Two Column Fixed Width with Header & Footer
This template is actually a replica of one of my other websites which uses tables for the very same layout. I wanted to see could it be done and it seems to work perfect.
This is basically set up as follows: there is a main outer div which centers the page and is a fixed width. There are 4 main div's within this outer div; header (#hdr), bar (#bar), body (#body) and footer (#ftr). The body div holds 2 more divs, the left div which is for navigation and the right div which is for our content.
One drawback we see immediatly is getting equal heights for the left navigation div and right content div. The work around I use for this is: whichever is likely to be the shortest (in height) div, probably the left navigation div, set the background of the #body div the same as this, also the border separating the two divs - that should be on the right content div.
Another problem discovered recently was that when you use the float property it can cause the floated divs to "jump out" of their container block. The workaround I found for this was simply to specify a height for the container div.
This template has been tested in:
- Mozilla 1.5b & Firebird 0.6.1
- Internet Explorer 6
- Netscape 7.1
- Opera 7.11
Changes in this version:
- removed box hack
- added margin:auto; to #outer div for centering.
- big problem in moz/ns was the bodyblock div,with both the left col and content col floated they were "lifted" out of the bodyblock with then collapsed. IE and Opera were ok. removed float left from content div, added align="right" to the html of the bodyblock and then text-align:left; to the content div to bring the content back. it's ugly but works. using text-align:right; instead of align="right" will not work in moz/ns
Filler Content
Dáig alta in mac sin i tig a athar & a mathar icon airdig i m-Maig Muirthemne, ocus adfeta dó scéla na maccaemi i n-Emain. Dáig is amlaid domeill Conchobar in rigi, o ro gab rígi in rí, .i. mar atraig fóchetóir césta & cangni in choicid d'ordugud. In lá do raind i trí asa athlil: cetna trian de fóchetóir ic fegad na maccaem ic imbirt chless cluchi & immanae, in trian tanaise dond ló ic imbirt brandub & fidchell, & in trian dedenach ic tochathim bíd & lenna, con-dageib cotlud for cách, aes cíuil & airfitid dia thalgud fri sodain. Ciataim ane ar longais riam reme dabiur bréthir, ar Fergus, na fuil in hErind no i n-Albain óclach macsamla Conchobair.
Ocus adfeta don mac sin scéla na maceáem & na maccraide i n-Emain, & radis in mac bec ria mathair ar co n-digsed dá chluchi do chluchemaig na Emna. Romoch duitsiu sain a meic bic, ar a mathair, co n-deoch anruth do anrothaib. Ulad lett no choimthecht ecin do chaimthechtaib Conchobair, do chor th' aesma & t'imdegla for in maccraid. Cían lim-sa di sodain a mathair, ar in mac bec, & ni biu-sa oca idnaide acht tecoisc-siu dam-sa cia airm itá Emain. Is cían uait, ar a mathair, airm in-das-fil. Sliab Fúait etrut & Emain. Dobér-sa ardmes furri amne, ar esium.