body { font: 100%/1.4 Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background: white; margin: 0; padding: 0; color: black; background-color: white; } /* ~~ Element/tag selectors ~~ */ ul, ol, dl { /* Due to variations between browsers, it's best practices to zero padding and margin on lists. For consistency, you can either specify the amounts you want here, or on the list items (LI, DT, DD) they contain. Remember that what you do here will cascade to the .nav list unless you write a more specific selector. */ padding: 0; margin: 0; } h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6,h7, p { margin-top: 0; /* removing the top margin gets around an issue where margins can escape from their containing div. The remaining bottom margin will hold it away from any elements that follow. */ padding-right: 15px; padding-left: 15px; /* adding the padding to the sides of the elements within the divs, instead of the divs themselves, gets rid of any box model math. A nested div with side padding can also be used as an alternate method. */ color:black; background:white; } h1,h2,h3,h4,h7 { background: #FAEBD7; } h6 {font-size: 2px; display:none; } h7 {font-size: 2px; } .head1 { font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; color: white; line-height: 19pt; } .head2 { font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; color: black; line-height: 25pt; } .head3 { font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; color: black; line-height: 19pt; } .paragraph1 { font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; color: black; line-height: 14pt; background: white; } a img { /* this selector removes the default #000080 border displayed in some browsers around an image when it is surrounded by a link */ border: none; } /* ~~ Styling for your site's links must remain in this order - including the group of selectors that create the hover effect. ~~ */ a:link { font-size: 12px; color: blue; text-decoration: underline; /* unless you style your links to look extremely unique, it's best to provide underlines for quick visual identification */ } a:visited { font-size: 12px color: blue; text-decoration: underline; } a:hover, a:active, a:focus { /* this group of selectors will give a keyboard navigator the same hover experience as the person using a mouse. */ text-decoration: none; } /* ~~ This fixed width container surrounds all other divs ~~ */ .container { width: 1156px; background: white; margin: 0 auto; /* the auto value on the sides, coupled with the width, centers the layout */ } .container2 { width: 1050px; background: white; margin: 0 auto; /* the auto value on the sides, coupled with the width, centers the layout */ } .container3 { overflow: auto; width: 1000px; backgroungd: white; color: black; } #left_column, #right_column { width: 205px; float: left; } #center_column,{ margin-left: 45px;width:605px;float:left; } /* ~~ These are the columns for the layout. ~~ 1) Padding is only placed on the top and/or bottom of the divs. The elements within these divs have padding on their sides. This saves you from any "box model math". Keep in mind, if you add any side padding or border to the div itself, it will be added to the width you define to create the *total* width. You may also choose to remove the padding on the element in the div and place a second div within it with no width and the padding necessary for your design. 2) No margin has been given to the columns since they are all floated. If you must add margin, avoid placing it on the side you're floating toward (for example: a right margin on a div set to float right). Many times, padding can be used instead. For divs where this rule must be broken, you should add a "display:inline" declaration to the div's rule to tame a bug where some versions of Internet Explorer double the margin. 3) Since classes can be used multiple times in a document (and an element can also have multiple classes applied), the columns have been assigned class names instead of IDs. For example, two sidebar divs could be stacked if necessary. These can very easily be changed to IDs if that's your preference, as long as you'll only be using them once per document. 4) If you prefer your nav on the right instead of the left, simply float these columns the opposite direction (all right instead of all left) and they'll render in reverse order. There's no need to move the divs around in the HTML source. */ .sidebar1 { float: left; width: 275px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; } .content { width: 675px; float: left; background-color: white; color: black; } .sidebar2 { float: left; width: 202px; height: 600px; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0; padding-top: 0ps; } /* ~~ This grouped selector gives the lists in the .content area space ~~ */ .content ul, .content ol { padding: 0 5px 5px 5px; /* this padding mirrors the right padding in the headings and paragraph rule above. Padding was placed on the bottom for space between other elements on the lists and on the left to create the indention. These may be adjusted as you wish. */ } /* ~~ The navigation list styles (can be removed if you choose to use a premade flyout menu like Spry) ~~ */ ul.nav { list-style: none; /* this removes the list marker */ border-top: 1px solid white; /* this creates the top border for the links - all others are placed using a bottom border on the LI */ margin-bottom: 15px; /* this creates the space between the navigation on the content below */ } ul.nav li { border-bottom: 1px solid white; /* this creates the button separation */ } ul.nav a, ul.nav a:visited { /* grouping these selectors makes sure that your links retain their button look even