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Posted by dorayme on 06/18/07 09:41
In article <slrnf7chqe.klt.spamspam@bowser.marioworld>,
Ben C <spamspam@spam.eggs> wrote:
> On 2007-06-18, dorayme <doraymeRidThis@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> > In article <slrnf7cene.klt.spamspam@bowser.marioworld>,
> > Ben C <spamspam@spam.eggs> wrote:
> >
> >> On 2007-06-18, Isaac Grover <isaac.grover@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > Good evening from Wisconsin,
> >> >
> >> > I have a basic three-column with header layout and my right column is
> >> > pushed down 18px from where it needs to be. All the horrible colors
> >> > are still in place for your enjoyment. I'm sure this is a simple
> >> > answer for all the css gurus out there, but it's evading me.
> >> >
> >> > The page in question is http://www.rfdiscgolf.org/template.html .
> >> >
> >> > Any assistance would be appreciated. Thank you in advance.
> >>
> >> You need to move the "rightcolumn" div up in the source so it's after
> >> "leftcolumn" and before "mainbody".
> >>
> >> Firefox and IE7 always put floats "on the next line", which is a
> >> non-conformance to the specification. Your original page works as
> >> intended in Opera. The workaround is to put all the floats in first,
> >> before any of the non-floats.
> >
> > Looks the same to me in Opera, FF and Safari.
>
> You're right, it does. I did try Opera but must have failed to actually
> look at it properly.
>
> None of this is due to the "floats going on next line" business,
> although the fix of moving rightcolumn up before mainbody does work.
>
> The reason is that mainbody is a block box, so of course rightcolumn
> goes below it if it appears after it in the source.
>
> > iCab is slightly different, Calendar (right float) there without top
> > gap.
>
> Now that is a bit odd.
Well, perhaps? You know more about these things... I want to
capture that bit of your brain that contains the knowledge of the
box model and various specs. I have men out trying to locate you
with special probes and recording equipment. <g>
<http://netweaver.com.au/test/iniCab.png>
whereas in FF etc there is the gap above between the purple
calendar bit and the grey line surrounding the pic.
Why are we talking about this Ben! It is a terrible design! See
what happens at a few clicks up of the text size. I still like my
advice to OP of earlier today.
--
dorayme
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