Posted by Els on 07/29/06 14:16

TC wrote:

> Chris wrote:
>> I am trying to create a footer effect beneath a div. The main div puts a
>> space before it shows the footer div, is there any way around this. I have
>> posted a link.
>>
>> http://aspspider.org/chriskennedy10/test.html
>
> Here's a tip that I've found useful. Temporarily assign different
> background colors to some or all of the elements in your HTML. For
> example:
>
> <div style="background-color:red">
> ...
> <p style="background-color:green"> ... </p>
> ...
> </div>
>
> Then you can easily see where the unexpected space is coming from. (If
> it's red, it's the div; if it's green, it's the paragrpah, and so on.)
> Fix the problem as appropriate, then remove the temporary background
> color styles.

Although it's sound advice, it only partly helps in this case, since
the space remains white :-)

It helps in that it shows a red margin above the paragraph, but not
below, indicating there is something not quite right at the bottom ;-)

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