after being visited */ padding: 5px 0px 5px 5px; display: block; /* this gives the anchor block properties so it fills out the whole LI that contains it so that the entire area reacts to a mouse click. */ width: 150px; /*this width makes the entire button clickable for IE6. If you don't need to support IE6, it can be removed. Calculate the proper width by subtracting the padding on this link from the width of your sidebar container. */ text-decoration: underline;background: dark-blue; color:blue; } ul.nav a:hover, ul.nav a:active, ul.nav a:focus { /* this changes the background and text color for both mouse and keyboard navigators */ background: blue; color: blue; } /* ~~ The footer styles ~~ */ .footer { padding: 10px 0; background: white; color: black; clear: both; position: relative;/* this gives IE6 hasLayout to properly clear */ /* this clear property forces the .container to understand where the columns end and contain them */ } /* ~~ Miscellaneous float/clear classes ~~ */ .fltrt { /* this class can be used to float an element right in your page. The floated element must precede the element it should be next to on the page. */ float: right; margin-left: 8px; } .fltlft { /* this class can be used to float an element left in your page. The floated element must precede the element it should be next to on the page. */ float: left; margin-right: 8px; } .clearfloat { /* this class can be placed on a
or empty div as the final element following the last floated div (within the .container) if the .footer is removed or taken out of the .container */ clear:both; height:0; font-size: 1px; line-height: 0px; } /* Main menu settings */ /* for reference see: matthewjamestaylor.com/blog/centered-dropdown-menus */ #centeredmenu { clear:both; float:left; margin:0; padding:0; border-bottom:3px solid blue; /* colored line below menu */ width:100%; font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; /* Menu font */ font-size:90%; /* Menu text size */ z-index:1000; /* This makes the dropdown menus appear above the page content below */ position:relative; } /* Top menu items */ #centeredmenu ul { margin:0; padding:0; list-style:none; float:right; position:relative; right:50%; } #centeredmenu ul li { margin:0 0 0 1px; padding:0; float:left; position:relative; left:50%; top:1px; } #centeredmenu ul li a { display:block; margin:0; padding:.6em .5em .4em; font-size:1em; line-height:1em; background:green; text-decoration:none; color:blue; font-weight:bold; border-bottom:1px solid blue; } #centeredmenu ul li.active a { color:#blue; background:green; } #centeredmenu ul li a:hover { background:green; /* Top menu items background colour */ color:blue; border-bottom:1px solid blue; } #centeredmenu ul li:hover a, #centeredmenu ul li.hover a { /* This line is required for IE 6 and below */ background:green; /* Top menu items background colour */ color:blue; border-bottom:1px solid blue; } /* Submenu items */ #centeredmenu ul ul { display:none; /* Sub menus are hiden by default */ position:absolute; top:2em; left:0; right:auto; /*resets the right:50% on the parent ul */ width:10em; /* width of the drop-down menus */ } #centeredmenu ul ul li { left:auto; /*resets the left:50% on the parent li */ margin:0; /* Reset the 1px margin from the top menu */ clear:left; width:100%; } #centeredmenu ul ul li a, #centeredmenu ul li.active li a, #centeredmenu ul li:hover ul li a, #centeredmenu ul li.hover ul li a { /* This line is required for IE 6 and below */ font-size:.8em; font-weight:normal; /* resets the bold set for the top level menu items */ background:green; color:blue; line-height:1.4em; /* overwrite line-height value from top menu */ border-bottom:1px solid blue; /* sub menu item horizontal lines */ } #centeredmenu ul ul li a:hover, #centeredmenu ul li.active ul li a:hover, #centeredmenu ul li:hover ul li a:hover, #centeredmenu ul li.hover ul li a:hover { /* This line is required for IE 6 and below */ background:green; /* Sub menu items background colour */ color:blue; } /* Flip the last submenu so it stays within the page */ #centeredmenu ul ul.last { left:auto; /* reset left:0; value */ right:0; /* Set right value instead */ } /* Make the sub menus appear on hover */ #centeredmenu ul li:hover ul, #centeredmenu ul li.hover ul { /* This line is required for IE 6 and below */ display:block; /* Show the sub menus */ } Highlighting the active menu To highlight a top menu item simply include the class="active" on the corresponding li element. Flipping the last sub-menu As a nice little extra I have flipped the last menu item so it doesn't extend off the page. To do this across all common browsers you need to add the class="last" on the last submenu ul element. You can remove this class if you don't want that layout option. F*cking Internet Explorer 6 Of course IE 6 always ruins the party. In old versions of IE the hover pseudo-class does not work on non-link elements. But don't worry I have a very simple fix for this ugly, ugly browser! I use IE conditional comments to expose a small piece of JavaScript that fixes the hover issue. The good news about this fix is all the standards-compliant browsers never see the JavaScript so only IE has to do this extra work. Here is the line of code required. It should be placed towards the end of the page or at least after the menu HTML. And here is the JavaScript. It simply adds a 'hover' class to li elements in the menu when they are hovered. We use this class in the CSS the same way we use the hover pseudo-class (refer to CSS comments). function addhover() { var navli,i; // loop through all elements in the nav navli = document.getElementById('centeredmenu').getElementsByTagName('li') for(i=0;i