View Full Version : DIV expanding tables?


Totter
07-19-2004, 01:12 PM
Ok, I've set up my layout using tables. And thats the only tihng I need the tables for. Then I've used CSS to set some invisable boxes for the text. The reason I've done this, is 1. I can use SSI for the layout, and 2. My text doesent overlap the border of my layout (as the boarder is a part of the image I've set as background for the table.) So I've made a .css dokument with my boxes, and placed the DIV in my HTML code. For exampel, heres the code for one of my boxes in the CSS code:
#center {
position: absolute;
top: 261px;
left: 50px;
width: 570px;
margin-left: 230px;
margin-right: 230px;
border-style: solid;
border-color: #009900;
border-width: 0px;
}
And the belonging DIV in my HTML code:
<div id="center">
whatever whatever whatever whatever whatever whatever whatever whatever whatever
</div>

The problem is, that this of course doesent expand the tables of my layout when I enter enough text. This means the text I enter in my DIVs walks out of the layout and onto the background and continues down there.

So my question: is there a way to have the DIV tags automatically expand the tables? Or is there another solution I could use?

Thanks!

saavan
07-19-2004, 03:07 PM
im not sure if im goving the right awnser but ill have a go, okay try making the "width" bigger but then if its too big it might spill out of the content or navigation boc you made for it so you might want to make the content and navigation bigger