Posted by Neredbojias on 02/25/07 20:09

On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 10:39:18 GMT scribed:

> Hi there
> Im fairly new to css so hoping this is a quick & easy fix.
> I have a design (see <http://sourceymonkey.com/projects/greenthing/
> page.html> ) that has a central column and a right hand nav. The
> thing is I want a small design element of shading to go down each
> side. It works on the left hand side due to background gif but on the
> right it just flounders - I have put the background gif in the
> navigation div. If the navigation div isnt as long as the main body it
> will stop halfway up the page.
> I have tried height:100% but it doesnt work (even when parent elements
> have height set)
>
> Any thoughts? Anyone seen this fluid stretchy background trick work
> anywhere else perhaps?

I did that in the inner-page template at:

http://www.neredbojias.com/alpha/jokes.html

(Click on one of the jokes. The right side deco is the relevant item.)

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