[thelist] html div
Anthony Baratta
anthony at baratta.com
Wed Oct 17 17:27:31 CDT 2007
In a nutshell. Div's need a width defined to function well. And look up "float". Between those two attributes and proper use of the br tag, you can mangle the div's into a structure you want.
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From: Lightening oktellme at earthlink.net
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:20:39 -0700
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Subject: [thelist] html div
> Here is a question so simple, it embarasses me to ask.
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> No matter - it would embarass me more to continue to not know!
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> I've been coding my html with tables for years, but tables are not the right tool for this application.
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> So I am using DIV instead.
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> Trouble I am having is the browser puts the various blocks of DIV where it wants to, and not where I want it to be.
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> I am trying to have a header, a footer, each spanning the page, and a left, center and right column. I am using css, if that matters.
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> Would anyone please give me some pointers on how to get these divs properly aligned?
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> thanks , Laura
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> ps, code available on request.
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