Ok I'm recreating a PSD I found online for practise. In the header there is a search bar and button. To the right of the button there is extra content taking up space, which I can't get rid of.
I have added a jsfiddle
https://jsfiddle.net/jb7j6ysz/
Please ensure the preview is expanded to the left as much as possible
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Education Compaony</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
<div class="header">
<div class="branding">
<h2>Education Department</h2>
<h5>A free PSD template</h5>
</div> <!-- /.Branding -->
<div class="directory">
<div class="search">
<input type="text">
<input type="submit" value="Search">
</div> <!-- /.Search -->
<div class="index">
<ul>
<li>A - Z index | </li>
<li>Studenet Login | </li>
<li>Staff Login </li>
</ul>
</div> <!-- /.Index -->
</div> <!-- /.Directory -->
</div> <!-- /.Header -->
</body>
</html>
/* Font Import */
#import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Lora');
* {
box-sizing: border-box;
}
body {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
.header{
height: 95px;;
background-color: #FCD05D;
color: #3A302E;
font-family: 'Lora', sans-serif;
}
.branding {
float: left;
margin-left: 200px;
}
.branding h2 {
margin-top: 10px;
text-transform: uppercase;
font-size: 28px;
}
.branding h5 {
margin-top: -20px;
font-size: 16px;
}
.directory {
float: right;
margin-right: 200px;
}
.search {
background-color: black;
border: 5px solid black;
border-radius: 8px;
padding: 1px 0px 5px 12px;
}
.search input[type=text] {
background-color: #FCD05D;
border-radius: 3px;
}
.search input[type=submit] {
background-color: #595657;
color: #FCD05D;
border: 2px solid #595657;
border-radius: 3px;
}
.index ul {
list-style-type: none;
text-decoration: none;
margin-top: -0;
}
.index li {
margin-top: -20px;
font-size: 14px;
display: inline-flex;
word-spacing: 1px;
}
The extra space is coming from the ul where your links are. Since the width is auto, the list section has a greater width than your search section so the search section takes on that width.
You can set padding: 0 to the ul list to reduce some of the space. It has a natural padding to the left. This will still leave some space on the right because of the length of your list. You can set width to the search area to prevent the list from wrapping. Or you could make the search section float left but you will need to adjust padding to make it look symmetrical
Here is an example
https://jsfiddle.net/jb7j6ysz/3/
.search {
background-color: black;
border: 5px solid black;
border-radius: 8px;
padding: 1px 12px 5px 12px;
float: left;
}
.index ul {
list-style-type: none;
text-decoration: none;
margin-top: 0;
padding: 0;
}
I used float for the new fiddle and added padding 0 to the ul. Also adjusted the padding on .search
The index div is in the way. Update your css with this
.index{
position: absolute;
display:block;
left: 40%;
}
The extra space is coming because of your Ul items. Add this in your css
ul{
padding-left:0px;
}
I think your problem is to do with the width of the .index div. Both it and your search bar are contained within the same .directory div. Because both are block-level elements with their width set to the default auto, they take on the width of their parent, which in this case is set by the largest child, the .index div.
By setting the search bar to display: inline-block;, it will only take up as much width as it needs.
.search {
...
display: inline-block;
}
Additionally, the ul used for the .index div has padding-left by default, which you may want to set otherwise.
