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CSS Help : How do I do CSSMenu left + 2 columns? [solved]

Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 11:43 am
by djkirstyjay
Hi!

I am trying to change the layout of a new site I'm putting together and I can't for the life of me work out how to have it so that the CSSMenu is on the left with 2 Columns, one for content and one for small banners, next to it.

This is what I'm trying to do : http://www.tenerifeforum.com/tenerife-f ... index.html

and this is what I currently have in the CMSMS : http://www.tenerife-forum.co.uk/cmsms// ... ?page=home

Notice how the banner area displays directly to the right of the menu, rather than on the right-hand side.

I have tried a 'float: right;' and 'margin-left: 640px' commands in the div, but I can't get it to work.

Does anyone have any ideas what I am doing wrong?

The code for the template is as follows :






{sitename} - {title}


{metadata}


{stylesheet}


{cms_selflink dir="start" rellink=1}
{cms_selflink dir="prev" rellink=1}
{cms_selflink dir="next" rellink=1}



{literal}

=b){nw=b+"px";}if(w



#pagewrapper {width:expression(P7_MinMaxW(720,950));}
#container {height: 1%;}


{/literal}














   
   
      {anchor anchor='menu_vert' title='Skip to navigation' accesskey='n' text='Skip to navigation'}
      {anchor anchor='main' title='Skip to content' accesskey='s' text='Skip to content'}
   
   


   
   


Welcome!

Tenerife Forum - Guide To Tenerife - Tenerife Biggest Online Community For Tourists & Residents
Come and join the Tenerife Forum today!
 


 


 
 
        {breadcrumbs starttext='You are here' root='Home' delimiter='»'}
 
 
 

 
 
          {cms_selflink dir="start" text="$sitename"}
 
 
 





 
 


 

     
     
        Navigation
        {menu template='cssmenu.tpl'}
     
     
     

     
     
        Sponsors
        {cms_module module='Banners' category=''}
     
     
     

     
     
        {print showbutton=true script=true}
        {title}
        {content}


       


{anchor anchor='main' text='^ Top'}

       
            {cms_selflink dir="previous" label="Previous page: "}

            {cms_selflink dir="next"}
       
       


     
     


 

 
 


 
 
      {global_content name='footer'}
   
 



and the stylesheet is as follows :
/*****************
browsers interpret margin and padding a little differently,
we'll remove all default padding and margins and
set them later on
******************/
* {
margin:0;
padding:0;
}

/*
Set initial font styles
*/
body {
  text-align: left;
  font: 76% Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;
  line-height: 1em;
}

/*
set font size for all divs,
this overrides some body rules
*/
div {
  font-size: 1em;
}

/*
if img is inside "a" it would have
borders, we don't want that
*/
img {
  padding: 1px;
  display:inline;
  background: #ffffff;
  border: 3px double #BBCEFF;
}

/*
default link styles
*/
/* set all links to have underline and bluish color */
a,
a:link {
  text-decoration: none;
/* css validation will give a warning if color is set without background color. this will explicitly tell this element to inherit bg colour from parent element */
  color: #286ea0;
}

a:active {
  text-decoration: underline;
/* css validation will give a warning if color is set without background color. this will explicitly tell this element to inherit bg colour from parent element */
  color: #286ea0;
}

a:visited {
  text-decoration: none;
  color: #286ea0;                /* a different color can be used for visited links */
}


/* remove underline on hover and change color */
a:hover {
  text-decoration: none;
  background-color: #C3D4DF;
  color: #385C72;
}

/*****************
basic layout
*****************/
body {
  background: #FFFFFF url(uploads/tenerife-forum-guide-images/bg.gif) top center repeat-y;
  color: #333;
  margin:1em; /* gives some air for the pagewrapper */
}

/* center wrapper, width */
div#pagewrapper {
  border: 0;
  margin: 0 auto;    /* this centers wrapper */
  width: 800px;
  background-color: #fff;;
  color: 303030;
}


/*** header ***
we will hide text and replace it with a image
we need to assign a height for it
*/

div#topheader {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  height: 45px;         
}

#topheader h1 {
  width: 250px;
  margin: 0 0 10px 0;
  float: left;
}

#topheader p {
  width: 550px;
  float: right;
  text-align: center;
  color: #a0a0a0;
  margin: 0 0 10px 0;
  font-size: 0.8em;
  line-height: 1.2em;
}

div#header {
  margin: 20px 0 0 0;
  padding: 0;
  height: 30px;         
}

div#header h1 a {
/* you can set your own image here */
  background: #385C72 url(uploads/tenerife-forum-guide-images/tenerife_forum_guide_main_banner.jpg) no-repeat 0 0px;
  display: block;
  height: 90px;            /* adjust according your image size */
  text-indent: -999em;  /* this hides the text */
  text-decoration:none; /* old firefox would have shown underline for the link, this explicitly hides it */
}

div#search {
  float: right;
  width: 23em;    /* enough width for the search input box */
  text-align: right;
  padding: 0.6em 0 0 0;
  margin: 0 1em;
}

div.breadcrumbs {
  padding: 1em 0 0.5em 0; /* CSS short hand rule first value is top then right, bottom and left */
  font-size: 90%;            /* its good to set fontsizes to be relative, this way viewer can change his/her fontsize */
  margin: 0 1em;              /* css shorthand rule will be opened to be "0 1em 0 1em" */
}

div#content {
  margin: 6em auto 2em 0; /* some air above and under menu and content */
}

div#main {
  margin-left: 160px; /* this will give room for sidebar to be on the left side, make sure this space is bigger than sidebar width */
  margin-right: 10px; /* and some air on the right */
  border-left: 1px solid #286ea0;
  border-right: 1px solid #286ea0;
  padding: 0 10px 0 10px;
  text-align: left;
  width: 400px; 
}


div#sidebar {
  float: left;  /* set sidebar on the left side. Change to right to float it right instead. */
  width: 150px;    /* sidebar width, if you change this please also change #main margins */
  display: inline;  /* FIX ie doublemargin bug */
  margin-left: 0;
}

