Thanks for the info Drew - I'm just going offline but will have a look
at the link when I get back.
With regard to the 2nd problem (tt tags an' stuff) I haven't got any
function at the moment.I thought if I could stop anything being
inherited into the sidebar then that would solve the major problem. On
second thoughts, however, it would be neater to specifically address the
tt tags problem - I just don't know how to do it at the moment.
John Latter
Drew Trusz wrote:
On 2/16/06, John Latter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
http://evomech2.blogspot.com/2006/02/re-evomech-re-peer-review-and-genetic.html
Its a 2 column layout and I think the relevant css code is:
div#mainClm{float:right;width:66%;padding:30px 7% 10px
3%;border-left:dotted 1px #E0AD12;}
div#sideBar{margin:20px 0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;text-align:left;width:100%;}
The first problem (which occurs on Firefox but not IE6) can be seen at
the bottom of the above page where the sidebar text overflows into main
content area. I have tried to fix it myself but with many other things
to do I'm really stumbling about in the dark.
The second problem isn't readily apparent because I've tidied the main
column content up:
Entries in the main column are auto-added from a yahoo group and contain
"tt" tags which are then carried over into the sidebar and change the
text font. A similar effect is caused by posters using a variety of
composing programs. Is there any code I can add to the end of the main
div to stop _anything_ being inherited by the sidebar div?
It isn't an overflow problem. The right element floats, the left
element flows around the float. That's what the rules provide for. IE
is wrong; making erroneous columns where none exist. Have a look at
http://www.positioniseverything.net for examples and discussions of
floats and IE's excentricities.
Second problem -- haven't looked closely. It sounds like you need to
reexamine the function that converts the "tt" tags and be sure it only
is applied to the division you want it applied to.
drew
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