Related
I'm trying to make the above text (home help customer etc) similar to the one below Home and all in green box with white text and hover effect but I am unable to add the green background and make the words display similar to the once below with a hover effect I have tried some things out but it did not help me out and also I have tried a lot to move the cart to the top right to make it look like a normal shopping website but it didn't work if you guys see any mistakes or suggestions to make it better I would really appreciate it as I am a beginner https://imgur.com/2Bhxzs2
Help fix the top header please refer the image link as it shows were exactly is the green box and all thank youthe image has the header of the website were there are different buttons like guest customer help etc and I am trying to make it like the one underneath in the green box with a hover effect
<html>
<head>
<title>Rajeshri Traders </title>
<link href="CSS/style.css" rel="stylesheet">
</head>
<body>
<div id="wrapper">
<div id="header">
<div id="subheader">
<div class="container">
<p> CCTV Supplier</p>
Guest Consumer Download App
Help
</div>
</div>
<!--==main header==-->
<div id="main-header">
<!--logo-->
<div id="logo">
<span id="ist"></span><span id="iist"> Rajshri Traders</span>
</div>
<!--==search area==-->
<div id="search">
<form action="">
</form>
<input class="search-area" type="text" placeholder="Search here">
<input class="search-btn" type="submit" value="SEARCH">
<!--="user-menu"==-->
<div id="user menu">
</div>
<li>Cart
<li>Login
</div>
</div>
</div>
<!----=====navigation bar==--->
<div id="navigation">
<nav>
Home
New Arrivals
Products
Deals
Accesories
Order
</nav>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
* {
box-sizing: border-box;
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
}
#wrapper {
font-family: tahoma;
}
/*logo styling*/
#main-header {
width: 100%;
height: 125px;
background: #93A7FF;
display: flex;
flex-wrap: no-wrap;
}
#main-header > div {
flex: 1 1 0;
}
#ist {
color: black;
font-size: 65px;
font-weight: bold;
margin-left: 15px;
font-family: fantasy;
}
#iist {
color: black;
font-size: 45px;
font-weight: bold;
margin-left: 15px;
font-family: fantasy;
}
/*searchinga area styling*/
#search {
padding: 20px;
margin-left: 50px;
text-align: center;
}
.search-area {
width: 350px;
height: 30px;
background: #fff;
border: none;
border-radius: 10px;
padding-left: 15px;
}
.search-btn {
width: 65px;
height: 34px;
border-radius: 10px;
border: none;
color: #fff;
background: brown;
margin-left: 15px;
}
/*this is for user menu styling*/
#user-menu {
margin-top: 20px;
margin-right: 20px;
text-align: right;
}
#unser-menu ul {
list-style-type: none;
width: 100%;
}
#user-menu li {
display: inline-block;
padding: 0px 10px;
}
#main-header > div {
flex: 1 1 0;
}
/*this style is for navigation bar */
#navigation{
width: 100%;
height: 35px;
background: #1aaa1a;
float: left;
box-shadow: 10px 14px 45px 3px #1aaa1a;
}
nav{
width: 1200px;
margin: 0 auto;
}
nav a{
margin-left: 35px;
color: white;
text-decoration: none;
}
nav a:hover{
color:#000;
transition: all .7s ease;
}
To give a background colour to your 'home, help, customer etc' text, you need to refer to the element in which they are all included. In this case, they are all contained within the .container class. So by adding styling to the .container class, you'll be adding styling to the div containing the text in question.
Simply add a background colour to the .container class like this:
.container {
background: #1aaa1a;
}
As for the hover effect, you can specify the effect you want for each link of the 'home, help, container etc'. For example, if you want to change the colour of the text when you hover on it, you can do something like this
.container a:hover {
color: black;
}
The .container a is how you reference the links contained in your .container class.
Alright.So you need to see what styling you have applied to the text in the green box. you need to copy the styling you use in #navigation which is the container for everything in the green box. You have included your links in the green box in a nav element, you have then styled the nav element as follows:
nav{
width: 1200px;
margin: 0 auto;
}
nav a{
margin-left: 35px;
color: white;
text-decoration: none;
}
nav a:hover{
color:#000;
transition: all .7s ease;
}
You need to style your links in the .container div in the same way. The easiest way to do this would be to include your home, help, customer links in a nav element as follows:
<div class="container">
<p> CCTV Supplier</p>
<nav>
Guest Consumer
Download App
Help
</nav>
</div>
I am trying to create a 3 column webpage. My bullets for the unordered and ordered lists are not aligning with the corresponding text in the column. Also, for my middle column the text is scrunched together. How do I space the paragraphs apart?
