Not signed in (Sign In)

SkillShare - A place to discuss Web Standards and Web Design topics

Categories

Vanilla 1.1.9 is a product of Lussumo. More Information: Documentation, Community Support.

    • CommentAuthormatthewv
    • CommentTimeDec 16th 2005 edited
     permalink
    I'm working on a fluid layout scheme for my website but as you can see the main container is grabbing the browser height. The middle column is not pushing the container down so the shadows on the sides are not expanding 100% height and the middle content is not filled with its background

    Can anybody see what it is I am doing wrong in the css?

    http://www.kickstartstudios.com

    Normal CSS
    http://www.kickstartstudios.com/css/default.css
    3Col CSS
    http://www.kickstartstudios.com/css/wider.css

    Thank you very much for looking at this problem!
    •  
      CommentAuthorJohnRiv
    • CommentTimeDec 16th 2005
     permalink
    How about you modify the body's background image so it includes the shadow and the default middle column background color (then just center the image horizontally)
    • CommentAuthormatthewv
    • CommentTimeDec 16th 2005
     permalink
    to do that I would have the make the layout static, I would like to keep the fuild layout if possible
    •  
      CommentAuthorJohnRiv
    • CommentTimeDec 16th 2005
     permalink
    Ah yes... I'll have to be more careful when I respond to posts at the end of the week ;P

    If your center column is always going to be the longest column, then I would apply the left shadow to it, and then have the right column wrap the middle column. With the right shadow as the background of the right column, you could probably position the shadow along the right edge of the middle column somehow and it should be the entire height.

    There might be a better solution, but I can't think of one right now.
    • CommentAuthormatthewv
    • CommentTimeDec 16th 2005
     permalink
    without sounding like a newb, how would I go about wrapping the right column?

    what changes would I have to make in the html or css?
    • CommentAuthormatthewv
    • CommentTimeDec 16th 2005 edited
     permalink
    I think I have no choice but to go with a fixed layout.. I applied the border to the center column but the center column will not stretch vertically 100% past the browser window height

    its works the way its supposed to in IE.. which is disturbing :)

    [edit] temporarily fixed it by assigning a min-height to the center column, now I must make the right column span vertically 100%
    • CommentAuthormatthewv
    • CommentTimeDec 16th 2005
     permalink
    Thank you very much for your help JohnRiv, after reading a little more carefully and googling a lot, I was able to figure it out!

    this forum is great
Add your comments
    Username Password
  • Format comments as (Help)