Posted by Chris on 02/21/07 23:22

Thanks alot :)

"Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On 2007-02-20, Chris wrote:
>> If you go to http://194.129.129.161/test.htm Can anyone tell me why my
>> footer in my layout is not pushed down beneath the textual content div.
>> The
>> footer div in IE 7 and Firefox goes across the top of my text even though
>> the div appears beneath the text div.
>
> When I see height and width specified in px units, I automatically
> assume that that is the cause of the problem. And usually it is;
> your page is no exception.
>
> Because of fixed widths, your page works *only* in an 800px-wide
> window.
>
> See a modified version of your page at:
> <http://cfaj.freeshell.org/testing/test.htm>.
>
>> This will form the basis of a database driven system so I will not know
>> how
>> big the text will be.
>
> If you don't know how high the text is going to be, why do you use
> fixed heights (measured in px)?
>
>> I have posted link as it is little difficult to explain.
>
> That's the right way to do it.
>
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> Chris F.A. Johnson <http://cfaj.freeshell.org>
> ===================================================================
> Author:
> Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (2005, Apress)

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