* {
font-family: Melvetica;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
}
body {
background-color: #6B6A67;
}
#container {
width: 920px;
background-color: white;
padding: 10px;
margin-left: auto;
/*will center your page*/
margin-right: auto;
/*will center your page*/
}
h1,
h2 {
text-align: center;
}
li {
text-align: center;
padding: 5px;
}
h4 {
padding: 5px;
text-align: center;
}
/*To style an ID within an ID under it use the parent ID--start with header then call the ID you want to select*/
#container #header {
height: 80px;
background-color: #ADA9A0;
padding-top: 20px;
padding-left: 10px;
padding-right: 20px;
margin-bottom: 5px;
/*To add empty space to bottom of the element*/
}
#container #navigation {
margin-top: 5px;
background-color: #ADA9A0;
color: white;
padding-top: 5px;
padding-bottom: 5px;
border: 2px solid #ADA9A0;
}
#container #content {
background-color: #D9D5CE;
min-height: 300px;
margin-top: 5px;
margin-bottom: 5px;
/*To add empty space to bottom of the element*/
}
#container #content #sidebar1 {
background-color: #ADA9A0;
float: left;
width: 25%;
min-height: 300px;
margin-bottom: 3px;
}
#container #content #column1 {
background-color: white;
min-height: 300px;
margin-bottom: 3px;
width: 50%;
float: left;
margin: 0;
}
#container #content #sidebar2 {
background-color: #ADA9A0;
float: right;
width: 25%;
min-height: 300px;
margin-bottom: 3px;
}
#container #footer {
padding-top: 1px;
border-top: 1px solid black;
}
.CR {
text-align: left;
position: fixed;
}
.Instructor h4 {
text-align: right;
position: fixed right;
}
/*NAV LINKS - add an "a" to style items under the ID'S*/
#container #navigation a {
color: white;
text-decoration: none;
/*gets rid of the underlining effect*/
padding-top: 5px;
padding-bottom: 6px;
padding-left: 10px;
padding-right: 10px;
}
/*To add a hover put a:hover*/
#container #navigation a:hover {
color: red;
background-color: white;
}
#container #content #left {
font-family: Arial;
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="HTML.CSS.css" />
<title>My Portfolio</title>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container">
<div id="header">
<h1> CIS 2336- Internet Applications </h1>
<h2> DeVoll </h2>
</div>
<div id="navigation">
Home
HTML/CSS
PHP
</div>
<div id="content">
<div id="sidebar1">
<h4> Instuctor: Natalia Fofanova </h4>
<ul>
<li>Lectures</li>
<li>Syllabus</li>
<li>Helpful Videos</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div id="column1">
<h2> HTML and CSS </h2>
<p>HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) and CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) are two of the core technologies for bulding a website.
<p>
<p>HTML provides a structure for the page by using "Hypertext" which refers to the hyperlinks that an HTML page may contain. Also, "Markup language" refers to the way tags are used to define the page layout and elements within the page.</p>
<p>CSS provides the visual layout of web pages. They can be used to define text styles, table sizes, and other aspects of Web pages that previously could only be defined in a page's HTML. CSS helps Web developers create a uniform look across
several pages of a Web site. Instead of defining the style of each table and each block of text within a page's HTML, commonly used styles need to be defined only once in a CSS document.</p>
</p>
</div>
<div id="sidebar2">
<h4> Homework and Projects </h4>
<ul>
<li>Module 1</li>
<li>Module 2</li>
<li>Module 3</li>
<li>Welcome Button</li>
<li>2-column Webpage</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<footer>
<div id="footer">
<div class="CR">
<h4> Copyright 2016 </h4>
</div>
<div class="Instructor">
<h4>Copyright Natalie Fofanova </h4>
</div>
</footer>
</body>
</html>
Declare a line-height to the 2nd section.
