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Hunter

May 22nd, 2009, 05:10 PM

Bacon, I am using div tags to align my website up now because the gap will not go in between the table feilds. I have tryed everything.

Everything is goiong well, but I cannot seem to get 3 div tags to line up side by side...

The div tag on the left contains a background image which ends the nav bar, then there is the middle nav bar image, then the other end.

<!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>Martyn Lee Ball</title>
<style type="text/css">

</style></head>
<body>
<div id="banner"></div>
<div id="navbar_right"></div>
<div id="navbar_middle"></div>
<div id="navbar_left" ></div>
<div id="middle_section">dsadasd</div>
</body>
</html>

klange

May 22nd, 2009, 05:13 PM

float: left;

Then put them all of them in one <div> to keep them together.

.menu_item {
float: left;
}
...
<div class="menu_bar">
<div class="menu_item">Item A</div>
<div class="menu_item">Item B</div>
<div class="menu_item">Item C</div>
</div>

Hunter

May 22nd, 2009, 07:41 PM

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g268/martynball/notabs_website.jpg

Now nothing shows :S

<!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>Martyn Lee Ball</title>
<style type="text/css">
<!--
body {
background-color: #0a2b3e;
background-image: url(images/background.jpg);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position:center;
}
#banner {
background-image:url(images/banner.png);
height:65px;
width:401px;
margin:30px;
margin-left:auto;
margin-right:auto;
}
#navbar_left {
background-image:url(images/top_bar_left.gif);
height:64px;
float:left;
}
#navbar_middle {
background-image:url(images/top_bar_middle.gif);
height:64px;
float:left;
}
#navbar_right {
background-image:url(images/top_bar_right.gif);
height:64px;
float:left;
}
#middle_section {
text-align:center;
background-image:url(images/middle_background.jpg);
height:184px;
width:100%;
position:absolute;
left:0px;
z-index:0;
}
#navbar {
width:inherit;
height:auto;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="banner"></div>
<div id="navbar">
<div id="navbar_right"></div>
<div id="navbar_middle"></div>
<div id="navbar_left"></div>
</div>
<div id="middle_section">dsadasd</div>
</body>
</html>

klange

May 22nd, 2009, 07:45 PM

Your navbars are empty and have no width... Set the width in the CSS.

sdavis117

May 22nd, 2009, 07:53 PM

You should also try an External CSS file instead of using Internal CSS. I find that it helps me spot mistakes much easier. Plus the whole "applying the same themes on all your pages" thing is good too.

Hunter

May 22nd, 2009, 07:53 PM

#navbar_left {
background-image:url(images/top_bar_left.gif);
height:64px;
float:left;
width:50px;
}
#navbar_middle {
background-image:url(images/top_bar_middle.gif);
height:64px;
float:left;
width:50px;
}
#navbar_right {
background-image:url(images/top_bar_right.gif);
height:64px;
float:left;
width:50px;
}
#middle_section {
text-align:center;
background-image:url(images/middle_background.jpg);
height:184px;
width:100%;
position:absolute;
left:0px;
z-index:0;
}
#navbar {
width:inherit;
height:auto;
}
........

<div id="banner"></div>
<div id="navbar">
<div id="navbar_right"></div>
<div id="navbar_middle">Menu 1 | Menu 2 | Menu 3 | Menu 4</div>
<div id="navbar_left"></div>
</div>

Still looks the same :/

sdavis117

May 22nd, 2009, 07:55 PM

Try using a <san> (I think that's right, it might just be <sn>, I haven't used one in quite awhile) in place of your "Navbar" <div>.

klange

May 22nd, 2009, 07:58 PM

The width isn't necessary with content, actually.
I copied your first chunk of code into a new file and plopped an A B and C into the three navbar <divs> and I see them fine, granted, they'll be at the same height as the content because it needs to clear: left; (But then again, with half of your formatting, that isn't going to be enough)

@ sdavis: You mean a <span>? You lose a number of important formatting options with a span.

sdavis117

May 22nd, 2009, 08:01 PM

@ sdavis: You mean a <span>? You lose a number of important formatting options with a span.

