CSS Project (in Progress)

http://forums.xisto.com/index.php?shomp; this is also on trap but would like some input from asta as well you can see the live version here NO LONGER VALID LINK Two problems i would like to work on next is fix the overlapping in IE7. Basically the content is above the header. Next is my left/right column nav menus for some reason they are going behind the divs below. Although I haven't tried it yet but I would think setting up a container element would fix this would I be correct on this assumption? latest code CSS

 

html, body{  margin:0;  padding:0;  text-align:left;}  #pagewidth{  width:1000px;  text-align:left;  margin-left:auto;  margin-right:auto; border:solid 0px;} .container {position:relative; top: -4px;	padding: 0px;	margin: 0px 0 0px 0;	}	.container1 {position:relative; top: 20px;	padding: 0px;	margin: 0px 0 0px 0;	background: #33729d;	 border:solid 0px;	}	#header{ position:relative;  height:170px;  background-color:#33729d;  width:100%; } #search{			margin-top: -14px;			margin-left: 780px;			color: #EFEFEF;		}.site-slogan-container  {width: 330px; height: 130px; top: 45px; position: absolute; z-index: 1; overflow: hidden; margin: 0px; padding-right: 15px; background-color: transparent;}.site-slogan {float: right; width: 700px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: transparent; font-size: 10px;}.site-slogan p.title {float: right; width: 700px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans serif;  text-align: right; font-weight: bold; font-size: 220%;}.site-slogan p.subtitle {clear: both; float: right; width: 700px; margin: -5px 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: #000000; ont-family: arial, sans serif; text-align: right; font-weight: bold; font-size: 200%;}.site-slogan p.text {clear: both; float: right; width: 700px; margin: 10px 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans serif; text-align: right; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.0em; font-size: 140%;}.site-slogan p.readmore {clear: both; float: right; width: 700px; margin: 10px 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans serif; text-align: right; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.0em; font-size: 120%;}.site-slogan a {color: color: #000000); text-decoration: underline;}.site-slogan a:hover {text-decoration: none; color: color: #000000;}.img-header {background: url("logo.jpg"); background-repeat: no-repeat; border: solid 1px; position:relative; top: -1px; clear: both; float: left; width: 998px; height: 200px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;} <!-- Top Nav -->#miniflex {	width: 100%;	float: left;	font-size: small; /* could be specified at a higher level */	margin: 0;	padding: 0 0px 0 0px;		}#miniflex li {	float: left;	margin: 0; 	padding: 0;	display: inline;	list-style: none;	}	#miniflex a:link, #miniflex a:visited {position:relative; top: -20px;	float: left;	font-size: 85%;	line-height: 10px;	font-weight: bold;	margin: 0 10px 0 10px;	text-decoration: none;	color: #999;	}#miniflex a.active:link, #miniflex a.active:visited, #miniflex a:hover {position:relative; top: -20px;	border-bottom: 4px solid #333;	padding-bottom: 2px;	color: #333;	}#leftcol{ width:170px;  float:left;  position:relative; left: 0px; background-color:#33729d;  }#leftcol1{ width:170px;  float:left;  position:relative; top: -40px; background-color:#33729d;  }<!-- Left Nav -->.left {width: 130px;}.menu {z-index:1000;font-size:90%;height:235px;}/* remove all the bullets, borders and padding from the default list styling */.menu ul {padding:0;margin:0;list-style-type:none;width:170px;position:relative;border:1px solid #888;border-width:1px 1px 0 1px;background:#8ab8c2;}.menu li {background:transparent;height:26px;}* html .menu li {; margin-lef\t:0;}/* get rid of the table */.menu table {position:absolute; border-collapse:collapse; top:0; left:0; z-index:100; font-size:1em; width:0; height:0;}/* style the links */.menu a, .menu a:visited {display:block; text-decoration:none;height:25px;line-height:25px;width:170px;color:#000;text-indent:5px;border-bottom:1px solid #888;background:transparent;}/* style the link hover */* html .menu a:hover {color:#fff; background:#999;}.menu :hover > a {color:#fff; background:#999;}/* hide the sub levels and give them a positon absolute so that they take up no room */.menu ul ul {visibility:hidden;position:absolute;top:-1px;left:100px;}/* make the second level visible when hover on first level list OR link */.menu ul li:hover ul,.menu ul a:hover ul {visibility:visible;background:#dde;}/* keep the third level hidden when you hover on first level list OR link */.menu ul :hover ul ul{visibility:hidden;}/* keep the fourth level hidden when you hover on second level list OR link */.menu ul :hover ul :hover ul ul{visibility:hidden;}/* make the third level visible when you hover over second level list OR link */.menu ul :hover ul :hover ul{ visibility:visible;background:#ded;}/* make the fourth level visible when you hover over third level list OR link */.menu ul :hover ul :hover ul :hover ul { visibility:visible;background:#edd;}.menu ul.top2 {top:25px;}.menu ul.top3 {top:51px;}.menu ul.top4 {top:77px;}.menu ul.top5 {top:103px;}.menu ul.top6 {top:129px;}.menu ul.top7 {top:155px;}#twocols{ width:81%;  float:right;  position:relative;   } #rightcol{ width:170px;  float:right;  position:relative; left: 0px; background-color:#33729d;  }#rightcol1{ width:170px;  float:right;  position:relative; top: -40px; background-color:#33729d;  } <!-- Right Nav Menu -->.right {width: 130px;}.menu1 {z-index:1000;font-size:90%;height:235px;}/* remove all the bullets, borders and padding from the default list styling */.menu1 ul {padding:0;margin:0;list-style-type:none;width:170px;position:relative; left: -2px;border:1px solid #888;border-width:1px 1px 0 1px;background:#8ab8c2;}.menu1 li {background:transparent;height:26px;}* html .menu1 li {; margin-lef\t:0;}/* get rid of the table */.menu1 table {position:absolute; border-collapse:collapse; top:0; left:0; z-index:100; font-size:1em; width:0; height:0;}/* style the links */.menu1 a, .menu1 a:visited {display:block; text-decoration:none;text-align:right;height:25px;line-height:25px;width:170px;color:#000;text-indent:5px;border-bottom:1px solid #888;background:transparent;}/* style the link hover */* html .menu1 a:hover {color:#fff; background:#999;}.menu1 :hover > a {color:#fff; background:#999;}/* hide the sub levels and give them a positon absolute so that they take up no room */.menu1 ul ul {visibility:hidden;position:absolute;top:-1px;left:100px;}/* make the second level visible when hover on first level list OR link */.menu1 ul li:hover ul,.menu1 ul a:hover ul {visibility:visible;background:#dde;}/* keep the third level hidden when you hover on first level list OR link */.menu1 ul :hover ul ul{visibility:hidden;}/* keep the fourth level hidden when you hover on second level list OR link */.menu1 ul :hover ul :hover ul ul{visibility:hidden;}/* make the third level visible when you hover over second level list OR link */.menu1 ul :hover ul :hover ul{ visibility:visible;background:#ded;}/* make the fourth level visible when you hover over third level list OR link */.menu1 ul :hover ul :hover ul :hover ul { visibility:visible;background:#edd;}.menu1 ul.top2 {top:25px;}.menu1 ul.top3 {top:51px;}.menu1 ul.top4 {top:77px;}.menu1 ul.top5 {top:103px;}.menu1 ul.top6 {top:129px;}.menu1 ul.top7 {top:155px;}#maincol{background-color: #33729d;   float: left;  display:inline;  position: relative;  width:77%;  border:solid 0px; } .content1-pagetitle {overflow: hidden; width: 400px; margin: 0px 0px 5px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 2px 0px; border-bottom: solid 1px rgb(88,144,168); color: rgb(88,144,168); font-weight: bold; font-size: 120%;}.curlycontainer{background: url("grad1.jpg"); background-repeat: no-repeat;border: 1px solid #b8b8b8;margin-bottom: 1em;width: 620px;}.curlycontainer .innerdiv{background: transparent url(brcorner.jpg) bottom right no-repeat;position: relative;left: 2px;top: 2px;padding: 1px 4px 15px 5px;} /* footer */#footer_wrapper {	margin:0 auto;	padding:0;	width:765px;	border-top:3px double rgb(138, 184, 193);	font-size:80%;	text-align:center;	clear:both;}#footer {	padding-right:5px;	margin:0;	line-height:190%;	text-align:right;	clear:both;	vertical-align:middle;}  /* *** Float containers fix: [url="https://csscreator.com/attributes/containedfloat.php"]csscreator.com/attributes/containedfloat.php; *** */ .clearfix:after { content: ".";  display: block; height: 0;  clear: both;  visibility: hidden; } .clearfix{display: inline-block;}/* Hides from IE-mac \*/* html .clearfix{height: 1%;}.clearfix{display: block;}/* End hide from IE-mac */    /*printer styles*/  @media print{ /*hide the left column when printing*/ #leftcol{display:none;} /*hide the right column when printing*/ #rightcol{display:none;} #twocols, #maincol{width:100%; float:none;}}/* set millions of background images */.rbroundbox { background: url(nt.gif) repeat; }.rbtop div { background: url(tl.gif) no-repeat top left; }.rbtop { background: url(tr.gif) no-repeat top right; }.rbbot div { background: url(bl.gif) no-repeat bottom left; }.rbbot { background: url(br.gif) no-repeat bottom right; }/* height and width stuff, width not really nessisary. */.rbtop div, .rbtop, .rbbot div, .rbbot {width: 100%;height: 7px;font-size: 1px;}.rbcontent { margin: 0 0px; }.rbroundbox { width: 100%; margin: 1em auto; }

