> Does anyone have any suggestions for getting elements to "clear" > floating boxes?
Many options available, including setting all three columns to "float:left" and the footer to "clear: both". This solves both your column order and footer issues. Absolute positioning will always have downsides such as spanning footers. Russ ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
