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**missingtime** · 06-27-2008, 01:53 PM

Why are my absolute divs in the header area changing when I create a new page?

For each new page I'm saving the file under a new name and then simply changing the content....all except the header and footer. Problem is that when I do this two absolute divs shift out of position. It happens every time.

Why is this happening and how can I correct it?

Thank you

**LadynRed** · 06-27-2008, 02:32 PM

We really need to see your code in order to figure this out. There could be any number of reasons for this behavior.

**missingtime** · 05:59 PM

HTML Code:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<!-- saved from url=(0014)about:internet -->
 
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<!-- TemplateBeginEditable name="doctitle" -->
 
<!-- TemplateEndEditable -->
<meta name="keywords" content="" />
<meta name="description" content="" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../default.css" />
<style type="text/css">
</style>
<!-- TemplateBeginEditable name="head" --><!-- TemplateEndEditable -->
</head>
<body>

<div id="upbg"></div>

<div id="outer">

  <div id="header">
    <div id="headercontent">		   
	  <h1> . . .</h1>
    </div>
  </div>

	<div id="headerpic"></div>
	
    <div id="menu">
      <!-- HINT: Set the class of any menu link below to "active" to make it appear active -->
<ul>
	  <li><a href="">xx</a></li>
<li><a href=">xx</a></li>
	  <li><a href="">xx</a></li>
	  <li><a href="">xx</a></li>
	  </ul>
  </div>
    
  <div id="menubottom"></div>

	<!-- TemplateBeginEditable name="Main Content " -->
	<div id="content"> </div>
	<!-- TemplateEndEditable -->
<div id="footer">
			<div class="left"><!-- #BeginLibraryItem "/Library/Footer.lbi" -->
<a href="../pdf_brochure/index.html">pdf brochure</a> | <a href="../site_map/index.html">site map</a> | <a href="../privacy_policy/index.html">privacy policy</a> | <a href="../terms_and_conditions/index.html">terms &amp; conditions</a> | <a href="../contact/index.html">contact</a><!-- #EndLibraryItem --></div>
	  </div>
</div>


<div id="toplogo"><img src="../images/image.gif" alt="" width="70" height="79" /></div>


<div id="subnavbar">

<ul>
    <li><a href="">xx</a></li>
<li><a href="">xx</a></li>
    <li><a href="">xx</a></li>
    <li><a href="">xx</a></li>
    <li><a href="">xx</a></li>
    <li><a href="">xx</a></li>
  </ul>

</div>

</body>
</html>

Here's the CSS:

*
{
padding: 0em;
margin: 0em;
}

body
{
	padding: 35px 0px 35px 0px;
	background-color: #000000;
	background-image: url(images/back.jpg);
}

body,input
{
font-size: 10pt;
font-family: "georgia", "times new roman", serif;
color: #333333;
}

p
{
line-height: 1.5em;
margin-bottom: 1.0em;
text-align: justify;
}

a
{
color: #B96D00;
text-decoration: underline;
}

a:hover
{
text-decoration: none;
}


h3 span
{
font-weight: normal;
}

h3,h4
{
display: inline;
font-weight: bold;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: right;
}

h3
{
	font-size: 1.7em;
	padding-right: 34px;
	background-image: none;
}

h4
{
	font-size: 1.2em;
	padding-right: 28px;
	background-image: none;
}

.contentarea
{
padding-top: 1.3em;
}

img
{
	border: medium solid #FFFFFF;
}

img.left
{
position: relative;
float: left;
margin: 0em 1.8em 1.4em 0em;
}

img.right
{
position: relative;
float: right;
margin: 0em 0em 1.8em 1.8em;
}

.divider1
{
position: relative;
background: #fff url('images/border2.gif') repeat-x;
height: 14px;
margin: 2.0em 0em 1.5em 0em;
clear: both;
}

.divider2
{
position: relative;
height: 1px;
border-bottom: solid 1px #eaeaea;
margin: 2.0em 0em 2.0em 0em;
}

.post .details
{
position: relative;
top: -1.5em;
font-size: 0.8em;
color: #787878;
}

.post ul.controls
{
clear: both;
}

.post ul.controls li
{
display: inline;
font-size: 0.8em;
}

.post ul.controls li a
{
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: left;
padding: 0em 1.0em 0em 20px;
}

.post ul.controls li a.printerfriendly
{
background-image: url('images/icon-printerfriendly.gif');
}

.post ul.controls li a.comments
{
background-image: url('images/icon-comments.gif');
}

.post ul.controls li a.more
{
background-image: url('images/icon-more.gif');
}

.box
{
position: relative;
background: #FDFCF6 url('images/boxbg.gif') repeat-x;
left: -1.5em;
top: -1.5em;
padding: 1.5em;
border-bottom: solid 1px #E1D2BD;
margin-bottom: 1.0em;
}

ul.linklist
{
list-style: none;
}

ul.linklist li
{
line-height: 2.0em;
}

#toplogo {
	position:absolute;
	left:99px;
	top:48px;
	width:107px;
	height:111px;
	z-index:6;
	background-image: none;
}

#upbg
{
	position: absolute;
	top: 0px;
	left: 0px;
	width: 100%;
	height: 275px;
	z-index: 1;
	background-image: url(images/back.jpg);
	background-repeat: repeat-x;
}

#outer
{
z-index: 2;
position: relative;
/*
	The width value below controls the overall width of the design. By default it's set to 82%
	(so it'll take up 82% of the browser window's width). You can set it to a different percentage
	value (70%, 90%, etc.) or even a pixel value (760px, 800px, etc.) to enforce a fixed width.
*/
width: 82%;
border: solid 7px #fff;
background-color: #fff;
margin: 0 auto;
}

