On 8/9/05, Valette Ragland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I didn't get any replies the first time, and so I wanted to repost in
> hopes someone would be able to help me. I am having difficulties
> understanding the Ghost In the Box IE hack [1].
>
> In my test page [2], I cannot seem to get my fixed bottom div to stay
> put in IE: it scrolls with the rest of the content instead of staying
> put and letting the content scroll behind it. I have played with the
> fixed footer demo [3] listed in the wiki, but cannot apply the styles
> correctly to my page: either the footer does not stay fixed or the
> scrollbars dissapear.
>
Ghost in the box requires IE to be rendering in quirks mode, and you
have a beautiful, shiny standards mode DTD. (This is mentioned in the
wiki article you referenced). Add a comment or xml prolog before the
Doctype definition and you'll be away laughing.
--
Richard Grevers
New Plymouth, New Zealand
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