Ah yes, now I remember. That would also explain why I always avoid using <span>. I always thought it was just habit.

Hunter

May 22nd, 2009, 08:03 PM

Eh, they are behind that big grey part going accross the screen.

#middle_section {
text-align:center;
background-image:url(images/middle_background.jpg);
height:184px;
width:100%;
position:absolute;
left:0px;
}
#navbar

How do I make that part go below the top 3 divs?

klange

May 22nd, 2009, 08:09 PM

You can change their z-index's, but there are far better ways to achieve the effect you're going for...

Hunter

May 22nd, 2009, 08:22 PM

Could you name some? The end resault shoudl look somthing like this:
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g268/martynball/website_edumicro.png

Aspired by edumircro (http://edumicro.deviantart.com/)

klange

May 22nd, 2009, 08:26 PM

For one, you could put everything in the gray box in a <div> with a set height and give it that background image - I don't know why you're messing with z-orders. Provide me with some raw image files and I could work something up myself, I have nothing to do for the next hour or so.

Hunter

May 22nd, 2009, 08:28 PM

Give me 5 to split the image files up as that is one psd at the moment, I have most parts seperate though.

And cheers. :)

Hunter

May 22nd, 2009, 08:35 PM

Here (http://files.filefront.com/imagesrar/;13793937;/fileinfo.html)

Thanks bacon. :)

klange

May 22nd, 2009, 08:55 PM

<!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>Martyn Lee Ball</title>
<style type="text/css">
body {
background-color: #0a2b3e;
background-image: url(images/background.jpg);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position:center;
padding: 0px;
margin: 0px;
}
#banner {
background-image:url(images/banner.png);
height:65px;
width:401px;
margin:30px;
margin-left:auto;
margin-right:auto;
}
#navbar_left {
background-image: url(images/top_bar_left.gif);
height: 64px;
width: 19px;
float: left;
}
#navbar_middle {
background-image:url(images/top_bar_middle.gif);
height: 64px;
width: 362px;
float:left;
}
#navbar_middle_content {
text-align: center;
padding-top: 10px;
width: 100%;
}
#navbar_right {
background-image:url(images/top_bar_right.gif);
height:64px;
width: 19px;
float:left;
}
#bottombar_left {
background-image: url(images/bottom_bar_left.gif);
height: 64px;
width: 19px;
float: left;
}
#bottombar_middle {
background-image:url(images/bottom_bar_middle.gif);
height:64px;
width: 362px;
float:left;
}
#bottombar_right {
background-image:url(images/bottom_bar_right.gif);
height:64px;
width: 19px;
float:left;
}
#middle_section {
background-image:url(images/middle_background.jpg);
height:184px;
width:100%;
left:0px;
margin: 0px;
overflow: hidden;
}
#middle_section_content {
padding: 4px;
text-align: center;
width: 100%;
}
#navbar {
height: 64px;
width: 400px;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
}
#bottombar {
height: 64px;
width: 400px;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
}
#bottom {
position: absolute;
bottom: 0px;
height: 136px;
width: 100%;
background-image: url(images/bottom_info.jpg);
background-position: 50% 0;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="banner"> </div>
<div id="navbar">
<div id="navbar_left"> </div>
<div id="navbar_middle"><div id="navbar_middle_content">Blah blah blah</div></div>
<div id="navbar_right"> </div>
</div>
<div id="middle_section">
<div id="middle_section_content">
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</div>
</div>
<div id="bottombar">
<div id="bottombar_left"> </div>
<div id="bottombar_middle"> </div>
<div id="bottombar_right"> </div>
</div>
<div id="bottom"></div>
</body>
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Might want to export some of those layers as PNGs.