I have all my divs centered with the left and right edges vertically aligned, but when I added the ul and li then my .nav started to have a background color that extends past the right hand edge. Any idea how to lock this down? max width doesn't prevent it from flowing outwards.
HTML:
<!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" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/style.css" type="text/css" media="screen" />
<title></title>
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
<div class="header">
<img src="image/logo.png" width="155" height="110" alt="Big Box Property Preservation" />
</div>
<div class="navContainer">
<div class="miniNav">
<img src="image/link_banner.nav.png" width="189" height="44"/>
</div>
<div class="nav">
<ul class="nav">
<li>HOME</li>
<li>ABOUT US</li>
<li>OUR SERVICES</li>
<li>CONTACT US</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<div class="content">
<div class="contentBody">
</div>
<div class="sidebar1">
</div>
</div>
<div class="footer" >
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
CSS:
#charset "utf-8";
/* CSS Document */
body{
top:0;
left:0;
margin:0;
padding:0;
background-color:#666;
}
.container{
position:relative;
margin-top: 0%;
position:relative;
width:1000px;
margin:0px auto;
}
.header{
position:relative;
float:left;
width:900px;
height:120px;
background-color:#CFCA4C;
margin:0px 50px 0px 50px;
}
.navContainer{
position:relative;
float:left;
width:100%;
height:80px;
margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;
}
.miniNav{
height:100%;
position:absolute;
right:0px;
}
.nav{
float:left;
max-width:900px;
width:900px;
height:100%;
background-color:#FFFFFF;
overfow:hidden;
margin: 0 20px 0 50px;
}
ul.nav{
list-style:none;
padding: 0px;
}
ul.nav li{
display:inline;
padding:0px;
float:left;
}
.content{
float:left;
width:900px;
min-height:400px;
background-color:#FFFFFF;
margin:0px 50px 0px 50px;
}
.footer{
float:left;
width:900px;
height:80px;
background-color:#CFCA4C;
margin:0px 50px 0px 50px;
}
Both div and ul has class 'nav'. Ul with class nav should not have margins (they have already been added in div). So add:
ul.nav {margin: 0}
.nav {
width: 850px;
}
jsFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/kongr45gpen/a5Auj/
What you really need to do is simply remove a lot of properties.
You should also set .container to 900px instead of 1000px, because that's how wide all the things inside it are.
You can remove almost all of the instances of float: left and margin.
Block-level elements (such as divs) will by default expand to fill the available width, so you don't need to specify width: 900px so many times. This isn't the behaviour if you float: left an element, but I've removed your instances of it.
So, bearing all that in mind, see: http://jsbin.com/ozemoy. Just one width is being set :)
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I'm having a little trouble figuring out why I have about 10px of whitespace at the top of my html file. In CSS, I made the margin and padding 0 in "body" but it still is there. Any help? Thanks!
Update: So I found out that removing the !doctype html at the top removes the white space with google chrome browser but not with firefox. But from my research, you need the !doctype html to tell the browser that its html5 so I don't know where to go from here.
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Personal WebSite</title>
<style>
html body{
margin:0;
padding:0;
}
#topbar {
background-color:#0876BB;
width:100%;
height:40px;
color:#343436;
}
#derek{
float:left;
font-size: 1.3em;
padding-left:100px;
padding-top:5px;
font-weight:bold;
}
#Menu{
padding-right: 30px;
}
#Menu li{
float:right;
font-size: 1.3em;
font-weight: bold;
display:inline;
margin:5px 10px 0px 0px;
cursor:pointer;
}
li:hover{
color:red;
}
.break{
clear:both;
}
#title{
position:absolute;
}
img{
position:relative;
opacity:0.6;
height:100%;
width:100%;
}
</style>
<body>
<div id="topbar">
<div id="derek">Derek</div>
<div id="Menu">
<ul>
<li>Home</li>
<li>About</li>
<li>Portfolio</li>
<li>Contact</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<div class="break"></div>
<div id="title">
<h1>Web Development</h1>
<img src="http://www.wallpapersdb.org/wallpapers/nature/calm_water_2048x1152.jpg" target="_blank">
</div>
</body>
</head>
</html>
The ul from your head, you need to add margin-top: 0; he is the cause of your top margin
The margin on your ul is causing the grief.
