trying to position my unordered list correctly, so damn fiddly :)

Hi All,

firstly here is my page (http://www.kernow-connect.com/header_test.php)

and the list of follow icons is not positioned correctly i want it so that it is always positioned just above the search bar and and ligned up so that the right hand side has the same spacing as the search bar does?

here is my css code for this page
#header{margin:0 auto; width:982px; height:210px; z-index:1; padding:5px; background-color:#FFFFFF;}
.selected{background:#0099FF;}
.list{padding:0;margin:0;list-style:none; z-index:0;}
.list li a{text-align:left;padding:2px;cursor:pointer;display:block;text-decoration:none;color:#000;}

#header .logo {
float:left;
width:200px;
height:115px;
z-index:1;
}
#header .search_container {
margin-top:74px;
height:50px;
padding:5px 10px 10px 254px;
}

#header .main {
height:40px;
margin-bottom:10px;
}
#loading {
visibility:hidden;
padding-left:5px;
}
#ajax_response {
border:1px solid #8789e7;
background:#fff;
position:absolute;
display:none;
padding:2px 2px;
top:148px;
z-index:1;
color:#000000;
}
#follow_nav { list-style: none; margin: 0; width:200px; height:50px; position:absolute; top:10px; right:150px;}
#follow_nav li { float: right; }
#follow_nav li a { text-indent: -999999px; overflow: hidden; display: block; height: 50px; }

#facebook { background:url("/images/followIMG.png"); width: 50px; }
#facebook:hover { background: url(/images/followIMG.png) 0 0 !important; }
#facebook.active { background: url(/images/followIMG.png) 0 0; }
#main_nav:hover li a#facebook { background-position: 0; }

#twitter { background:url("/images/followIMG.png") repeat scroll -50px 0 transparent;width:50px; }
#twitter:hover { background: url(/images/followIMG.png) -50px 0 !important; }
#twitter.active { background: url(/images/followIMG.png) -50px 0; }
#main_nav:hover li a#twitter { background-position: -50px; }

#rss { background:url("/images/followIMG.png") repeat scroll -100px 0 transparent; width:50px;}
#rss:hover { background: url(/images/followIMG.png) -100px 0 !important; }
#rss.active { background: url(/images/followIMG.png) -100px 0; }
#main_nav:hover li a#rss { background-position: -100px; }

#contact { background:url("/images/followIMG.png") repeat scroll -150px 0 transparent; width:50px; }
#contact:hover { background: url(/images/followIMG.png) -150px 0 !important; }
#contact.active { background: url(/images/followIMG.png) -150px 0; }
#main_nav:hover li a#contact { background-position: -150px; }

#header .followus_container{
padding:10px 7px 10px;
width:212px;
float:right;
overflow:hidden;
}
.followus_container .individual_follows{
float:left;
padding-right:2px;
width:50px;
}
.taller_new{overflow:auto; background-color:#FFFFFF; padding-top:10px;}

#main_nav { list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; margin-top:10px; height: 55px; background-color:#595959;}
#main_nav li { float: left; }
#main_nav li a { text-indent: -999999px; overflow: hidden; display: block; height: 61px; }

#home { background:url(/images/menu.jpg); width: 158px; }
#home:hover { background: url(/images/menu.jpg) -158px 0 !important; }
#home.active { background: url(/images/menu.jpg) 0 0; }

#dvd {background:url("/images/menu.jpg") repeat scroll -316px 0 transparent;width:158px;}
#dvd:hover { background: url(/images/menu.jpg) -474px 0 !important; }
#dvd.active { background: url(/images/menu.jpg) -316px 0; }

#cd {background:url("/images/menu.jpg") repeat scroll -632px 0 transparent;width:158px;}
#cd:hover { background: url(/images/menu.jpg) -790px 0 !important; }
#cd.active { background: url(/images/menu.jpg) -632px 0; }

#video {background:url("/images/menu.jpg") repeat scroll -948px 0 transparent; width:158px; }
#video:hover { background: url(/images/menu.jpg) -1106px 0 !important; }
#video.active { background: url(/images/menu.jpg) -948px 0; }

#bluray { background:url("/images/menu.jpg") repeat scroll -1264px 0 transparent;width:158px; }
#bluray:hover { background: url(/images/menu.jpg) -1422px 0 !important; }
#bluray.active { background: url(/images/menu.jpg) -1264px 0; }

#books { background:url("/images/menu.jpg") repeat scroll -1580px 0 transparent;width:158px; }
#books:hover { background: url(/images/menu.jpg) -1738px 0 !important; }
#books.active { background: url(/images/menu.jpg) -1580px 0; }


and here is my page code
<div id="header">
<a class="logo" href="/"><img src="/images/kernow_connect.gif" border="0" title="Kernow Connect" alt="Kernow Connect" /></a>

