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NADB
05-29-2006, 05:43 PM
I have a shopping cart page that when items/text are added to the page, contents tend to overlap the footer. I would appreciate it if someone could provide a html code that I could use to stretch or expand the footer to keep the contents from overlaping it.

Thanks In Advance
NADB
alehambre
05-29-2006, 10:54 PM
Most likely, you have overlapping <div tags. Are you using Dreamweaver?
--This problem is common when using Dreamweaver.

What I would do is to locate the text that is being overlapped in the source code, then take a look at the parent element which contains the overlapped text. What type of tag is it, and does it have attributes like this div tag:

Example: <div id="Layer2" style="position:absolute; left:1px; top:1px; width:204px; height:357px; z-index:2; visibility: visible;"> Some other content </div>

Your positioning coordinates may need to be adjusted slightly.

If you post the source code, I can see what's going on, and have a better chance of helping you.
NADB
05-31-2006, 09:06 AM
Alehambre I appreciate your response. Here is part of my footer.

</style></div><div style="position: absolute; top: 163px; left: 0px; width: 11px; height: 100px; z-index: 51;" id="element129"><style type="text/css">.

I'm using a third party shopping cart system. I was told that the over lapping was due to the code from my editor.

I'm not using Dreamweaver, really just learning right now. When I get the hang of coding, I will upgrade to Dreamweaver.

If I need to post more of the code, please advise.

Thanks
NADB
Twey
05-31-2006, 12:25 PM
Well, to start with, designing everything using pixels was a very bad idea. You would probably have to redesign most of your page to use a more flexible unit.

<style> tags should only ever go in the <head> of the document, never in the <body>.

Oh, and going to Dreamweaver isn't an "upgrade" from creating your pages yourself :) You've started out well; don't go and throw it all away by using a WYSIWYG editor and forgetting it all.
NADB
05-31-2006, 06:30 PM
Thanks Twey, I'll see what I can do.
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