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Background loses height with floated elements

I know why my background is losing its height, but have tried several solutions none of which have worked. I'm sure I'm missing something simple but running out of patience.

www.onecornerstone.org is the site,

The bottom footer elements are expanding over the background and I can't seem to get it fixed.

I've tried a clear:both in a <br /> tag, overflow: hidden and several other options but I'm sure something is missing.

Ashok

So you want the height to be bigger than what it is now?

axessJosh

ASKER

yes, I'd like the height of the blue background to expand with the height of the 3 floated columns.

Ashok

Can you copy the image of the page and edit to make it look like how it supposed to look like?

Ashok

You mean

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Height of the Blue background should be enough to have above fit inside, right?

axessJosh

ASKER

yes, the blue background should expand its height with the height of the content.

Ashok

Yes, I understand. It is not fixed Height.

axessJosh

ASKER

axessJosh

ASKER

I have set a min-height: 200px;

Ashok

Is this the code (for the footer that has blue background)?

#home-mid-content {
      min-height: 200px;
      position: relative;
      width: 960px;
      margin-bottom: 20px;
}

Ashok

Try this!

#home-mid-content {
height: auto;
min-height: 200px;
position: relative;
width: 960px;
margin-bottom: 20px;
}

axessJosh

ASKER

I'll try that in the footer but the code for that area will start with #footer.

Ashok

I am not sure, but you can try this.

#footer {
height: auto;
      background:url(images/footer-bg.png) repeat;
      border-top: solid 4px #B2D341;
      border-bottom: solid 4px #B2D341;
      position: relative;

      clear: both;
}

Ashok

#footer {
height: auto;
background:url(images/footer-bg.png) repeat;
border-top: solid 4px #B2D341;
border-bottom: solid 4px #B2D341;
position: relative;
}

axessJosh

ASKER

nope, height: auto didn't work.

Chris Stanyon

Can't really see what the problem is - the blue background of your footer is big enough to contain all the elements within it - I've tested it on Firefox , IE and Chrome.

Am I missing something or have you solved this one?

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Chris Stanyon

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