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bdaul Posts: 24 Joined: 12/25/2003 From: Palo Alto Status: offline	another mystery about relative and absolute positioning - 5/27/2004 5:15:15 Here is a file that looks fine under IE. The navigation bar at the bottom is right where I want it. http://www.frameproproductsllc.com/xx/endorsements.html If I view the page with Mozilla the text is larger and the location of the navigation bar at the bottom is now inside the text area. I know there are ways of using CSS for tables...but...can you give me a solution outside of changing the table to CSS. A similar page: http://www.frameproproductsllc.com/xx/faq-customer.html Thanks...you for the brilliance of this group. ---bill


jaybee Posts: 14191 Joined: 10/7/2003 From: Berkshire, UK Status: offline	RE: another mystery about relative and absolute positio... - 5/27/2004 6:00:30 Without CSS. It looks like it's because your footer has absolute positioning and your table is expanding as it will when the font size changes. Try putting your footer inside another table underneath the main one. You need to remember that people can change the font size using their browser. _____________________________ If it ain't broke..... fix it until it is. GAWDS Now where did I put that Doctype? (in reply to bdaul)

Donkey

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RE: another mystery about relative and absolute positio... - 5/27/2004 6:01:16

I suggest that you create another very small style sheet for Internet Explorer. All you need to place in the IE style sheet are the changes you need to make from the original sheet.
So make a sheet called "css-ie.css" and all you have on the sheet is simply

div#footer {top:700px}

Then add the following just below the link to the original style sheet in the header section of your html.

<!-->
<link href="css-ie.css"/>
<!-->

Then go back to your original style sheet and increase the top value for the footer div untill it is positioned correctly in Mozilla. The commented-out link will be ignored by the compliant browsers but picked up by the non-compliant IE and the position of the div will be as you want it.

Simillarly you can change the font size - copy the value that works OK in IE into the IE style sheet and then change the original value until it looks good in Moz.

Hope that helps. I don't think there is an easier way but if there is I'm sure one of the CSS experts will be along soon.

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I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie; I can, but I won't.
Samuel Clemens

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jaybee Posts: 14191 Joined: 10/7/2003 From: Berkshire, UK Status: offline	RE: another mystery about relative and absolute positio... - 5/27/2004 6:30:59 Pssst...... he said no css. _____________________________ If it ain't broke..... fix it until it is. GAWDS Now where did I put that Doctype? (in reply to Donkey)


Donkey Posts: 3910 Joined: 11/13/2001 From: Blackfield United Kingdom Status: offline	RE: another mystery about relative and absolute positio... - 5/27/2004 7:10:41 quote: Pssst...... he said no css. I thought he only meant "don't tell me to convert my tables to CSS" I was just proposing a tiny modification to his existing CSS, but if he's a bit CSS phobic then he can just ignore what I've said. (most people do anyway) _____________________________ I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie; I can, but I won't. Samuel Clemens (in reply to jaybee)


Giomanach Posts: 6128 Joined: 11/19/2003 From: England Status: offline	RE: another mystery about relative and absolute positio... - 5/27/2004 7:48:35 I don't recommend it, but for page I know will fit ALL content onto a 800x600 screen, I use: bottom: 5px; SO it just nicely sites above the status bar/bottom of the screen. For the rest of them, I just use a relative position. Other cases, Tables Bill - Do as the lady says Dan _____________________________ (in reply to Donkey)


c1sissy Posts: 5084 Joined: 7/20/2002 From: NJ Status: offline	RE: another mystery about relative and absolute positio... - 5/27/2004 7:51:07 quote: I know there are ways of using CSS for tables...but...can you give me a solution outside of changing the table to CSS. Hi Bdaul, if you wish this to be done without CSS, your post should really be in the advanced web design section. Let me know if you wish for me to move your post to there. I'll wait to hear from you before moving this over there. _____________________________ Deb-aka-c4Ksissy high panjandurum and alpha female of the silverback tribe As decreed by Jesper 5-24-2003. The only stupid question is... the one that is never asked!! http://directory.css-styling.com http://fmsforum.com http://positioniseverything.net/ http://www.tanfa.co.uk/ (in reply to bdaul)


bdaul Posts: 24 Joined: 12/25/2003 From: Palo Alto Status: offline	RE: another mystery about relative and absolute positio... - 5/28/2004 15:05:11 What I meant was I didn't want to reconstruct my table with CSS...I did want to solve my problem with CSS...will try your great suggestions. thanks < Message edited by bdaul -- 5/28/2004 15:05:36 > (in reply to c1sissy)

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