Example
#second p {
line-height: 20px;
}
http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_dim_line-height.asp
p{
text-align: justify;
text-align-last: left;
padding-left: 10px;
padding-right: 10px;
}
Add this to your CSS hope it will work
As your code should change like the below code:
#content ul{
margin:0;
padding:0;
display:block;
}
#content ul li {
text-align: center;
padding: 0px;
list-style-type:none;/* if you really wants bullets remove this line*/
}
* {
font-family: Melvetica;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
}
body {
background-color: #6B6A67;
line-height:20px;
}
#column1 p{padding:4px;}
.clearfix{clear:both;}
To change your min-height should be min-height: 320px; instead of 300px.
You want to more clarity in this question. please tell me we will suggest some more points.
i will update your code jsfiddle.
Demo
p{
padding: 0 0 10px 0;
}
just padding down would make sure space between all paragraph
I am new to web designing and I am currently designing a website for my college project.Right now, I am facing a problem which is as follow:-
When I resize the browser window,specially when i resize the browser window to a small size, the div elements jumps out of it's normal flow and everything gets scattered on giving width:100% value in my container id of CSS.
But as as i give the width of the wrapper id in pixels(say 960px), everything works and looks fine. But i want to design a full width browser window website so that it can adjust on any browser window size Please tell me how it can be done.
jsfiddle link is http://jsfiddle.net/9BuHt/3/
My CSS code is as under:-
I am new to web designing and I am currently designing a website for my college project. Right now, I am facing a problem which is as follows:
When I resize the browser window, specially when I resize the browser window to a small size, the div elements jumps out of its normal flow and everything gets scattered on giving width:100% value in my container id of CSS.
But as as I give the width of the wrapper id in pixels(say 960px), everything works and looks fine. But I want to design a full width browser window website so that it can adjust on any browser window size. Please tell me how it can be done. My CSS code is as follows:
html {
height: 100%;
width: 100%;
}
body {
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
background-color: #e9e5e5;
}
* {
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
}
#container {
min-height: 300px;
margin: 0 auto;
width: 1400px;
}
#header {
height: 150px;
width: 100%;
}
#logo {
padding-top: 10px;
padding-left: 20px;
float: left;
}
#header #title_panel {
float: left;
padding-top: 25px;
min-width: 60px;
}
#header #title_panel h1 {
color: #125ab4;
font-size: 36px;
}
#header #title_panel p {
color: #f5071d;
font-size: 20px;
font-family: "Comic Sans MS", cursive;
}
#search_panel {
margin: 10px 0px 0px 80px;
float: left;
width: 180px;
position: relative
}
#search_panel img {
float: right;
margin-top: -20px;
z-index: 1;
}
#search_field, #usrnam_field, #pwd_field {
border-radius: 20px;
color: #999;
padding-left: 4px;
s
}
#login_panel {
float: right;
width: 520px;
margin: 10px 200px 0px 0px;
min-height: 40px;
}
#login_btn, #signup_btn {
height: 20px;
width: 70px;
border-radius: 30px;
background: #125ab4;
text-align: center;
color: #FFF;
font-weight: bold;
font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;
font-size: 14px;
.
