Thu, 2008-03-13 15:06
On www.glemser.com ( for instance ) you can see, if your viewport is >970px high, that it gets cut off and looks, somewhat ugly. What I'd ideally like to do is set a height of the container ( that has the white background ) so that it flows to the end of the viewport height, even when the content is not that tall. Is this possible to do without JS or specifying it page by page?
Fri, 2008-03-14 04:34
#1
Print thing on the web
That's kind of a print thing. The web is not print. A web page does not have an explicit height; it's as high as it needs to be.
If you just must do this thing, take a look at this footer stuck to the bottom demo*. You should be able to adapt it to your needs—screwy though they are. 
cheers,
gary
* That I made the demo does not imply my approval of its use. 
Fri, 2008-03-14 05:25
#2
Yeah, I'd rather avoid it,
Yeah, I'd rather avoid it, but don't you think it looks a little dumb to have it just cutting off like that? I suppose we could make some sort of a rounded cap, but I'd rather just do this I think.
Thanks a lot for the link - I should've checked your site before posting... 
Actually, that will work great for a liquid layout, but this is static, and as such, without browser sensing I don't think it will help since the content needs to be centered. No way to center ( automatically and dynamically ) and position absolutely, is there?
Fri, 2008-03-14 14:34
#3
#main { height: auto;
#main {
height: auto;
padding: .5em;
padding-bottom: 3em; /*Keeps content above footer. Originally
used margin, but a bug in Opera7 seemed
to add spurious margin, pushing the
footer beyond the viewport even with
short content. */
width: 85%;
margin: 0 auto;
}
cheers,
gary