Problem with CSS - html layout.

**cb1** · Sep 28, 2010 12:21

Hey,

I have a site I am developing. Naturally the code seems to work fine in all browsers except IE.

There seems to be a peculiar gap in the top potion of the page. I have attached a screen shot that illustrates the issue.

The html code is here:

Code:

<body class="thrColFixHdr">

<div id="container">
  <div id="topHeader"></div>
  	<div id="sidebar1" >
 	<div id="sidebar2">

   		<div id="header"></div>
    			<div id="menuContainer">
      				<div id="menu">
      					<div id="menuLeft"></div>
      					<div id="menuRight"></div>
        			<!-- end #menu --></div>
   		 	<!-- end #menuContainer --></div>
        	<div id="featureContainer"><!-- end #featureContainer --></div>
        	<div id="featureBottomContainer"><!-- end #featureBottomContainer --></div>
    		<div id="mainContent"><!-- end #mainContent --></div> 
     		<div id="footer"><!-- end #footer --></div> 
    	<!-- end #sidebar2 --></div>
     	<!-- end #sidebar1 --></div>
    
	<!-- This clearing element should immediately follow the #mainContent div in order to force the #container div to contain all child floats --><br class="clearfloat" />
    
    <div id="subfooter"></div>
  
<!-- end #container --></div>
</body>

And the CSS is here:

Code:

.thrColFixHdr #container { 
	width: 989px ;  /* was 1073 */
	margin: 15px auto; /* the auto margins (in conjunction with a width) center the page */
	text-align: left; /* this overrides the text-align: center on the body element. */
} 

.thrColFixHdr #topHeader {
	background-image:url(../images/headerTopShadowBG.png);
	background-repeat:no-repeat;
	height:8px;
	float: left; /* since this element is floated, a width must be given */
	width: 989px; /* the actual width of this div, in standards-compliant browsers, or standards mode in Internet Explorer will include the padding and border in addition to the width */

}

.thrColFixHdr #sidebar1 {
	background-image:url(../images/borderShadowLeft.png);
	background-repeat:repeat-y;
	background-position:left;
	float: left; /* since this element is floated, a width must be given */
	width: 989px; /* the actual width of this div, in standards-compliant browsers, or standards mode in Internet Explorer will include the padding and border in addition to the width */
	position:relative;

}
.thrColFixHdr #sidebar2 {
	background-image:url(../images/borderShadowRight.png);
	background-repeat:repeat-y;
	background-position:right;
	float: right; /* since this element is floated, a width must be given */
	width: 973px; /* was 1020px*/
	
} 
.thrColFixHdr #header {
	background-image:url(../images/headerBG.gif);
	background-position:top;
	width:957px; /* was 965 */
	height:127px;
} 


.thrColFixHdr #menu {
	background-image:url(../images/menuBG.png);
	background-repeat:repeat-x;
	height:33px;
	width:951px;  /* was 965 */
	margin: 0px 3px;
}
.thrColFixHdr #menuContainer {
	background-color:#FFFFFF;
	width:957px;  /* was 965 */
} 

.thrColFixHdr #menuLeft { position:relative;
	width:645px;
	float:left;
	padding: 0 20px 0 10px;  /* this padding matches the left alignment of the elements in the divs that appear beneath it. If an image is used in the #header instead of text, you may want to remove the padding. */
	margin: 0 0;
} 
.thrColFixHdr #menuRight { 
	float:left;
	padding: 5px 0 0 0;  /* this padding matches the left alignment of the elements in the divs that appear beneath it. If an image is used in the #header instead of text, you may want to remove the padding. */
	margin: 0 0;
} 



.thrColFixHdr #featureContainer {
	background-image:url(../images/featureBG.png);
	background-repeat:repeat-x;
	width:957px;
	height:307px;  
} 

.thrColFixHdr #featureBottomContainer {
	background-image:url(../images/featureBGBottom.png);
	background-repeat:no-repeat;
	width:957px;  
	height:12px;
} 
.thrColFixHdr #mainContent {
	width:957px;
} 
.thrColFixHdr #footer {
	background-image:url(../images/footerBG.jpg);
	background-repeat:repeat-x;
	background-color:#ffcc33; /*#043571 */
	min-height:225px;
	width:957px;
} 

.thrColFixHdr #subfooter {
	background-image:url(../images/footerBottomShadowBG.png);
	background-repeat:no-repeat;
	height:8px;
	float: left; /* since this element is floated, a width must be given */
	width: 989px; /* the actual width of this div, in standards-compliant browsers, or standards mode in Internet Explorer will include the padding and border in addition to the width */

}

.thrColFixHdr #footer p {
	margin: 0; /* zeroing the margins of the first element in the footer will avoid the possibility of margin collapse - a space between divs */
	padding: 0; /* zeroing the margins of the first element in the footer will avoid the possibility of margin collapse - a space between divs */
}
.fltrt { /* this class can be used to float an element right in your page. The floated element must precede the element it should be next to on the page. */
	float: right;
	margin-left: 8px;
}
.fltlft { /* this class can be used to float an element left in your page */
	float: left;
	margin-right: 8px;
}
.clearfloat { /* this class should be placed on a div or break element and should be the final element before the close of a container that should fully contain a float */
	clear:both;
    height:0;
    font-size: 1px;
    line-height: 0px;
}

I realize I am trying something out of the ordinary wrapping and rewrapping code in order to keeps the side elements snug to the main body elements. If there is a different approach to it - I'm all ears.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks!

**Stevie D** · Sep 28, 2010 13:11

It takes a while for attachments to be approved - can you post a link to the live website?

**cb1** · Sep 28, 2010 13:32

Found it! It was a conditional statement in the header of the index page.

Thanks to Stevie for taking a look!

**Stevie D** · Sep 28, 2010 13:33

Ah, that'll be why when I looked at it just now I couldn't see anything wrong with it!

**cb1** · Sep 28, 2010 13:58

Here is the conditional code -

Code:

<!--[if IE]>
<style type="text/css"> 
/* place css fixes for all versions of IE in this conditional comment */
.thrColFixHdr #sidebar2, .thrColFixHdr #sidebar1 {}
.thrColFixHdr #mainContent { zoom: 1; }
/* the above proprietary zoom property gives IE the hasLayout it needs to avoid several bugs */
</style>
<![endif]-->

The sidebar 1 had a top padding on 30px which I don't understand in the first place. BUT I tend to use pre-built code and then manipulate it - so it may have lost its meaning as soon as I altered the template.

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