Re: FN-FORUM: CSS Madness - split topic here

date posted 29th February 2008 21:32


On 29 Feb 2008, at 17:12, Paul Cooper wrote:

>
> Thanks Tony / Brendon.
>
> On 29 Feb 2008 15:07:05 -0000, Tony Crockford [EMAIL REMOVED]
> wrote:
>> in the document flow, right after the wrapper, you add a div that
>> will
>> be pushed down no matter how much content there is in the right hand
>> column.
>>
>> you then position your left hand content that needs to be at the
>> bottom of the left hand column in the new div and then with the magic
>> of position:relative, or negative margins make it appear as if it's
>> in
>> the left hand column.
>>
>> (padding the bottom of the left column to make space for your
>> repositioned content will ensure they don't clash)
>
> I tried that the last time I had this issue and gave up assuming that
> negative margins should not be used.

I just realised that the layout of my own site, is pretty much as you
describe.

a left column created by a background image in a wrapper and some text
(and images) always at the bottom.

I did that with absolute positioning.

check it out:
http://www.boldfish.co.uk/index.htm

;o)