[Tfug] simple CSS question

[superbenk at superk.org]

How about trying this:

#Footer { clear: both; }

That should keep the footer div from overlapping (or being overlapped) by
anything and thus force it below the right nav block.

Let me know what you end up with.

Ben


> Hello all.
>
> I've got a simple CSS question that I hope you can help with.  I
> redesigned
> the website for my machine at work (http://bach.as.arizona.edu).  The old
> one
> was ugly and not too useful.  The new one is... still not useful, but
> easier
> to navigate to someplace more useful.  :)
>
> Anyhow, the basic design is based on a template I downloaded at the Open
> Source Web Design site.  It's a really simple CSS template.  Simple enough
> that I can understand what it's doing.
>
> There are two fairly minor layout issues that I'm having trouble
> understanding, due mostly to my limited CSS knowledge.  The site in
> question
> (it's small) is at:
>   http://bach.as.arizona.edu/~johng/newsite
>
> If you click on the "Who we Are" link on the navbar, the resulting page is
> fairly short.  The bottom bar, where the author/date info is, is not at
> the
> bottom of the window.  This causes the right end of it to pass underneath
> the
> nav bar.  I was hoping that the different "div" areas would be smart
> enough to
> not overlap each other.  Is there any way to fix this?  Note that if you
> have
> a very narrow browser window, the page may be elongated enough that you
> won't
> notice the effect.
>
> The second problem is really minor.  On the main page of the new site
> there is
> a small portrait of J.S. Bach.  When there was less text in the first
> block
> (next to the picture), the horizontal bar separating the next section
> would go
> underneath the picture.  You can reproduce this if you browser window is
> very
> wide.  This problem isn't big, and can be avoided in practice by simply
> adding
> more text in certain areas, but I'd like to know if it can be fixed.
>
> If you need them, the two stylesheets are:
>   http://bach.as.arizona.edu/~johng/newsite/globalformatting.css
>   http://bach.as.arizona.edu/~johng/newsite/globallayout.css
>
> Thanks for any help!
>
>
> --
> --John Gruenenfelder    Research Assistant, Steward Observatory, U of
> Arizona
>                         johng at as.arizona.edu
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