i have a 2 column layout with fixed header, footer, and sidebar.
the 2 columns are content and sidebar, where content fills the remaining space between header, footer, and sidebar and self-adjusts on resize.

works fine in IE8, but sidebar overlaps header and footer in all other browsers. here is the URL, please view source code :
http://paimap.com/index2.html

any help would be greatly appreciated...

Why do you have everything positioned? It's completely unnecessary. IE, unfortunately, is still not a good measure of how a site should properly render. Make it work in all other GOOD browsers and then 'fix' for IE.

Originally Posted by LadynRed

Why do you have everything positioned? It's completely unnecessary. IE, unfortunately, is still not a good measure of how a site should properly render. Make it work in all other GOOD browsers and then 'fix' for IE.

sorry, was this a textblock ?
why i have everything positioned ? because i want a fixed header and a fixed footer. how can you know what is necessary for my project ?

ah, make it work and fix it in IE - that will work. problem solved. where is my mind ?..

thanks a lot ;-)

i found this old posting by accident. if you are still interested in why it was NOT unneccessary just go to paimap dot com and change the browser size...