#header
{
	position: relative;
	width: 100%;
	height: 45px;
	margin-bottom: 2px;
	background-color: #0860A8;
	background-image: none;
	background-repeat: repeat-x;
}

#headercontent
{
	position: absolute;
	bottom: -3px;
	padding: 0em 2.0em 1.3em 2.0em;
	background-image: none;
	left: 371px;
	width: 632px;
}

#headercontent h1
{
	font-weight: normal;
	color: #fff;
	font-size: 1.5em;
}

#headercontent h1 sup
{
color: #777;
}

#headercontent h2
{
font-size: 1.0em;
font-weight: normal;
color: #aaa;
}

#search
{
position: absolute;
top: 5.5em;
right: 2.0em;
padding-right: 0.0em;
}

#search input.text
{
margin-right: 0.5em;
vertical-align: middle;
border-top: solid 1px #000000;
border-right: 0px;
border-bottom: solid 1px #777777;
border-left: 0px;
padding: 0.15em;
width: 10.0em;
}

#search input.submit
{
background: #939B00 url('images/buttonbg.gif') repeat-x;
border: solid 1px #5F6800;
font-weight: bold;
padding: 0.25em;
font-size: 0.8em;
color: #F2F3DE;
vertical-align: middle;
}

#headerpic
{
	position: relative;
	height: 120px;
	margin-bottom: 0px;
	background-color: #0860A8;
	background-image: url(images/topbanner.jpg);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: left top;
}

#menu
{
	position: relative;
	height: 3.0em;
	margin-bottom: 2px;
	background-color: #99CC00;
	background-image: url(images/menubg.gif);
	background-repeat: repeat-x;
	background-position: left top;
	padding-top: 0em;
	padding-right: 1em;
	padding-bottom: 0em;
	padding-left: 1em;
	border-top-width: 2px;
	border-right-width: 0px;
	border-bottom-width: 0px;
	border-left-width: 0px;
	border-top-style: solid;
	border-right-style: none;
	border-bottom-style: none;
	border-left-style: none;
	border-top-color: #FFFFFF;
	color: #FFFFFF;
}

#menu ul
{
	position: absolute;
	top: 9px;
	left: -5px;
}

#menu ul li
{
position: relative;
display: inline;
}

#menu ul li a
{
	padding: 0.5em 1.0em 0.9em 1.0em;
	color: #FFFFFF;
	text-decoration: none;
	font-weight: bold;
}

#menu ul li a:hover
{
text-decoration: underline;
}

#menu ul li a.active
{
background: #7F8400 url('images/menuactive.gif') repeat-x top left;
}

#menubottom
{
background: #fff url('images/border1.gif') repeat-x;
height: 14px;
margin-bottom: 1.5em;
}

#content
{
padding: 0em 2.0em 0em 2.0em;
}

#primarycontainer
{
float: left;
margin-right: -18.0em;
width: 100%;
}

#primarycontent
{
margin: 1.5em 22.0em 0em 0em;
}

#secondarycontent
{
margin-top: 1.5em;
float: right;
width: 18.0em;
}

#footer
{
	position: relative;
	height: 2.0em;
	clear: both;
	padding-top: 5.0em;
	background: #fff url('images/border2.gif') repeat-x 0em 2.5em;
	font-size: 1.0em;
}

#footer .left
{
	position: absolute;
	left: 198px;
	bottom: 12px;
	width: 433px;
}

#footer .right
{
position: absolute;
right: 2.0em;
bottom: 1.2em;
}
.underline {
	text-decoration: underline;
}
table {
	border: thin solid #99CC00;
}
.browntext {
	font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	color: #CC9933;
}
.green {
	background-color: #99CC00;
}
#subnavbar {
	font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
	font-size: 11px;
	color: #FFFFFF;
	position: absolute;
	z-index: 7;
	left: 551px;
	top: 226px;
	width: 445px;
	background-image: none;
	background-repeat: repeat-x;
	background-position: left top;
	height: 1.5em;
	padding-right: 1px;
	padding-left: 1px;
	margin-bottom: 2px;
	font-weight: normal;
}
.breadcrumbs {
	font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	font-weight: normal;
	color: #996600;
}
#subnavbar ul {
	position: absolute;
	top: 3px;
	left: 14px;
}
#subnavbar ul li {
	position: relative;
	display: inline;
	word-spacing: 0px;
}
#subnavbar ul li a {
	color: #FFFFFF;
	text-decoration: none;
	font-weight: bold;
	font-size: 11px;
	padding-top: 0.5em;
	padding-right: 0.5em;
	padding-bottom: 0.9em;
	padding-left: 0.5em;
}
#subnavbar ul li a:hover {
	text-decoration: underline;
}
#subnavbar ul li a.active {
	background-image: none;
	background-repeat: repeat-x;
	background-position: left top;
}

**missingtime** · 06-27-2008, 03:35 PM

A quick question:

Why can I move a NON absolute div? I'm not sure I understand why I can drag it across the screen in the WYSIWYG editor. What happens when I move it?

**wayfarer07** · 06-27-2008, 05:12 PM

Dunno. It is possible to move elements is all sorts of ways, no matter how they are positioned. Don't know much about WYSIWYG.

**LadynRed** · 06-27-2008, 08:34 PM

I have to say that your first problem is that you have EVERYTHING set to either position:relative or position:absolute. That is just ASKING for a migraine and is not the best way to do a layout.

I'd start by removing all of that positioning, 99% of the time it just isn't necessary. Use the normal document flow, probably need some floats, and then IF you need it, use positioning.