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entire div column not extending the page - overlaps

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amorytarr

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Oct 26, 2004
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I am fairly proficient at coding css and think it's about time to clean(organize) it all up, even though it does validate. Anyway I was wondering if someone could please help me with the overlap problem for the right (smaller) column. I want the entire main content of the page, the part before the footer, to extend down when there is more content to EITHER side, not just the left/main content side.


Thanks in advance,
Amory
 
When you float an object, like your side bar, it takes it out of the document flow. You have to use the [tt]clear[/tt] property to explicitly tell the browser to wait for the end of floats. So add this to your existing styles for #footer and it should work:
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   clear: both;

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