Peter: Peter Lindstrom wrote: > yes, I have tried both the faux columns approach that you use and the large > padding solution.. can't get either to work very well. > > maybe you can correct me if I am wrong but the faux column approach sets a > body background because the body tag will cover the whole page and therefore > extend the height of the column. > > in my particular case (http://www.allanalog.com/aaw/) the column I am trying > to stretch is the center column in middle section of my page (with About Us > at the top) - so ideally I would like to have a wrapper only around column 2 > and 3 (first column is generated by a CMS system and it is complex to wrap > that one as well) where I thought I could (as you do with body) put > repeating background image in the wrapper DIV... but, as I am guessing.. it > is not like adding it to body; as it does not repeat the same anywhere else. > ?? - It does repeat "the same" everywhere. Simply enclose the middle portion of your page in a wrapper division and then add the faux-column to that. This is exactly what I am trying to do on this page, and have managed to do as well.
http://cfl.in/ Note the sidebar, and the main body - two column solution, with a faux-column. You might have to do a google for a "Sticky footer" if you want a footer that stays at the bottom of the browser viewport if the content doesn't fill it. These two solutions are *not* exclusive to one another. > I think bottom line is that CSS is not really at the stage where it can be > used for page layout for complex layouts (not that mine is that complex - > but still haven't seen a solution that can work here). > Well - I don't know - CSS does have it's quirks. However, to say that it is not at a stage where it can be used for complex layouts...that is a different story, IMHO. This article might be of interest to you: http://alistapart.com/articles/outsidethegrid Oh - and if you really get stuck, why don't you post a mockup of what you're trying to achieve; one of the gurus on this site will *definitely* be able to help you. > seemed like a nice idea though.. maybe in a few years. Well - I'm going to start using it right now, if it's all the same to you. ;-). Cheers, Rahul. -- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rahul Gonsalves Make PNG, not War. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7b2 testing hub -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