I've updated the css to remove the margin
To trouble shoot this, I just removed elements until I found the block of html that was causing the issue.
html body{
margin:0;
padding:0;
}
#topbar {
background-color:#0876BB;
width:100%;
height:40px;
color:#343436;
}
#derek{
float:left;
font-size: 1.3em;
padding-left:100px;
padding-top:5px;
font-weight:bold;
}
#Menu{
padding-right: 30px;
}
#Menu ul {
margin : 0;
}
#Menu li{
float:right;
font-size: 1.3em;
font-weight: bold;
display:inline;
margin:5px 10px 0px 0px;
cursor:pointer;
}
li:hover{
color:red;
}
.break{
clear:both;
}
#title{
position:absolute;
}
img{
position:relative;
opacity:0.6;
height:100%;
width:100%;
}
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Personal WebSite</title>
<body>
<div id="topbar">
<div id="derek">Derek</div>
<div id="Menu">
<ul>
<li>Home</li>
<li>About</li>
<li>Portfolio</li>
<li>Contact</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<div class="break"></div>
<div id="title">
<h1>Web Development</h1>
<img src="http://www.wallpapersdb.org/wallpapers/nature/calm_water_2048x1152.jpg" target="_blank">
</div>
</body>
</head>
</html>
I'm trying to design a website where everything is contained withing one main div that restricts everything to 85% of the screen width. I am trying to center the outer div, which seems to have worked, and make the inner div (menubar) float to the left. But no matter what I do I can't get it to go to the left of the outer div, it goes all the way to the left of the page. Thanks for any help.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Accessorize With Style | Index</title>
<style type="text/css">
body {
overflow:hidden;
}
img.background {
position:absolute;
top:0;
left:0;
width: 100%;
z-index:-1;
}
.menu{
margin:0;
padding:0;
width:300px;
list-style:none;
background:rgb(255,255,255);
}
.menu li{
padding:0;
margin:0 0 1px 0;
height:40px;
display:block;
}
.menu li a{
text-align:left;
height:40px;
padding:0px 25px;
font:16px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:rgb(255,255,255);
display:block;
background:url('images/verMenuImages.png') 0px 0px no-repeat;
text-decoration:none;
}
.menu li a:hover{
background:url('images/verMenuImages.png') 0px -40px no-repeat;
color:rgb(0,0,0);
}
.menu li a.active, .menu li a.active:hover{
background:url('images/verMenuImages.png') 0px -80px no-repeat;
color:rgb(255,255,255);
}
.menu li a span{
line-height:40px;
}
#site {
width:85%;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<img src="images/background.jpg" class="background" />
<div id="site" align="center">
<div id="menubar" align="left">
<ul class="menu">
<li><span>Home</span></li>
<li><span>About</span></li>
<li><span>Necklaces</span></li>
<li><span>Bracelets</span></li>
<li><span>Earings</span></li>
<li><span>Rings</span></li>
<li><span>Scarves</span></li>
<li><span>Contact</span></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div id="gallery" align="center">
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
In your CSS, add
#menubar {
position: relative;
left: 0px;
}
and remove the inline CSS:
<div id="menubar">
You might want to use HTML5 notation.
Live Demo
HTML
<main>
<aside>Menu</aside>
<section>
<article>Content</article>
</section>
</main>
CSS
html {
background-color:black;
}
main {
background-color:red;
width:85%;
height:400px;
margin: 0 auto;
padding:4px;
}
aside {
width:20%;
height:90%;
margin-top:5%;
background-color:blue;
color:white;
clear:left;
display:inline-block;
}
section {
display:inline-block;
background-color:green;
padding:4px;
}
article {
background-color:#F60;
}
So, essentially the last time I ever did any web-page development, there was only HTML, and I didn't have anymore than a basic understanding anyways. So now, I'm playing catch up and trying to learn CSS. My issue is a horizontal navbar, which doesn't stay perfectly centered. I've tried adjusting widths, and borders, and margins but I'm missing something.
With my current layout, there is a tad more whitespace on the left than the right, and I am stuck.
Here's the jsfiddle:
http://jsfiddle.net/PkvZ7/
CSS:
<!-- JASCO NAVBAR -->
ul
{
width:100%;
list-style-type: none;
margin-left:auto;
margin-right:auto;
padding:none;
overflow:hidden;
}
li
{
align:center;
width:20%;
margin:0;
padding:0;
display:inline-block;
list-style-type: none;
}
a:link,a:visited
{
display:block;
width:100%;
font-weight:bold;
font-size:20px;
color:#FFFFFF;
background-color:#FF6103;
text-align:center;
padding:5px;
text-decoration:none;
font-variant:small-caps;
}
a:hover,a:active
{
background-color:#000000;
color:#FF6103;
}
#container {
width:100%
}
<!-- TOP CSS-->
.top {
position:absolute;
width:80%;
height:10%;
margin-left:auto;
margin-top:20px;
margin-right:auto;
color:#000000;
padding:0;
}
<!-- CONTENT CSS-->
.content {
position:absolute;
width 100%;
margin-left:10px;
margin-right:10px;
padding:3px;
color:#dddddd;
}
#img
{
}
<!-- TOP IMAGE CSS-->
img.center {
display:block;
margin-left:auto;
margin-right:auto;
}
HTML:
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="jascostyle.css">
<title>Single"Frame" Test</title>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container">
<center>
<div class="top">
<img class ="center" width="80%" height="5%" href="#temp" src="#temp" alt="JASCO ENERGY"/>
<ul>
<li>Home</li>
<li>News</li>
<li>Contact</li>
<li>About</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="content">
<h1>This is under construction!</h1>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
I appreciate any help/explanation on this matter.
