[WSG] Building a Two-Column Layout with Fixed-Width Columns

Hello and Happy New Year! I'm going all out by trying to create a tabless template for WordPress. Let me throw in that I've worked with CSS in the form of classes, yet I've never attempted to create a page without tables, so this is a first for me! Now on to my first issue: Building a Two-Column

Re: [WSG] Building a Two-Column Layout with Fixed-Width Columns

First off assuming IE7 beta works the same way as IE6, no doctype sends it into quirks mode. Which means it uses the old IE box model.Which means in IE 100% width on #Content_Background is 680px which is broken down to 660px of container width and 20 px of margin. In Firefox 100% width on

Re: [WSG] Building a Two-Column Layout with Fixed-Width Columns

Hello, Thanks for the help, Nick. I never knew that IE had a bad box model - Cue Laughter - that should show you how new I am to css. I ended up using a strict doctype and it cleared up quite a few problems and implimented the adjustments you recommended and it all works out fine now. Thanks