>What do you want the sidebar to do?  What's wrong with what it does now?


I want the height of the sidebar to match that of the main content in the body of the 
page. This height is variable - as detailed below



> > Has anyone thought about ways to calculate the height of pages on
>dynamically-generated sites? I'd like to offer a sidebar height that
>"tracks" the height of the results by adding additional sidebar sections as
>required
>>
>> Some of our pages are long as they show 10 or 20 results from a database
>search. For example:
>>
>>   http://www.bolide.co.uk/actions/directory.taf?_function=WOWlist
>>
>> This page will always be long as there are (and always will be) more than
>enough results to fit the page. As you can see the left-hand sidebar stops
>half-way down the page
>>
>>
>> Some pages will always be short, like
>>
>>   http://www.bolide.co.uk/actions/addsubscriber.taf
>>
>>
>> And some pages will be of variable length, dependent on how many results
>the search provides
>>
>>
>> Any thoughts on ways to track the resulting page height? I can count the
>number of records returned in a search but this isn't always an totally
>accurate guide as some entries take up more space than others
>>
>> I don't want to use frames. Currently the sidebars come straight out of
>tango variables and their content is dynamically-generated. All pages are
>dynamic. the site is built on Filemaker so super-complex calculations are
>out...
>>
>> Ideally I would add a simple calc to the sidebar; this would mean the page
>templates wouldn't need altering
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