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I want to make for my marketing site a 3 column layout that has images in the top banner.
I want to have a liquid left/right side with a fixed center. The html would ideally look like this:
<div id="pixelLeft"> </div>
<div id="bannerCenter">
<img src="images/mybanner.png" />
</div>
<div id="pixelRight"> </div>
<style>
#pixelLeft { background: url(../../images/pixel_left_fixed.png) 0 0 repeat-x; }
#pixelRight { background: url(../../images/pixel_right_fixed.png) 0 0 repeat-x; }
#bannerCenter { /* something here to make fixed width of 1550px */ }
</style>
The images in the left/right pixel sides are 1px x 460px. The image mybanner.png is 1550px x 460px.
Thanks in advance! (Especially if it will work in ALL browsers!)
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There are several solutions to this, probably the post popular of which is the Holy Grail method. It's a little above my head, but these links explain it pretty well.
http://alistapart.com/article/holygrail
http://matthewjamestaylor.com/blog/perfect-3-column.htm
I would start with A List Apart's article. Good luck.
After re-reading it, I think this is what I would do:
HTML
<div id="header">
</div><div id="container">
<div id="center" class="column"></div>
<div id="left" class="column"></div>
<div id="right" class="column"></div>
</div><div id="footer"></div>
CSS
body {
min-width: 550px; /* 2x LC width + RC width */
}
#container {
padding-left: 200px; /* LC width */
padding-right: 150px; /* RC width */
}
#container .column {
position: relative;
float: left;
}
#center {
width: 100%;
}
#left {
width: 200px; /* LC width */
right: 200px; /* LC width */
margin-left: -100%;
}
#right {
width: 150px; /* RC width */
margin-right: -150px; /* RC width */
}
#footer {
clear: both;
}
/*** IE6 Fix ***/
* html #left {
left: 150px; /* RC width */
}
You'll need to adjust some of the dimensions, but the inline comments should help with that. So there you have it. The Holy Grail Layout.
163
Here's a good solution, in my opinion the easiest one. It looks clean and it doesn't need wrapper div.
Demo
HTML
<body>
<div id="left_container">
<div id="left">
left content
</div>
</div>
<div id="center">
center content
</div>
<div id="right_container">
<div id="right">
right content
</div>
</div>
</body>
CSS
#left_container {
width:50%;
float:left;
margin-right:-480px; /* minus half of the center container width */
/* not important */
height: 200px;
}
#left {
margin-right:480px; /* half of the center container width */
/* not important */
background: #888;
height: 600px;
}
#center {
width:960px; /* size of the fixed width */
float:left;
/* not important */
color: #FFF;
background: #333;
height: 500px;
}
#right_container {
width:50%;
float:right;
margin-left:-480px; /* minus half of the center container width */
/* not important */
height: 300px;
}
#right {
margin-left:480px; /* half of the center container width */
/* not important */
height: 300px;
background-color: #888;
}
enjoy!
23
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CSS Only Demo
jQuery Demo(Cross Browser Compatible)
<div class="wrap">
<div id="pixelLeft"> </div>
<div id="bannerCenter">
<img src="images/mybanner.png" />
</div>
<div id="pixelRight"> </div>
</div>
<div style="clear:both;"></div>
*{
margin:0;
padding:0;
}
#bannerCenter{
background:#ddd;
width: 500px;
float:left;
}
#pixelLeft{
background:#999;
width: calc(50% - 250px);
float:left;
}
#pixelRight{
background:#999;
width: calc(50% - 250px);
float:right;
}
#bannerCenter,#pixelLeft,#pixelRight{
height: 400px;
}
You can use jQuery instead of using calc(50% - 250px); to make it compatible for older browsers.
$(document).ready(function() {
$(window).on('resize', function() {
$('#pixelLeft, #pixelRight').css('width',($('body').width()-$('#bannerCenter').width())/2);
}).trigger('resize');
});
Added flexbox solution for same problem.
*{
margin:0;
padding:0;
}
.wrap {
display: flex;
}
#pixelLeft, #pixelRight{
display: flex;
flex:1;
}
#bannerCenter{
background:#ddd;
min-width: 500px;
display: flex;
flex: 1;
}
#pixelLeft{
background:#999;
}
#pixelRight{
background:#999;
}
#bannerCenter,#pixelLeft,#pixelRight{
height: 400px;
}<div class="wrap">
<div id="pixelLeft"> </div>
<div id="bannerCenter">
<img src="images/mybanner.png" />
</div>
<div id="pixelRight"> </div>
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