I have not working on a site that has the header, nav, and footer running the width of page in a very long time. I am having problems with a space at the top and bottom of the page and my nav is not behaving correctly. When I shrink the page the nav moves to the left and stacks. I don’t want this to happen. The live view is at http://foxdenwebsolutions.com/CACNR/index.html. Please take a look at my code and tell me what I have messed up! Don’t yell at me…I use DW CS5.5 and used one of its HTML5 layouts to start me out. I know I messed up somewhere, I just can’t find it. I also know the sidebar, content, and aside are not alligned correctly. That is another fix to work on. I have included a mockup of what I am building.
The HTML
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<link href="css/cacnr.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<!--[if lt IE 9]>
<script src="http://html5shiv.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script>
<![endif]-->
</head>
<body>
<div id="container">
<div id="header">
<h1>Centennial Airport Community Roundtable</h1>
</div> <!--end header-->
<div id="nav_container">
<div id="nav">
<ul>
<li><a href="#">Link one</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link two</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link three</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link four</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link five</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link six</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<div id="content_container">
<div id="slider"></div> <!--end image slider-->
<div id="sidebar">
<section>
<h3>Lorem Ipsum</h3>
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Duis ligula lorem, consequat eget, tristique nec, auctor quis, purus. Vivamus ut sem. Fusce aliquam nunc vitae purus. Aenean viverra malesuada libero. Fusce ac quam. Donec neque. Nunc venenatis enim nec quam. Cras faucibus, justo vel accumsan aliquam, tellus dui fringilla quam, in condimentum augue lorem non tellus. Pellentesque id arcu non sem placerat iaculis. Curabitur posuere, pede vitae lacinia accumsan, enim nibh elementum orci, ut volutpat eros sapien nec sapien. Suspendisse neque arcu, ultrices commodo, pellentesque sit amet, ultricies ut, ipsum. Mauris et eros eget erat dapibus mollis. Mauris laoreet posuere odio. Nam ipsum ligula, ullamcorper eu, fringilla at, lacinia ut, augue. Nullam nunc.</p>
<p>Sed et lectus in massa imperdiet tincidunt. Praesent neque tortor, sollicitudin non, euismod a, adipiscing a, est. Mauris diam metus, varius nec, faucibus at, faucibus sollicitudin, lectus. Nam posuere felis ac urna. Vestibulum tempor vestibulum urna. Nullam metus. Vivamus ac purus. Nullam interdum ullamcorper libero. Morbi vehicula imperdiet justo. Etiam mollis fringilla ante. Donec et dui. Class aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent per conubia nostra, per inceptos hymenaeos. Etiam mi libero, luctus nec, blandit ac, rutrum ac, lectus.</p>
</section>
</div> <!-- end sidebar -->
<div id="content">
<section>
<h3>Lorem Ipsum</h3>
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Duis ligula lorem, consequat eget, tristique nec, auctor quis, purus. Vivamus ut sem. Fusce aliquam nunc vitae purus. Aenean viverra malesuada libero. Fusce ac quam. Donec neque. Nunc venenatis enim nec quam. Cras faucibus, justo vel accumsan aliquam, tellus dui fringilla quam, in condimentum augue lorem non tellus. Pellentesque id arcu non sem placerat iaculis. Curabitur posuere, pede vitae lacinia accumsan, enim nibh elementum orci, ut volutpat eros sapien nec sapien. Suspendisse neque arcu, ultrices commodo, pellentesque sit amet, ultricies ut, ipsum. Mauris et eros eget erat dapibus mollis. Mauris laoreet posuere odio. Nam ipsum ligula, ullamcorper eu, fringilla at, lacinia ut, augue. Nullam nunc.</p>
<p>Sed et lectus in massa imperdiet tincidunt. Praesent neque tortor, sollicitudin non, euismod a, adipiscing a, est. Mauris diam metus, varius nec, faucibus at, faucibus sollicitudin, lectus. Nam posuere felis ac urna. Vestibulum tempor vestibulum urna. Nullam metus. Vivamus ac purus. Nullam interdum ullamcorper libero. Morbi vehicula imperdiet justo. Etiam mollis fringilla ante. Donec et dui. Class aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent per conubia nostra, per inceptos hymenaeos. Etiam mi libero, luctus nec, blandit ac, rutrum ac, lectus.</p>
<p>Morbi consequat felis vitae enim. Nunc nec lacus. Vestibulum odio. Morbi egestas, urna et mollis bibendum, enim tellus posuere justo, eget elementum purus urna nec lacus. Nullam in nulla. Praesent ac lorem. Donec metus risus, accumsan ut, mollis non, porttitor eget, mi. Aliquam aliquet, tortor a elementum aliquam, erat odio sodales eros, suscipit blandit lectus dolor sit amet elit. In eros wisi, mollis vitae, tincidunt in, suscipit id, nibh. Class aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent per conubia nostra, per inceptos hymenaeos. Phasellus ornare. Suspendisse potenti. Mauris convallis. Vestibulum nec mauris in augue porta mollis. Proin ut nunc. Mauris aliquam dui eget purus.</p>
