Alicia Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Hi, Can some guru help me to check what have I done incorrectly in this simple css layout? After I adjusted the div on top before the content div, the content and footer div is all aligned to far right which I never adjusted. I tried to move it back inside the container and align the content to left but failed. I am wondering how come the div from content to footer will move to such position. Besides, can you give me an idea what I have done on the top positioning is correct or not. I can get the positioning of the div i want on top before the content but i am wondering why negative value is required to make it fit into the container. Please advise and thanks. <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <title>Untitled Document</title> <style type="text/css"> #page-container { width: 960px; margin: 0 auto; } #main-nav { height: 30px; position: relative; background-color: #CFF; width: 300px; top: -95px; left: -145px; float: left; } #sidebar-a { background: darkgreen; float: left; position:relative; } #content { background: green; width: 960px; position: relative; } #footer { background: orange; height: 66px; } #logo { width : 200px; height: 100px; margin-top:52px; padding-left:10px; position: relative; } #mailinglistbox { width : 450px; height: 50px; background-color:#09F; margin-right:220px; float:left; position: relative; left: 225px; top: -115px; } #topcontactbox { width : 250px; height: 30px; background-color:#FF6; margin-right:120px; float:left; position: relative; left: 695px; top: -155px; } body { margin-top: 0px; background-image: url(images/mainbg.jpg); background-repeat: repeat-x; background-color: #F0F4F5; } </style> </head> <body> <div id="page-container"> <div id="logo"><img src="images/logo.gif" width="179" height="82" /></div> <div id="mailinglistbox">mailing list box</div> <div id="topcontactbox">contact</div> <div id="main-nav">Main Nav</div> <div id="content">Content</div> <div id="footer">Footer</div> </div> </body> </html> Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/265097-not-able-to-align-div-properly/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
haku Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 What? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/265097-not-able-to-align-div-properly/#findComment-1358544 Share on other sites More sharing options...
anevins Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Could you add some imagery Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/265097-not-able-to-align-div-properly/#findComment-1358680 Share on other sites More sharing options...
White_Lily Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Hi I copied your code to notepad++ and played around with it, i have found the solution! i have to admit i also tried "text-align:left" to no success. i then tried "clear:both" in the html this is a class <div class="clear"><> Below is your fixed code: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <title>Untitled Document</title> <style type="text/css"> #page-container { width: 960px; margin: 0 auto; } #main-nav { height: 30px; position: relative; background-color: #CFF; width: 300px; top: -95px; left: -145px; float: left; } #sidebar-a { background: darkgreen; float: left; position:relative; } #content { background: green; width: 960px; position: relative; } #footer { background: orange; height: 66px; } #logo { width : 200px; height: 100px; margin-top:52px; padding-left:10px; position: relative; } #mailinglistbox { width : 450px; height: 50px; background-color:#09F; margin-right:220px; float:left; position: relative; left: 225px; top: -115px; } #topcontactbox { width : 250px; height: 30px; background-color:#FF6; margin-right:120px; float:left; position: relative; left: 695px; top: -155px; } body { margin-top: 0px; background-image: url(images/mainbg.jpg); background-repeat: repeat-x; background-color: #F0F4F5; } .clear { clear:both; } </style> </head> <body> <div id="page-container"> <div id="logo"><img src="images/logo.gif" width="179" height="82" /><> <div id="mailinglistbox">mailing list box<> <div id="topcontactbox">contact<> <div id="main-nav">Main Nav<> <div class="clear"><> <div id="content">Content<> <div class="clear"><> <div id="footer">Footer<> <> </body> </html> PS: add the closing div tags after each opening div!!! Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/265097-not-able-to-align-div-properly/#findComment-1373519 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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