Posted by dorayme on 06/17/23 11:42

In article <Xns9788ABF29B742sonicyouth@216.196.97.131>,
Good Man <heyho@letsgo.com> wrote:

> i hate to come in sounding snarky, but have you considered buying a book or
> doing some online tutorials? The best way to learn is by figuring things
> out. Nobody is going to do your work for you.

Well, I dunno, you could say something like this to be nicer:

> Please, please help!
>

> /* MAIN AREA*/
> .X1{
> display:inline;
> background-color: green;
> margin-left: 32px;
> width: 12px;
> height: 45px;
> }
>
> .X2{
> display:inline;
> background-color: red;
> width: 90%;
> height: 45px;
> }
>
> .X3{
> display:inline;

You can't do it this way. Ask yourself what the 90% width of the
X2 class could be a percentage of?

Look at a series of blocks and css to get as close to what you
want as possible: here is a little rough unfinished start, ask
about how to improve it or revise it so it actually does what you
want as long as it is a sensible thing to want... I give a simple
fixed width container example, that looks closest to what you
want. Fluid layouts are trickier but much more worthwhile in the
end. Have a go with different widths, auto or percentages.

http://dorayme.150m.com/test/alignWithCss.html

Post the results of your efforts in a URL and try not to use a
miserable lowdown cheapskate free host like me...

Mr. Flavell is going to help you, but he needs to see you try
harder. He is like that. Stern and Scottish, you see... :)

--
dorayme

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