div areas not expanding with content

wachtn

New Member
I am using Dream Weaver.

How can I make my div_container to expand and cover the div_area nested inside of them.

The nested div_areas will expand in height to become longer as content fills that area. I need div_container to expand with them to cover all the areas and give the page/site a more uniform appearance. I cannot set a uniformed height for div_container because some paged may only be a few 100px long and others might be a couple 1000px long.

Example: a 16 color screen shot of the page
http://wachtn.com/untitled.bmp

The src code looks like this.
Code:
<body bg-color = blue>
<div_container bg-color = black> contains all the elements on the page
<div_left_sidebar bg-color = aqua> </div_left_sidebar>
<div_right_sidebar bg-color = green> </div_right_sidebar>
<div_top_bar> the 2px dot you see under the banner </div_top_bar>
<div_main_content> </div_main_content>
<div_footer bg-color = red> </div_footer>

</div_container>

</body>

This page is the pre-alpha stage for my site. Colors and text are there as visual aids while I test things.
 

wachtn

New Member
I did use float on both side divs. (its too late to show you the actual code)

I really could not figure this out. This was a template I made from scratch. Even checked the code side by side with a page already set up by DW that was very sim to my page. Couldnt see any real difference. Finally I chose to use that sheet.

Can you tell me what I should look for in my tutorials and books? Im learning web design on my own and havent a clue what Im looking for.

Thanks.
 
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