CSS Background not growing with text

[jedel]

If you could go to this page, it will show what My problem is.

http://www.queenslandrangers.org.au/

Basically I have a Container Div tag with an id called "Container" on it.

No matter what I try, I cannot get the background to grow with the text inside the container Div. The main body of text has its own Div tag and I've tried all of the settings for this still to no avail.

If I take away the height setting from the container CSS, the entire background disappears altogether.

How do I get the Container div tag and it's background to grow with the text and Div tags that are contained within it???

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[BabyJeffy]

You need to sort out the validation problems with your code first...

http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http://www.queenslandrangers.org.au/

I can't see the problem at a casual glance - so assume it could have something to do with your markup problems.

Cheers,
Jeff

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[jedel]

I found the problem.

While your Doctype and validation of the code is something that should be done, I have very rarely found it an issue in things like this. I have validated the page by the way, thanks for that.

The problem was that there is needed a clearfloat Div as the last tag in the child divs located inside the container. This tells the container to cover all of the child divs as well.

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[Vragabond]

If you are looking for more information on this issue and other solutions, check

http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2005/02/26/simple-clearing-of-floats/.

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