Re: FN-FORUM: Please prevent baldness

date posted 21st January 2008 22:05

am I?

I have to confess Dreamweaver put that bit in for me!

Oh dear, I feel rather out of my depth.

On 21 Jan 2008, at 22:38, [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] =20
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:

>
> It was sort of a joke because I noted the css_site in the URL. =20
> However it
> would work... and you are using 4.01 Transitional.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of
>> Robert Hempsall
>> Sent: 21 January 2008 21:46
>> To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED]
>> Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: Please prevent baldness
>>
>>
>> Thanks Phil
>>
>> I'm hoping the table comment was a joke! I've just spent ages trying
>> to work out CSS =96 tell me it's not in vain :o(
>>
>> I don't want the panel to run on from the text because it makes it
>> look too important and because of its colour would detract from the
>> main message. I want it to visible (hence big and orange) but not too
>> visible. I could just whack a standard huge gap between the bottom of
>> the text and the top of the panel, but then it leaves unsightly gaps
>> at the bottom of some pages - and unnecessary scrolling on others.
>>
>> I almost forgot a rather bigger question =96 how do I get it to sit =
in
>> the middle (horizontally) of the screen? Again, this works on Firefox
>> and Safari but not IE =96 perhaps I should buy all my visitors a =
Mac!!
>>
>> Robert
>>
>>
>> On 21 Jan 2008, at 21:32, [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED]
>> [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I can't think of a solution, but I'd suggest not having it bottom-
>>> aligned -
>>> because for pages with not much content above it, and especially =20
>>> on a
>>> high-resolution screen, you're going to have a lot of blank space
>>> between
>>> that and the content. Why not just have it below the main content,
>>> with
>>> white space beneath?
>>>
>>> Alternatively, you could always use a table ;)
>>>
>>> Phil
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of
>>>> Robert Hempsall
>>>> Sent: 21 January 2008 21:14
>>>> To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED]
>>>> Subject: FN-FORUM: Please prevent baldness
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hello all
>>>>
>>>> To prevent me from pulling all my hair out I'm hoping someone can
>>>> give me the solution to this query.
>>>>
>>>> I'm busy redoing my website and have, I think, got a rough grasp on
>>>> CSS, but I'm snookered by Internet Explorer on the PC and the
>>>> following little puzzle.
>>>>
>>>> I want to have a panel at the bottom of each page (which has blog
>>>> info etc in it). What I need is for it to sit at the bottom of the
>>>> screen when there is not a massive amount of info in the main area,
>>>> but when there is a lot of text in that main screen I want it to
>> drop
>>>> off the area that is initially viewed, and sit under the main area
>> to
>>>> be found when it's scrolled down to.
>>>>
>>>> These are the links to the two, not yet complete, most extreme
>>>> examples to illustrate what I've tried to describe above.
>>>>
>>>> loads of space on
>> http://www.roberthempsall.co.uk/css_site/index.html
>>>> - the panel moves up to meet the main text, not what I want.
>>>>
>>>> as full as they'll get http://www.roberthempsall.co.uk/css_site/
>>>> oag2.html - this looks like i want it to.
>>>>
>>>> I've fixed it for Firefox and Safari (at least I think I have), but
>>>> can't work it out for Internet Explorer.
>>>>
>>>> Can anyone help?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Robert
>>>>
>>>> P.S I know there are loads of little things on other pages, but =20
>>>> feel
>>>> free to point them out, they might not be on my list!!
>>>>
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