/* if sidebar doesnt include menu but content add class="hascontent" */
div#sidebar.hascontent {
  padding: 0 1%;
  width: 150px;  /* make width smaller if there's padding, or it will get too wide for the floated divs in IE */
}

div#ads {
  width: 150px;    /* sidebar width, if you change this please also change #main margins */
  display: inline;  /* FIX ie doublemargin bug */
  margin-left: 10px;
  float: right;
}

div#footer {
  clear:both;      /* keep footer below content and menu */
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 10px 0 0 0;
  border-top: 4px solid #286ea0;
  width: 760px;
  text-align: center;
  color: #808080;
  font-size: 0.9em;
}

div#footer p {
  font-size: 0.8em;
  padding: 1.5em;      /* some air for footer */
  text-align: center; /* centered text */
  margin:0;
}

div#footer p a {
  color: #808080; /* needed because footer link would be same color as background otherwise */
}

/* as we hid all hr for accessibility we create new hr with extra div element */
div.hr {
  height: 1px;
  margin: 1em;
  border-bottom: 1px dotted black;
}

/* relational links under content */
div.left49 {
  float: left;
  width: 49%;  /* 50% for both left and right might lead to rounding error on some browser */
}

div.right49 {
  float: right;
  width: 49%;
  text-align: right;
}




/********************
CONTENT STYLING
*********************/
div#content {

}

/* HEADINGS */
div#content h1 {
  font-size: 2em;  /* font size for h1 */
  line-height: 1em;
  margin: 0;
}
div#content h2 {
  font-size: 1.4em;
  color: #286ea0;
    text-align: left;
/* some air around the text */
  padding-left: 0.5em;
  padding-bottom: 1px;
/* set borders around header */
  border-bottom: 1px solid #286ea0;
  line-height: 1.5em;
/* and some air under the border */
  margin: 0 0 0.5em 0;
}
div#content h3 {
  color: #286ea0;
  font-size: 1.3em;
  line-height: 1.3em;
  margin: 0 0 0.5em 0;
}
div#content h4 {
  color: #286ea0;
  font-size: 1.2em;
  line-height: 1.3em;
  margin: 0 0 0.25em 0;
}
div#content h5 {
  font-size: 1.1em;
  line-height: 1.3em;
  margin: 0 0 0.25em 0;
}
h6 {
  font-size: 1em;
  line-height: 1.3em;
  margin: 0 0 0.25em 0;
}
/* END HEADINGS */

/* TEXT */
p {
  font-size: 1em;
  margin: 0 0 1.5em 0;  /* some air around p elements */
  line-height:1.4em;
  padding: 0;
}
blockquote {
  border-left: 10px solid #ddd;
  margin-left: 10px;
}
pre {
  font-family: monospace;
  font-size: 1.0em;
}
strong, b {
/* explicit setting for these */
  font-weight: bold;
}
em, i {
/* explicit setting for these */
  font-style:italic;
}

/* Wrapping text in tags. Makes CSS not validate */
code, pre {
white-space: pre-wrap;      /* css-3 */
white-space: -moz-pre-wrap;  /* Mozilla, since 1999 */
white-space: -pre-wrap;      /* Opera 4-6 */
white-space: -o-pre-wrap;    /* Opera 7 */
word-wrap: break-word;      /* Internet Explorer 5.5+ */
font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;
font-size: 1em;
}

pre {
  border: 1px solid #000;  /* black border for pre blocks */
  background-color: #ddd;
  margin: 0 1em 1em 1em;
  padding: 0.5em;
  line-height: 1.5em;
  font-size: 90%;  /* smaller font size, as these are usually not so important data */
}

/* END TEXT */

/* LISTS */
div#main ul,
div#main ol,
div#main dl {
  font-size: 1.0em;
  line-height:1.4em;
  margin: 0 0 1.5em 0;
}
div#main ul li,
div#main ol li {
  margin: 0 0 0.25em 3em;
}

div#dl dt {
  font-weight: bold;
  margin: 0 0 0.25em 3em;
}
div#dl dd {
  margin: 0 0 0 3em;
}
/* END LISTS */

Re: CSS Help : How do I do CSSMenu left + 2 columns?

Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 1:16 pm
by djkirstyjay
Scratch that... I have just been looking through the 'themes' site to see if there were and designs I could look at the CSS of and try and figure it out, and guess what? The theme we have used (but changed the colours of a bit) is there!!!

What fun ;D I can now just change the CSS a bit to match.

Re: CSS Help : How do I do CSSMenu left + 2 columns? [solved]

Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 10:00 am
by sonictrip
I've been trying to do a column layout now for the last 2 weeks and still no replies to my posts... what template did you find the css code in? Thanks.