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Edited December 1, 2016 by OpaQue (see edit history)

Next is my left/right column nav menus for some reason they are going behind the divs below. Although I haven't tried it yet but I would think setting up a container element would fix this would I be correct on this assumption?

I am trying to solve the same problem as we speak. But yours doesn't seem as complicated as mine - you just need to add the z-index property on several places in your CSS file. You might want to check out this topic for my problem, and this link for some details on z-index.

well after taking a break and out of dumb luck I put the z-index in the right spot . Hopefully I can get this down in a few weeks since this will get me out of doing a class in college .

UPDATED LINK: NO LONGER A VALID LINK I thought I give everyone an update on my pure css site. Well for one when I started writing the tutorial found out that made a mistake on the fluid design so basically as I am writing this tutorial I am doing it by scratch or at least adjusting the code to the new design. So instead of going all over the place I am doing one section at a time. So I did the header and that was fun to adjust for the most part. So as you can in ff it is fine but if you opera, IE, nescape (for those who use it). it goes all screwy. Netscape I can easily fix since it is a padding issue but opera and ie it's a position thing so any suggestions on what I should change. CSS

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As you can see my coding is a lot cleaner and of course more optimized YEAH ME!! so any suggestions before I continue to the 3rd part of my tutorial for this design? Of course I am not going to worry about resolutions for the moment that will be a javascript thing (the image is the image is the problem. Edited December 1, 2016 by OpaQue (see edit history)