Sidebar wonky when minimizing browser

[kroscoe777@verizon.net]

I found this free template off a site where it is free to use and it validates html and css.

The problem is, if you minimize the screen the left sidebar does not collapse properly. I know it is because the body has an image repeating that makes up part of the sidebar background. Confusing I know, so I put it up this website where you can see it behave badly.

http://gsconsulting2010.com/problems/

As you can see, the sidebar has an image no repeat for the top part and then uses the rest of the background from the body background.

I tried negative margins, I tried putting in different widths, so I am not sure there is a css solution. I may have to edit the images. I am not sure how I can convey the images well but the zip template can be found:

http://www.freecsstemplates.org/css-templates/19/

Here is the css code:

<code css body>
body {
background: url(images/img01.png) repeat-y center;
font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color: #9E9D89;
}
</code css body>

http://gsconsulting2010.com/problems/images/img01.png

<code css sidebar>

#sidebar {
float: left;
width: 240px;
padding: 20px 0 0 30px;
background: url(images/img03.png) no-repeat;
font-size: smaller;
color: #E3E3D4;
}
</code css sidebar>

http://gsconsulting2010.com/problems/images/img03.png

<code css content>

#content {
float: right;
width: 580px;
padding: 35px 50px 0 0;
background: url(images/img04.png) no-repeat right top;
}
</code css content>


http://gsconsulting2010.com/problems/images/img04.png

Is there a css solution to this or am I banging head against the wall and need to do something with the images?????:confused:
Much appreciated for any advise.

Kip

[simcomedia]

I don't see anywhere where the div class 'entry' is defined. Could be your problem.

[kroscoe777@verizon.net]

I am sorry, I thought you might be able to see the whole thing since I uploaded it to http://gsconsulting2010.com/problems/. If you have the Firefox development toolbar, you can see everything.

Here it is though.

I see they did not give a definition for the 'entry' id, but it is inside the content div. I think they just did that for a placeholder. The problem is the sidebar has 2 parts to it. If you decrease the size of the browser from right to left, you will see the sidebar split. This is where the problem occurs.

<code css>
/*
Design by Free CSS Templates
http://www.freecsstemplates.org
Released for free under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License
*/

* {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}

body {
background: url(images/img01.png) repeat-y center;
font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color: #9E9D89;
}

form {
}

input, textarea {
border: 1px solid #DEDED1;
font: normal small "Trebuchet MS", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}

input.text {
padding: .15em;
background: #FDFDFB url(images/img06.gif) repeat-x;
}

input.button {
background: #763320 url(images/img07.gif) repeat-x;
color: #FFFFFF;
}

h1, h2, h3 {
font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
color: #D15803;
}

h1 {
letter-spacing: -.05em;
font-size: 2.2em;
}

h2 {
margin-top: 1em;
letter-spacing: -.05em;
font-size: 1.4em;
}

h3 {
margin-top: 1em;
}

p, ul, ol {
margin-top: 1em;
line-height: 160%;
}

ul {
list-style: none;
}

ul li {
margin-left: 1em;
padding-left: .75em;
background: url(images/img05.gif) no-repeat left center;
}

ol {
margin-left: 1em;
list-style-position: inside;
}

blockquote {
margin-left: 1em;
padding-left: .75em;
border-left: 1px solid #9E9D89;
}

a {
text-decoration: none;
color: #D15803;
}

a:hover {
text-decoration: underline;
color: #827F4F;
}

/* Header */

#header {
width: 860px;
height: 100px;
margin: 0 auto;
padding: 0 40px;
background: url(images/img02.png);
}

#logo {
float: left;
}

#logo h1, #logo p {
margin: 0;
padding-top: 25px;
float: left;
font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-style: italic;
color: #F3F3E9;
}

#logo h1 {
font-size: 3em;
}

#logo p {
padding: 48px 0 0 5px;
letter-spacing: -.055em;
font-size: 1.4em;
font-weight: bold;
}

#logo a {
color: #F3F3E9;
}

#search {
float: right;
width: 15em;
padding-top: 50px;
}

#search fieldset {
border: none;
}

#search #s {
width: 13em;
}

/* Page */

#page {
width: 940px;
margin: 0 auto;
}

/* Content */

#content {
float: right;
width: 580px;
padding: 35px 50px 0 0;
background: url(images/img04.png) no-repeat right top;
}

.post {
}

.post .meta {
margin: 0 0 1.5em 0;
padding: 0 0 1px 10px;
background: url(images/img08.png) no-repeat left bottom;
line-height: normal;
}

.post .meta small {
font-size: 12px;
}

/* Sidebar */

#sidebar {
float: left;
width: 240px;
padding: 20px 0 0 30px;
background: url(images/img03.png) no-repeat;
font-size: smaller;
color: #E3E3D4;
}

#sidebar ul {
padding: 0;
list-style: none;
}

#sidebar li {
margin-bottom: 3em;
padding: 0;
background: none;
}

#sidebar li ul {
}

#sidebar li li {
margin: 0 0 0 1em;
padding-left: .75em;
background: url(images/img09.gif) no-repeat left center;
}

#sidebar h2 {
color: #FFFFFF;
}

#sidebar a {
color: #FFFFFF;
}

/* Footer */

#footer {
width: 860px;
margin: 0 auto;
padding: 20px 40px;
text-align: right;
}

#footer p {
font-size: 10px;
}

</code css>

[kroscoe777@verizon.net]

I guess what I am asking is, can this even be fixed? via CSS?