HTML - Docked element - html

I have designed a simple website. The only thing left is to make a small box on the left. But I want to be always visible even when I scroll down. It's use will be something like a small ad. ![floating box][1]
Can you post an example or two? what css is needed for this? (if it's needed)
unfortunately I can't post any images because of I am a new user (I am not allowed to.. and this kinda frustrating)
But I will post an image as soon as possible.

You should apply position: fixed to this box.
Fixed Positioning
An element with fixed position is positioned relative to the browser
window.
It will not move even if the window is scrolled.
Here's a sample: http://www.w3schools.com/css/tryit.asp?filename=trycss_position_fixed
You can read more about CSS positioning here: http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_positioning.asp
Here's a jsFiddle that I baked for your that shows how you can get this working: http://jsfiddle.net/leniel/8ub7s/2/
You can see that even when you scroll, the title is still visible and if you hover it, the ad box will show. Just adapt the CSS to your needs as you want it floated to the left. :)

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Sidebar height not 100%

I am using this example and copied the same exact code but for some reason my page has a gap between the top of the page and the sidebar as shown in the picture.
I tied absolute and fixed positioning. The height in css is already set to 100%.
What do I need to do to close that gap ?
Without looking at the actual html/css it's hard to guess what the problem is, however from the small strip of bookmarks in your screenshot it looks like you are using Chrome browser which will allow you to "Right Click -> Inspect Element" on the sidebar.
This will let you adjust the css properties live in the browser, from here if you click on the "Computed" tab you will be able to see all the CSS properties that are affecting the div.
I would recommend looking at the margin, padding and top property of the div.

Responsive content wrap when using position absolute footer

Working on a new design using bootstrap3 and trying to stretch the page so that even if there's not enough content to fill the page, the footer section would stay to the bottom.
The reason why I'm using position absolute, is because there's a link from the billing software that's being added within the content, I don't want to remove the link but position it a bit to the bottom in the footer section, in the center bottom, thus since I can't control where this will appear(do know where appears, just can't control), using position absolute on the specific element helps me here.
Now, that's not issue, just saying why I need to use position absolute and why I made the divs like this:
wrapper
>>wrapper_content
>>wrapper_footer
fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/raicabogdan/jsk1b7ua/4/
the footer section is properly set to the bottom, however for some reason, the wrapper_content does not go 100% height automatically on load or on window resize. Also if you resize to mobile view, content will go down few table rows.
The content goes under the footer section.
What am I doing wrong here? Left a fiddle of the html page along with some css that I felt were needed above.
Hope there's someone that could get me out of this.
Cheers.
Try this link. I have used this method to get the footer to stay at the bottom of the window.
http://ryanfait.com/sticky-footer/

How to design HTML content like fixed backgrounds with scrolling effects?

This is an example of the effect I'm trying to acheive only without using images.
I want to create these screens that take up the entire screen like in the example. But instead of using background images to keep the content position, I'd like to use any HTML content within these screens. I'd also like to eventually ad a parallax effect similar to this.
So let's break it down. I got these background images on these screen elements. The background is fixed so it stays in the same position when you scroll. When you scroll down, the element moves out of view and another comes into view. It gives this effect as though the scrolling is causing a cover to slide up and reveal another screen. I want to keep this effect only without using background images. So I'll need some way to have some content remain fixed and have a contain hide it when it overflows an element that isn't fixed. But, as far as I know, there's no way to do this with CSS alone, am I wrong?
Like I said above, it would be interesting to have the content not remain exactly fixed, but instead slightly move it as you scroll giving it a slightly parallax effect. In order to do that tho, I'll need to use JavaScript. But, that's a bit out of the scope of my question, but I'd like to keep this in mind when coming up with the solution.
Thanks for all help in advance!

CSS Stretching sidebar to 100% of page. Breaks when window resized or content too large

Been struggling with this for at least a couple hours now. Tried searching around but no solution seems to be working. So anyways, I have a template that I'm working on, and the issue that I'm having is that the sidebar on the left just will not stretch all the way down! If the window is maximized, it looks totally fine. Once you resize the window though it breaks, leaving a large gap between the sidebar and the footer. It also breaks if the content goes down the page any more than it currently does...
See for yourself here: http://bakedcraft.ca/laboratory/testsites/crock/template.html
and the css: http://bakedcraft.ca/laboratory/testsites/crock/css/default.css
Any ideas?
Add position:relative to your .main class
right now your side bar is 100% height of the window, not the main container. by adding position:relative to the sidebar's parent, when the sidebar is 100% height, it becomes 100% of the main div.
Sorry, this isn't really an answer but it's not letting me write a comment...
I looked at your code in firebug (firefox + web developer add-on) and it's showing a box constraint of 467px height I tried to quickly find where this 467px are coming from but can't see it with quick look (it's 4 AM). It's inheriting that height from somewhere, most likely from a combination of other size constraints of related elements. With all the positioning you have going on, in may be hard to locate.
One suggestion I have is if you plan on making a fluid layout you should work with em's rather than straight pixels. As I said, this isn't an answer but I did notice the size constraint of your sidebar. If this problem is still open in the morning I'll see if I can get a better look at it for you.
Alright I was running your problem through my head and I think I figured it out. Forgive me cuz I'm typing this on my phone and can't use firebug to verify if I'm right or not but the constraint I noticed earlier of 467px is n't inherited from another container it's being constained by the text in the sidebar div. If u were to add more text the box will grow with it. I believe what u may want to do is make a child conatiner within the side bar div. Your main sidebar div will only house your grey background color grey. Create a child div within the sidebar div and put your text and images into those. Make sure on the parent div you make it's height 100%. The height of the elements inside the child div shouldn't need height specifications since they will be inherited from the parent sidebar div. Hope this makes sense.
You can do the fix mentioned earlier with using jquery but remember if someone shuts of their JavaScript then your issue remains and your page will break. You should try to find and fix the root cause not use a bandaid that can be taken off.

How to make divs extend to the bottom of the page for every zoom

Is there a way to have a div extend to the bottom of the page no matter what the zoom is? I have tried to use fixed positioning and absolute positioning and I can't get the sidebar to extend just to the end of the viewable area?
Here is a screenshot of what I have so far. The scroll bar on the side only applies to the column on the right. I want that to extend to the bottom of the viewable area along with the map. This is on minimum zoom.
http://flic.kr/p/a5mEU7
I have made a jsfiddle version of your page at here.
I believe this is the solution you were after, be warned it may not work 100% in all browsers but it gives you a starting point.
-UPDATE-
The previous jsfiddle URL I gave was incorrect, just changed it to the correct one (got the original one wrong, sorry)