}
#login_btn {
float: right;
margin-top: -20px;
text-decoration: none;
}
#signup_btn {
margin: 0 auto;
}
#header h3 {
text-align: center;
padding-right: 20px;
color: #125ab4;
}
#sidebar {
min-height: 200px;
width: 136px;
margin-top: -20px;
border: solid 1px #999999;
background: #FFF;
}
#sidebar_header {
height: 32px;
background-color: #009933;
}
#sidebar_header h2 {
text-align: center;
text-decoration: none;
color: #FFF;
vertical-align: middle;
text-decoration: none;
padding-top: 2px;
}
#sidebar_header img {
position: absolute;
float: left;
margin-left: 15px;
}
#sidebar ul {
list-style: none;
}
#sidebar ul a {
text-decoration: none;
text-transform: uppercase;
font-size: 16px;
font-weight: bold;
color: #009933;
}
#sidebar ul li {
padding-top: 15px;
text-align: center;
display: block;
vertical-align: middle;
}
#sidebar a:hover {
background-color: #009933;
padding: 10px 5px 10px 5px;
color: #FFF;
}
And the html code is as under:-
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>App Store-The one stock shop for all</title>
<link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
</head>
<body>
<div id="wrapper">
<div id="header">
<div id="logo"><img src="images/logo.png" width="100" height="100" alt="logo"></div>
<div id="title_panel">
<h1>App Store</h1>
<p>The one stock shop for all</p>
</div>
<div id="search_panel">
<form action="" method="post">
<input name="search" type="text" value="Search..." id="search_field">
</form>
<img src="images/Search_icon.png" width="22" height="22" alt="SearchIcon"> </div>
<div id="login_panel">
<form action="" method="post">
<input name="usrname" type="text" value="Username" size="30" id="usrnam_field">
<input name="psswrd" type="text" value="Password" size="30" id="pwd_field">
</form>
<a href="#">
<div id="login_btn">Login</div>
</a>
<h3> </h3>
<h3>Not a member yet?</h3>
<a href="#">
<div id="signup_btn"> Signup</div>
</a>
</div>
</div>
<div id="sidebar">
<div id="sidebar_header"> <img src="images/logo_small.png" width="22" height="28" alt="logoIcon">
<h2 style="">Store</h2>
</div>
<ul>
<li>Technologies</li>
<li>Categories</li>
<li>Developers</li>
<li>Apps</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
There are cases where you need to specifically fix small browser windows(this just might be one of them)
.myClass {
width: 50%;
}
but at small sizes, 50% is not big enough and we make it 100%
#media (max-width: 600px) {
.myClass {
width: 100%;
}
}
so when the browser window is less than 600px, we fix it.
here are common device sizes http://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/media-queries-for-standard-devices/
EDIT
after creating an html file of the code and looking at it, it looks like you have a 100% header with some floating elements in it.
under that you have a float left sidebar.
2 fixes that make it look a bit better are:
clear: both; on your #sidebar
and use max-width instead of width on your login_panel
so clear: both will make sure that it accounts for any element floating left or right.
max-width means that the login_panel won't get too big when the screen is huge, but when the screen it small, it won't go off-screen.
As I correctly understand you. You are need to create a fluid markup for any device support. So look to my example and try to adapt your code the same way.
So, for example you need #wrapper width = 960px for desktops and full sized content on mobile devises (if device width < 960px). So your code must be:
HTML
#wrapper {
max-width:960px;
margin:0 auto;
overflow:hidden // if you have float elements inside wrapper
}
If you have a question - welcome
In each list item I have a text box within a div element.
<html>
<body>
<!-- Window -->
<div id="sample_container_id">
<div class="bucket" id="defaultBucket">
<h3>Default Bucket</h3>
<input type="button" value="Add" class="button">
<div class="innerBucket">
<ul id="tasks">
<li>
<div class="TaskDiv">
<input type="text" class="TaskTextInput">
</div>
</li>
<li>
<div class="TaskDiv">
<input type="text" class="TaskTextInput">
</div>
</li>
<li>
<div class="TaskDiv">
<input type="text" class="TaskTextInput">
</div>
</li>
</ul>
</div> <!-- innerBucket -->
</div> <!-- defaultBucket -->
</div>
</body>
</html>
This is the result:
body
{
background-color: #F8F8F8;
font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;
font-size: 14px;
font-weight: normal;
line-height: 1.2em;
margin: 15px;
}
h1, p
{
color: #333;
}
#sample_container_id
{
width: 100%;
height: 400px;
position: relative;
border: 1px solid #ccc;
background-color: #fff;
margin: 0px;
}
.innerBucket
{
width: 290px;
height: 355px;
margin-top: 40px;
margin-left: 5px;
position: relative;
background-color: white;
}
.bucket
{
width: 300px;
height: 400px;
background-color: #ddd;
position: absolute;
}
.bucket h3
{
float: left;
padding-left: 10px;
padding-top: -10px;
}
.bucket ul
{
margin: 0;
padding-left: 30px;
position: relavtive;
list-style: none;
}
.bucket ul li
{
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
text-indent: 0.5em;
margin-left: -0.5em;
display: block;
position: relative;
}
.bucket .button
{
background-color:#fbb450;
border:1px solid #c97e1c;
float: right;
margin: 5px;
display:inline-block;
color:#ffffff;
font-family:Trebuchet MS;
font-size:17px;
font-weight:bold;
padding:2px 11px;
text-decoration:none;
text-shadow:0px 1px 0px #8f7f24;
}
Result
As you may notice the first item is indented, and I would like the list items to all be aligned on the left. How do I fix this with the CSS (there probably is a lot of things wrong with my CSS, I was trying everything)?
