Using Background Images when Matching Web Page Columns with CSS - Listing the complete source code for the rounded-corners example
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As I promised in the section that you just read, here is the complete source code belonging to the sample web page that displays its respective main columns fully balanced on the browser. Take a look at it, please:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-
8859-1" />
<style type="text/css">
body{
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
background: #fff;
}
h2{
margin: 0;
font: bold 18px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color: #000;
}
p{
font: normal 12px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color: #000;
}
#header{
width: 780px;
padding: 10px;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
background: #ffc;
}
#navbar{
width: 780px;
padding: 10px;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
background: #fc0;
}
#navbar ul{
list-style: none;
}
#navbar li{
display: inline;
padding-right: 4%;
}
#navbar a:link,#navbar a:visited{
font: normal 12px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color: #039;
text-decoration: none;
}
#navbar a:hover{
text-decoration: underline;
}
#mainwrapper{
clear: both;
width: 800px;
height: 100%;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
overflow: hidden;
background: #eee url(roundedbg.gif) center bottom no-repeat;
}
#mainwrapper .leftcol{
position: relative;
float: left;
}
#mainwrapper .rightcol{
position: relative;
float: right;
}
#leftbar{
width: 180px;
padding: 10px;
}
#centerbar{
float: left;
width: 380px;
padding: 10px;
background: #fff;
}
#rightbar{
width: 180px;
padding: 10px;
}
#footer{
clear: both;
width: 780px;
padding: 10px;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
background: #fff;
}
</style>
<title>Example of evened columns - Fixed Design with background image</title>
</head>
<body>
<div id="header">
<h2>This is the header section of the web page</h2>
<p>Contents for header section go here. Contents for header
section go here. Contents for header section go here. Contents
for header section go here.</p>
</div>
<div id="navbar">
<h2>This is the navigation bar of the web page</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="#">Link 1</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link 2</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link 3</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link 4</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link 5</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link 6</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div id="mainwrapper">
<div id="leftbar" class="leftcol">
<h2>This is the left column of the web page</h2>
<p>Contents for left column go here. Contents for left
column go here. Contents for left column go here. Contents for
left column go here. Contents for left column go here. Contents
for left column go here. Contents for left column go here.
Contents for left column go here. Contents for left column go
here. Contents for left column go here.</p>
</div>
<div id="centerbar" class="leftcol">
<h2>This is the center column of the web page</h2>
<p>Contents for center column go here. Contents for center
column go here. Contents for center column go here. Contents for
center column go here. Contents for center column go here.
Contents for center column go here. Contents for center column go
here. Contents for center column go here. Contents for center
column go here. Contents for center column go here.</p>
<p>Contents for center column go here. Contents for center
column go here. Contents for center column go here. Contents for
center column go here. Contents for center column go here.
Contents for center column go here. Contents for center column go
here. Contents for center column go here. Contents for center
column go here. Contents for center column go here.</p>
<p>Contents for center column go here. Contents for center
column go here. Contents for center column go here. Contents for
center column go here. Contents for center column go here.
Contents for center column go here. Contents for center column go
here. Contents for center column go here. Contents for center
column go here. Contents for center column go here.</p>
</div>
<div id="rightbar" class="rightcol">
<h2>This is the right column of the web page</h2>
<p>Contents for right column go here. Contents for right
column go here. Contents for right column go here. Contents for
right column go here. Contents for right column go here.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div id="footer">
<h2>This is the footer section of the web page</h2>
<p>Contents for footer section go here. Contents for footer
section go here. Contents for footer section go here. Contents
for footer section go here. Contents for footer section go
here.</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>
There you have it. As you can see, the above code sample displays a fixed web page layout that additionally incorporates a neat rounded corners effect, aside from its respective evened columns.
This concept can be clarified even more if you have a look at the following screen shot:
Logically, this approach has some important limitations, since it won't work properly with liquid layouts, but if you need to work with a fixed design and don't want to deal with more complicated techniques, then the method demonstrated here might be a decent solution.
Final thoughts
It's sad to mention, but we've come to the end of this series. As you saw in this set of articles, evening the main columns of a given web document is a procedure that can be easily achieved with some basic CSS styles and a basic structural markup.
However, if a particular web project involves working with more complex web page layouts, you'll need to look into more sophisticated solutions.
See you in the next web development tutorial!
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