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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	I have a <div> that contains the entire page. It's positioned absolutely for centering reasons. Inside this, I need to include at least two more that stretch (in height) based on content. The first is a nav div on the left, and the second is the main content area. I put a relatively positioned div inside the main one so that I can absolutely position others based on it. But the main (parent) div doesn't grow as the children do, since it's absolute (although no height is specified). I hope this makes sense. So, I need to make the parent div stretch to accomodate the others. I've tried Googling a little, but I'm not sure I'm searching for the right thing. [img]http://boldtech.net/inprogress/antone_help.gif[/img] is a crude rendering of what I'm after. I was thinking of doing the usual Holy Grail type column layout, but I need the nav to position to the top of the main div, not under the header. Help! [url=http://www.justice4pat.com] [img]http://www.runningwolf.com/j4p_link.gif[/img] [/url] Loading...
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