EDIT
I added some more code. You should be able to replicate the problem now.
I didn't want to post a wall of code :)
Solution
I found the solution to the problem. The problem was actually the <h3> element. The bottom margin was forcing the first element off to the side.
Adding this fixed the problem:
.bucket h3
{
...
margin-bottom: 0;
}
Don't float the divs, if you do make sure to clear them or you get
what FakeRainBrigand got in his pen.
Spell relative right For that
matter take the positioning out of that code, it's pointless.
list items by definition are block elements, you don't need to declare
that either.
Close your input tags.
The float is likely the issue, pushing the divs against some invisible element.
.TaskDiv
{
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
ul
{
margin: 0;
padding-left: 30px;
list-style: none;
}
ul li
{
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
text-indent: 0.5em;
margin-left: -0.5em;
}
Example: http://jsfiddle.net/calder12/Yw4tB/
I found the solution to my own problem. The issue was the margin of the header forcing the div over (see the end of my question). The solution was simple once I figured that out.
Simply adding this to the h3 styling fixed my problem:
margin-bottom: 0;
As I am transitioning from using template layouts to writing my own css scripts, I have run into many issues, but there's one preventing me from continuing. I have successfully created a 3 column layout with floating divs, however upon browser re-size the right column overlays the middle div. I have imported the script found on Div sections shifts when i resize the window with no success. Basically I want the layout to behave like the current one, at http://www.allstarselectric.com , but using %. I am using % for cross resolution support, so is there a workaround/solution, or are pixels absolutely necessary? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
CSS:
body {
height: 100%;
width: 100%;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
color: #666;
font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;
font-size: 13px;
line-height: 1.7em;
background-color: #4a4d51;
background-image: url(images/templatemo_body.jpg);
background-repeat: repeat-x;
background-position: top
}
.content{
position: fixed;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
background-image: url(images/templatemo_body.jpg);
}
.contentbody{
float: left;
width: 70%;
height: 100%;
}
.wrapper {
width:100%
}
.sidebar{
float: left;
width: 15%;
height: 100%;
border: 0px solid #BBB;
background-color:#dddddd;
}
.sidebar li{
list-style-type:none;
margin:0;
padding:0;
}
.sidebar2{
float: left;
width: 15%;
height: 100%;
border: 0px solid #BBB;
background-color:#dddddd;
}
.sidebar2 li{
list-style-type:none;
text-align: center;
margin:0;
padding:0;
}
.chromestyle{
width: 100%;
font-weight: bold;
}
.chromestyle:after{ /*Adds margin between menu and rest of content in Firefox*/
content: ".";
display: block;
height: 0;
clear: both;
visibility: hidden;
}
/*Affects the background/menustyle*/
.chromestyle ul{
border: 0px solid #BBB;
width: 730px;
height: 45px;
background: url(imgs/navm.jpg) center center no-repeat; /*THEME CHANGE HERE*/
padding: 0 15px;
margin: 0;
text-align: left; /*set value to "left", "center", or "right"*/
}
.chromestyle ul li{
display: inline;
}
/*Affects menu text*/
.chromestyle ul li a{
float: left;
display: block;
color: #000;
padding: 8px 20px;
