear slightly overlapping to the right (95%) and up (-5%) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul ul
{
      position: absolute;
      margin: 2;
}
/* Submenu that is showing with class designation MenuBarSubmenuVisible, we set left to 0 so it comes onto the screen */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
{
      left: auto;
      top: 0;
}

/*******************************************************************************

DESIGN INFORMATION: describes color scheme, borders, fonts

*******************************************************************************/

/* Submenu containers have borders on all sides */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul
{
      border: 0;
}
/* Menu items are a light gray block with padding and no text decoration */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a
{
      display: block;
      cursor: pointer;
      background-color: #d59844;
      color: #333;
      text-decoration: none;
      font-size: 16px;
      text-align: center;
      padding-top: 3px;
      padding-bottom: 3px;
}
/* Menu items that have mouse over or focus have a blue background and white text */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a:hover, ul.MenuBarHorizontal a:focus
{
      background-color: #008751;
      color: #FFF;
      text-align: center;
}
/* Menu items that are open with submenus are set to MenuBarItemHover with a blue background and white text */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemHover, ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover, ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
{
      background-color: #008751;
      color: #FFF;
}

/*******************************************************************************

SUBMENU INDICATION: styles if there is a submenu under a given menu item

*******************************************************************************/

/* Menu items that have a submenu have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenu and are set to use a background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemSubmenu
{
      background-image: url(SpryMenuBarDown.gif);
      background-repeat: no-repeat;
      background-position: 95% 50%;
}
/* Menu items that have a submenu have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenu and are set to use a background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul a.MenuBarItemSubmenu
{
      background-image: url(SpryMenuBarRight.gif);
      background-repeat: no-repeat;
      background-position: 95% 50%;
}
/* Menu items that are open with submenus have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenuHover and are set to use a "hover" background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover
{
      background-image: url(SpryMenuBarDownHover.gif);
      background-repeat: no-repeat;
      background-position: 95% 50%;
}
/* Menu items that are open with submenus have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenuHover and are set to use a "hover" background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover
{
      background-image: url(SpryMenuBarRightHover.gif);
      background-repeat: no-repeat;
      background-position: 95% 50%;
}

/*******************************************************************************

BROWSER HACKS: the hacks below should not be changed unless you are an expert

*******************************************************************************/

/* HACK FOR IE: to make sure the sub menus show above form controls, we underlay each submenu with an iframe */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal iframe
{
      position: absolute;
      z-index: 1010;
      filter:alpha(opacity:0.1);
}
/* HACK FOR IE: to stabilize appearance of menu items; the slash in float is to keep IE 5.0 from parsing */
@media screen, projection
{
      ul.MenuBarHorizontal li.MenuBarItemIE
      {
            display: inline;
            f\loat: left;
            background: #FFF;
      }
}

Gary

With what you have posted the page works fine.