There seems to be a dash between span-16 and last which shouldn't be there. As a consequence, your div doesn't float and contains the sidebar, and its background covers the whole container.
Try replacing "span-16-last" with "span-16 last". Hope that helps! :-) On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 1:45 PM, troelskn <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm trying to use blueprintcss to create a site. I want a sidebar to > the left, which is transparent, and I want a main area right of this, > which has a solid (white) background colour. The following doesn't > work: > > <div class="container"> > <div class="span-8"> > Left sidebar > </div> > <div class="span-16-last" style="background-color:white"> > Main content > </div> > </div> > > .. since it makes the entire "container" white. What is the trick I'm > missing? > > -- > troels > -- Goulven Champenois --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Blueprint CSS" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/blueprintcss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