margin: 0 1px 0 0;
text-decoration: none;
border: none;
}
.chromestyle ul li a:hover, .chromestyle ul li a.selected{ /*script dynamically adds a class of "selected" to the current active menu item*/
color: #fff;
background: #ff0011
center center repeat-x; /*THEME CHANGE HERE*/
}
.current { color: #fff; background: ; }
/* ######### Style for Drop Down Menu ######### */
.dropmenudiv{
position:absolute;
top: 0;
border: 1px solid #BBB; /*THEME CHANGE HERE*/
border-bottom-width: 0;
font:normal 12px Verdana;
line-height:18px;
z-index:100;
background-color: #d5a30b;
width: 200px;
visibility: hidden;
}
.dropmenudiv a{
width: auto;
display: block;
text-indent: 3px;
border-bottom: 1px solid #BBB; /*THEME CHANGE HERE*/
padding: 2px 0;
text-decoration: none;
font-weight: bold;
color: black;
}
* html .dropmenudiv a{ /*IE only hack*/
width: 100%;
}
.dropmenudiv a:hover{ /*THEME CHANGE HERE*/
background-color: #F0F0F0;
}
HTML:
<html>
<head>
<title>Allstars Electric</title>
<meta name="keywords" content="electricians," />
<meta name="description" content="Electrical Contractor DFW" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css" />
<script src="js/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/drop.js">
</script>
<style type="text/css">
<!--
.style2 {color: #FFFF00}
.style3 {
font-size: 36px
}
-->
</style>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!--
function JumpToIt(list) {
var newPage = list.options[list.selectedIndex].value
if (newPage != "None") {
location.href=newPage
}
}
//-->
</SCRIPT>
</head>
<body>
<div class="wrapper">
<div class="sidebar" id="sidebar"><li>home</li></div>
<div class="contentbody">
<center>
<div class="chromestyle" id="chromemenu">
<ul>
<li>Home</li>
<li>Special Offers</li>
<li>Services</li>
<li>About Us</li>
<li>Contact</li>
<li>Themes</li>
</ul>
</div>
<!--1st drop down menu -->
<div id="dropmenu1" class="dropmenudiv">
1
2
3
4
5
</div>
<!--2nd drop down menu -->
<div id="dropmenu2" class="dropmenudiv" style="width: 150px;">
Electrical
Heating & Air Conditioning
</div>
<!--3rd drop down menu -->
<div id="dropmenu3" class="dropmenudiv" style="width: 150px;">
Dark
Light
</div>
<!-- Dropdown End -->
<br><tr>text/other</br></tr>
</center>
</body>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sidebar2" id="sidebar2"><li>Home</li>
<script type="text/javascript">
cssdropdown.startchrome("chromemenu")
</script>
</div>
</body>
</html>
In your CSS, you have a fixed width set for .chromestyle ul. Change that width to a %, and that should fix your problem.
The first answer to the article you linked provides you with the most reasonable solution: "You can wrap around the two divs with another div of a minimum width you want the page to be viewed in." There isn't much point in trying to fit a page to a 320x240 browser; scroll bars can't be avoided in that kind of resolution.
Something like this
.foowrap { min-width: 550px; width: 100%; overflow:auto; }
.foo { width:30%; float:left; }
<div class="foowrap">
<div class="foo">bar</div>
<div class="foo">baz</div>
<div class="foo">bum</div>
</div>
Then make sure that the total minimum width of the divs inside (class foo in the example) is not more than the min-width you set. Watch out for borders especially.
By the way, you have two </body> and you're using <center>, both of which are things you should avoid. This bit doesn't make much sense either: <br><tr>text/other</br></tr>