<p>Sed et lectus in massa imperdiet tincidunt. Praesent neque tortor, sollicitudin non, euismod a, adipiscing a, est. Mauris diam metus, varius nec, faucibus at, faucibus sollicitudin, lectus. Nam posuere felis ac urna. Vestibulum tempor vestibulum urna. Nullam metus. Vivamus ac purus. Nullam interdum ullamcorper libero. Morbi vehicula imperdiet justo. Etiam mollis fringilla ante. Donec et dui. Class aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent per conubia nostra, per inceptos hymenaeos. Etiam mi libero, luctus nec, blandit ac, rutrum ac, lectus.</p>
</section>
</div> <!-- end content -->
<div id="aside">
<section>
<h3>Lorem Ipsum</h3>
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Duis ligula lorem, consequat eget, tristique nec, auctor quis, purus. Vivamus ut sem. Fusce aliquam nunc vitae purus. Aenean viverra malesuada libero. Fusce ac quam. Donec neque. Nunc venenatis enim nec quam. Cras faucibus, justo vel accumsan aliquam, tellus dui fringilla quam, in condimentum augue lorem non tellus. Pellentesque id arcu non sem placerat iaculis. Curabitur posuere, pede vitae lacinia accumsan, enim nibh elementum orci, ut volutpat eros sapien nec sapien. Suspendisse neque arcu, ultrices commodo, pellentesque sit amet, ultricies ut, ipsum. Mauris et eros eget erat dapibus mollis. Mauris laoreet posuere odio. Nam ipsum ligula, ullamcorper eu, fringilla at, lacinia ut, augue. Nullam nunc.</p>
<p>Sed et lectus in massa imperdiet tincidunt. Praesent neque tortor, sollicitudin non, euismod a, adipiscing a, est. Mauris diam metus, varius nec, faucibus at, faucibus sollicitudin, lectus. Nam posuere felis ac urna. Vestibulum tempor vestibulum urna. Nullam metus. Vivamus ac purus. Nullam interdum ullamcorper libero. Morbi vehicula imperdiet justo. Etiam mollis fringilla ante. Donec et dui. Class aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent per conubia nostra, per inceptos hymenaeos. Etiam mi libero, luctus nec, blandit ac, rutrum ac, lectus.</p>
</section>
</div> <!-- end aside -->
</div> <!--end content container-->
<div id="footer">
<p class=footer>copyright © 2012 Centennial Airport Community Noise Roundtable</p>
</div> <!--end footer-->
</div> <!--end container-->
</body>
</html>
The CSS
@charset "utf-8";
body {
font: 100%/1.4 Tamoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
background: #B3A693;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
ul, ol, dl {
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
}
h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p {
margin-top: 15px;
padding-right: 15px;
padding-left: 15px;
}
h1 {
text-indent: -9000px;
background-image: url(../images/header.png);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: center top;
height: 450px;
}
h2 {
background: url(../images/post_header.png);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
text-indent: -9000px;
height: 42px;
width: 362px;
margin-left: 30px;
}
.footer {
padding: 25px;
color: #fff;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 12px;
font-style: italic;
font-weight: bold;
}
a img {
border: none;
}
a:link {
color: #42413C;
text-decoration: underline;
}
a:visited {
color: #6E6C64;
text-decoration: underline;
}
a:hover, a:active, a:focus {
text-decoration: none;
}
#container {
width: 100%;
margin: auto;
padding: 0;
overflow: hidden;
}
#header {
margin: auto;
padding: 0;
background-image: url(../images/header_bg.png);
background-repeat: repeat-x;
height: 474px;
}
#nav {
margin: auto;
padding: 0;
background-image: url(../images/menu_bg.png);
background-repeat: repeat-x;
height: 76px;
width: 100%;
overflow: hidden;
}
#nav_container ul {
height: 76px;
width: 100%;
padding-left: 15px;
padding-top: 11px;
float: left;
font-family: Tahoma, helvetica, sans-serif;
}
#nav_container ul li {
display: inline;
}
#nav_container ul li a {
color: #FFF;
text-decoration: none;
border-right: 1px solid #000;
padding-top: 2px;
padding-right: 50px;
padding-bottom: 2px;
padding-left: 130px;
}
#nav_container ul li a:hover {
color: #F03;
}
#slider {
background-image: url(../images/image_slider.png);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
height: 379px;
width: 731px;
margin-left: 125px;
}
#content_container {
margin: auto;
padding: 0;
width: 1012px;
background-image: url(../images/content_bg.png);
background-repeat: repeat-y;
overflow: hidden;
}
#sidebar {
float: left;
padding: 5px;
width: 175px;
margin-left: 20px;
}
#content {
padding: 5px;
width: 350px;
float: left;
margin-left: 20px;
}
#aside {
float:left;
padding: 5px;
width: 175px;
margin-left: 20px;
}
#footer {
clear: both;
background-image: url(../images/footer_bg.png);
background-repeat: repeat-x;
height: 263px;
width: 100%;
overflow: hidden;
}
header, section, footer, aside, nav, article, figure {
display: block;
}