need background color to go full screen 1

[mhamilton3]

Hello I have set up a page

http://medifile.congoleum.com

and I am not sure how to get the left side to keep the background color no matter what size the screen is. I am sure this question has been asked before, but I am not even sure how to search for the answer. Here is the code from the style sheet

#leftcontent {
		position: absolute;
		left:0px;
		top:0px;
		width:185px;
		background:#66CCFF;
}


#leftcontent a:link {
	color: #FFFFFF;
}
#leftcontent a:visited {
	color: #FFFFFF;
}
#leftcontent a:active {
	color: #0000FF;
}

#leftcontent a:hover {
	color: #0000FF;
}

#leftcontent BODY{
	font-size: 80%;
	font-family: Arial, Verdana, Tahoma, Sans-Serif;
	font-weight: bold;
	color: #FAFF68;
}

#leftcontent TD{
	font-size: 80%;
	font-family: Arial, Verdana, Tahoma, Sans-Serif;
	font-weight: bold;
	color: #FAFF68;
}

and here is the code from the page

<div id="leftcontent">
	<table width='100%' cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0>
		<tr>
			<td height=10></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td><img src='images/NurseNChild.gif' border=0></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td height=20></td>
		</tr>
	</table>
	<table width='100%' cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0>
 		<tr bgcolor="#2881D3">
			<td width='10' bgcolor="#2881D3"></td>
			<td><a href='#' target='main'>Home</a></td>
		</tr>
		<tr bgcolor="#2881D3">
			<td height='4' colspan=2></td>
		</tr>
        .
        .
        .
        </table>
</div>

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My goal is to have the entire left hand side be a light blue from top to bottom (without using frames). Thanks in advance.

 

[ecobb]

Try this:

#leftcontent {
        position: absolute;
        left:0px;
        top:0px;
        width:185px;
        [b]height:100%;[/b]
        background:#66CCFF;
}

Hope This Helps!

Ecobb

"My work is a game, a very serious game." - M.C. Escher

 

[philote]

Create a background image for your page that has the light blue you want 185px wide. Make this align to the left and repeat horizontally. More info here:

http://www.alistapart.com/articles/fauxcolumns/

 

[mhamilton3]

All is well, life is good, the image 'cheat' worked like a charm. Thank you very much!!