Floated DIVs do not take part in the page's normal flow and thus do not stretch your container downwards. I suggest you read the following to get the general idea:
http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visuren.html#floats
http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visuren.html#propdef-float
At 06:32 2004-11-26, you wrote:
I want to understand containing boxes and why some child boxes don't push their parent "down" the page. I have a div in this page called;
#container border: 1px solid #000; background: url(purlpeimage.jpg) repeat-y right;)
this div sits around 2 other divs;
1. #content (float:left;width:560px;) 2. #sidebar (margin-left:560px)
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