<div class="search_container">
<div class="main">
<input type="text" id="keyword" size="62" value="Search Here..."
style="height:30px; padding:10px; font-size:24px; font-family:'Trebuchet MS'; color:#999999;"
onfocus="clearMe(this)" onblur="defaultMe(this)" />
<img src="/images/loading.gif" id="loading" alt="Loading" title="Loading" width="18" height="18" />
<div id="ajax_response"></div>
</div>
</div>

<ul id="main_nav">
<li><a href="/" accesskey="3" id="home" title="Home Page">Kernow Connect Home Page</a></li>
<li><a href="/dvds.php" accesskey="4" id="dvd" title="DVDs">DVDs</a></li>
<li><a href="/cds.php" accesskey="6" title="Music CDs" id="cd">Music CDs</a></li>
<li><a href="/video_games.php" accesskey="7" title="Video Games" id="video">Video Games</a></li>
<li><a href="/blu-rays.php" accesskey="6" title="Blu-Ray DVDs" id="bluray">Blu-Ray DVDs</a></li>
<li><a href="/books.php" accesskey="6" title="Books" id="books">Books</a></li>
</ul>

<ul id="follow_nav">
<li><a href="contact.php" accesskey="3" id="contact" title="Contact Kernow Connect">Contact Kernow Connect</a></li>
<li><a href="" target="_blank" accesskey="3" id="rss" title="Follow Kernow Connect RSS Feeds">Kernow Connect RSS Feeds</a></li>
<li><a href="http://twitter.com/KernowConnect" target="_blank" accesskey="3" id="twitter" title="Follow Kernow Connect On Twitter">Kernow Connect on Twitter</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/Kernow-Connect/54736213543?ref=sgm" target="_blank" accesskey="3" id="facebook" title="Follow Kernow Connect On Facebook">Kernow Connect on Facebook</a></li>
</ul>
</div>


any ideas how to keep this unordered list in the correct position no matter what the browser size is?

many thanks
Luke

Hello LJackson,
Some other problems there as well.
Your logo image is much larger than the 200x115 anchor you have it contained in.

To make your social icons stay where you want them, make #header relative.

Try making these changes highlighted in red -#header {
margin:0 auto;
width:982px;
/*height:210px;
z-index:1;*/
overflow: auto;
position: relative;
padding:5px;
background-color:#FFFFFF;
}
#header .logo {
float:left;
width:242px;
height:150px;
/*z-index:1;*/
}
#header .search_container {
/*margin-top:74px;*/
height: 50px;
margin: 90px 10px 10px 254px;
}
#main_nav {
list-style: none;
/*margin: 0;
margin-top:10px; */
padding: 0;
margin:10px 0 0;
height: 55px;
background:#595959;
}
#follow_nav {
list-style: none;
margin: 0;
width:200px;
height:50px;
position:absolute;
top:10px;
right:10px;
}

@Excavator

thanks very much mate, really appreciate ur help!!!

Luke

ok just relised that since doing the above my search results are now appearing in the middle of my search bar and not at the beginning? its adding a left position of 717.5px??? not sure why this is.

http://www.kernow-connect.com/pic2.png

if i remove the position relative from the header then the list appears in the correct place but then my follow icons shoot out the the right :(

any ideas how i can get the two of them to work together?
my page url is in my sig :)

many thanks mate

The dropdown list is now being positioned relative to #header due to that position:relative added to fix your icons. You could either hack the javascript that's setting the left position (which is expecting the dropdown to be positioned relative to the page), or:

.main {
height: 40px;
margin-bottom: 10px;
position: relative;
width: 300px;
}

#ajax_response {
background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #FFFFFF;
border: 1px solid #8789E7;
color: #000000;
display: none;
left: 0 !important;
padding: 2px;
position: absolute;
top: 52px;
z-index: 1;
}

Seems to sort it.

hi mate,

i have tried the above but it doesnt seem to change anything? which is strange!

it seems to ignore the left 0;?

many thanks for your help
Luke

I can't see the left:0 !important at all in your css.

EDIT: Sorry, caching....you haven't added !important. This is required to override the left setting applied by the js.

ah i didnt add the important bit because i though that was there for my benifit :) didnt relise the css used it! oops

its working a treat now thanks, really appreciate your help mate thanks!!!!!

one other very small thing, in IE the search box has a 6px gap on the right which is how i want it but in firefox it does not, any idea what is causing that?

many thanks
Luke