DWT, CSS and "sticky" footer

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Eric G

Windows XPP, SP1

FrontPage 2003, SP1







Using Dynamic Web Templates and css, how does one set up a fluid 3/5-column layout, where the footer sticks to the bottom of the display, irrespective of the content being higher or lower than the display space provided between the header and footer?



Any examples?



Best regards,







Eric Green

Stockholm, Sweden
 
Hi Eric,

I am not quite sure what exactly do you want. Based on my experience, using
tables and frames may help in this scenario.

Sincerely,

Arnold Gao

Microsoft Online Partner Support

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Arnold,

I'll try to explain a little bit better.

Most web page have headers and footers. When you scroll down the page, the
header disappears off the top of the display and when you reach the bottom
of the page, the footer appears. Conversely, when you then scroll up the
page, the footer disappears off the bottom of the display, and the header
appears when you reach the top of the page.

How do you make the header and footer stay at the top and bottom of the
display and have the web content scroll up and down in between? For a
particular size of display it's easy, but as we now very little about users
hardware environments, customizing for a particular environment is not an
option. Consequently, I would like to see the header and footer stick to the
top and teh bottom of the display, irrespective of display or browser.

To illustrate my problem further: when you use a word processor, like
Microsoft Word, you, generally speaking, have headers and footers, that
appear fixed at the top and bottom of each page. In a multi page document,
the footer stays att the bootom of each page and does not move down to the
end of the document (in a multi page document, that is).

My question is: how do you get the header and footer, to stay in place at
the top and the bottom of the display, while the text becomes scrollable in
between the header and footer, using FrontPage DWT and/or css?

Best regards,


Eric G
Stockholm, Sweden
 
Either using frames or DHTML and absolute positioning w/ browser window size sensing
- both of which have their problems
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| Arnold,
|
| I'll try to explain a little bit better.
|
| Most web page have headers and footers. When you scroll down the page, the
| header disappears off the top of the display and when you reach the bottom
| of the page, the footer appears. Conversely, when you then scroll up the
| page, the footer disappears off the bottom of the display, and the header
| appears when you reach the top of the page.
|
| How do you make the header and footer stay at the top and bottom of the
| display and have the web content scroll up and down in between? For a
| particular size of display it's easy, but as we now very little about users
| hardware environments, customizing for a particular environment is not an
| option. Consequently, I would like to see the header and footer stick to the
| top and teh bottom of the display, irrespective of display or browser.
|
| To illustrate my problem further: when you use a word processor, like
| Microsoft Word, you, generally speaking, have headers and footers, that
| appear fixed at the top and bottom of each page. In a multi page document,
| the footer stays att the bootom of each page and does not move down to the
| end of the document (in a multi page document, that is).
|
| My question is: how do you get the header and footer, to stay in place at
| the top and the bottom of the display, while the text becomes scrollable in
| between the header and footer, using FrontPage DWT and/or css?
|
| Best regards,
|
|
| Eric G
| Stockholm, Sweden
|
| | > Hi Eric,
| >
| > I am not quite sure what exactly do you want. Based on my experience,
| > using
| > tables and frames may help in this scenario.
| >
| > Sincerely,
| >
| > Arnold Gao
| >
| > Microsoft Online Partner Support
| >
| > When responding to posts, please "Reply to Group" via your newsreader so
| > that others may learn and benefit from your issue.
| >
| > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
| > rights.
| >
| >
|
|
 
Hello Stefan,

Well, I've been experimenting with the windows sizing, but abandoned the
project due to a number of known problems, so I guess this idea will have to
rest for a while.

Thanks for your input.

Best regards,


Eric G
 
Hi Eric,

Ok Eric. You can submit another post here if you start the project again.:)

Sincerely,

Arnold Gao

Microsoft Online Partner Support

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