Thanks.
You need a fixed width + margin-left:auto and margin-right:auto. You should not be using absolute positioning for your content - let it flow naturally.
The <center> tag has been deprecated, so use the same technique for your outer "container" wrapper with a width of 960px;.
ul {
width:500px;
list-style-type: none;
margin-left:auto;
margin-right:auto;
padding:0;
}
In general when using list-based menus, use float:left on your LI, use display:block on the A-tag and put all other styling on the A-tag, not the list itself.
See my tutorial: I Love Lists.
I am writing a website code but I am unable to display the border for the sidebar. Here it is. And below is the code,
<!DOCTYPE html >
<!--HTML WEBSITE
/*********************************************************************************************************************************************************NAME:FAHAD UDDIN*********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
-->
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>The New Boston</title>
<style type="text/css">
#container
{
padding:0px;
margin:0px;
background:#BFBFBF;
}
#header
{
height:100px;
background-color:#333;
}
#header logo
{
}
#navigation
{
padding:0px;
margin:0px;
}
#navigation ul
{
background-color:#F00;
}
#navigation ul li
{
text-decoration:none;
display:inline;
color:white;
font-size:16px;
padding-right:40px;
padding-top: 0px;
}
#sidebar
{
display: inline;
margin-left: 20px;
width: 300px;
height:800px;
border-bottom-color:#666;
border:thin;
background-color: white;
background-repeat:repeat;
}
#content
{
float:left;
height: 800px;
width: 800px;
background-color:#FFF;
display:inline;
}
#footer
{
clear:both;
height:200px;
background-color:#333;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container">
<div id="header">
</div>
<div id="navigation">
<ul>
<li><a href="#"><a/>Home</li>
<li><a href="#"><a/>Home</li>
<li><a href="#"><a/>Home</li>
<li><a href="#"><a/>Home</li>
<li><a href="#"><a/>Home</li>
</ul>
</div><!--Header Ends-->
<div id="content">
<p>This is the complain area. Fill complains here</p>
</div><!--Content ENDS-->
<div id="sidebar">
<p>This is a website.</p>
</div><!--SIDEBAR ENDS-->
<div id="footer">
</div><!--FOOTER ENDS-->
</div><!--CONTAINER ENds-->
</body>
</html>
1) Your html has a bug- you've given a/ instead of /a:
<li><a href="#"><a/>Home</li>
2) float to the rescue: give this property in:
<p style="float: left">This is a website.</p>
and add float: right to #sidbar
3) What is border: thin in #sidebar? Give border: 1px solid. Read this for allowed attributes and their values: http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_border.asp
UPDATE
Check here: http://jsfiddle.net/FPJTn/1/
The sidebar was breaking to the next line because of the value given for width for content. I have changed in #content css from width: 800px to width: auto.
<style>
body{
background:#FF9900;
color:#FFFFFF;
}
.wrapper{
width:900px;
height:auto;
padding:0px;
margin:auto;
background:#000000;
}
.header{
width:900px;
height:50px;
float:left;
padding:0px;
margin:0px;
}
.body_content{
width:900px;
height:200px;
float:left;
padding:0px;
margin:0px;
}
.fotter{
width:900px;
height:50px;
float:left;
padding:0px;
margin:0px 0px 25px 0px;
}
</style>
<div class="wrapper">
<div class="header">Header</div>
<div class="body_content">Body Content</div>
<div class="fotter">Footer</div>
</div>
If i give a wrapper div height:"500px" i can see the background color black. But if i change the to height="auto" i cant see the color.
Can some one please help me with this ?
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Add overflow: hidden or overflow: auto to your #wrapper styles.
You have to do this, because containers with floated elements inside them don't have any height by default, so you have to use the above hack (or some other) to force the browser to give the container some height.
You can also add a <div style="clear: both;"></div> as the last element in your #wrapper and that should work also.
Is it because you have zero content? Add 'lorem ipsum' and see what you get.
<!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>Untitled Document</title>
</head>
<style>
body{
background:#FF9900;
color:#FFFFFF;
}
#wrapper{
width:900px;
height:auto;
padding:0px;
margin:auto;
background-color:#990000;
clear:both;
}
.header{
width:900px;
height:50px;
float:left;
padding:0px;
margin:0px;
}
.body_content{
width:900px;
height:200px;
float:left;
padding:0px;
margin:0px;
}
.footer{
width:900px;
height:50px;
float:left;
padding:0px;
margin:0px 0px 25px 0px;
}
</style>
<body>
<div id="wrapper">
<div class="header">Header</div>
<div class="body_content">
<p>Body Content</p>
</div>
<div class="footer">Footer</div>
<hr/>
</div>
</body>
</html>
hope this will solve the problem