>>> More reading needed, but the quick fix meantime, add this to your
>>> containing element, ie. wrapper :
>>>
>>> height: 100%;
>>> overflow: hidden;
>>
>> I always found that really odd. You'd think "hidden" would, well,
>> hide the floated stuff that exceeds the box, wouldn't you?!
>>
>> As far as I my experience goes "auto" will achieve the same, now
>> that's logic.
>
> Yes, it will. But in some browsers/circumstances it'll add
> scrollbars as well.

I believe I wrote to this list that I opted to try the "auto" option
and take my chances with the scrollbars. That came back to bite me in
the butt, so now I need some more help, please.

All my previews in CSSEdit were fine as I worked on adding a graphic
to either side of the "file folder" area in the 3rd (bottom) area of
the page (with the "auto" overflow attribute) until I uploaded the
files to the site. When I viewed the page live online - it had
scrollbars!!! They had NOT been there in CSSEdit but when I went back
and looked again, there they were in CSSEdit.

After a lot of grumbling, I switched the "auto" attribute to the above
suggestion (100%/hidden), which got rid of the scrollbars but now I've
lost the white background and borders on the bottom part of the page
AND the bottom graphic, which was there perfectly before (it completes
the "file folder" image).

It's probably because of the way I kind of fudged the layout for the
"file folder" area but I was going by the only tutorial I've found so
far for adding the side graphics.

If someone could please take a look at what I've done here: http://workspace.xcitingideas.ca/index-testcss.html
and let me know what idiotic thing I've done, I'd greatly appreciate
it. I was SO proud of myself for getting the page virtually
perfect ... until those ruddy scrollbars appeared. :>)

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Helen W. Lee, Kamloops, British Columbia
Webmaster, Canine Review Magazine: http://www.canine-review.com
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Production & Design, Borzoi Connection


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