Hi Ray, ever gave the following site a shot: http://www.csscreator.com/version2/pagelayout.php
You can define which doctype you'd like to have and even define some base colors. I used it for a template exactly as you wish. When I remember correctly the trick is to use the margin of the center column for the outer columns. Perhaps its of some use for you... Patric RC> BTW, if it helps, here is a rather lame-ass design that I'm using to RC> learn with: RC> http://wagtailweb.com/rvr/csstemplate.html RC> Ray RC> Ray Champagne wrote: >> Okay, I've looked all over the place, and can't find my answers. >> >> I am going forward with my complete css layout ambitions, and already, I >> can see why css doesn't catch on. It's frustrating! I want to make a >> fixed with (770 px), center-aligned, 3 column site that looks like so: >> >> ------------------------------------ >> header >> ------------------------------------ >> |left col| center | right col| >> ------------------------------------ >> footer >> ------------------------------------ >> >> Now, I want the right and left columns (and their background colors and >> borders) to stretch down the page when the page gets wordy in the >> content column. Searching Google and the archives, all I can see is >> that there are a lot of solutions for a liquid layout, but none for a >> fixed layout. >> >> There has to be a way to do this, right? >> >> Ray >> ============================== >> Ray Champagne >> Application Developer >> CrystalVision Web Site Design >> http://www.crystalvision.org >> 603.433.9559 >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> ============================== >> >> RC> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:223808 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
