How do I get 2 "floating" elements to overlap?

myrtle843 · 01-16-2008, 12:30 AM

Hi all,

I am a CSS newbie. I'm not sure how to properly state this: How do I get 2 "floating" elements to overlap? Here is the url: http://www.2cleancutguys.com. If I want to change the text "Free Quote" at the top of the page to some longer phrase, it distorts the "Menu" (homepage---contact). How can I have these 2 items overlap?

Here is the style sheet:

Code:

* {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
}

body {
	background: #F6F6F6 url(images/img01.jpg) repeat-x;
	font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	color: #6B6B6B;
}

form {
}

input, textarea {
	padding: 2px 5px;
	border: 1px solid #EBEBEB;
	font: bold 12px "Trebuchet MS", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #6B6B6B;
}

h1, h2, h3, h4 {
	margin: 0;
}

h2, h3, h4 {
	margin-bottom: 20px;
	padding-bottom: 9px;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #F2F2F2;
	letter-spacing: -0.035em;
	font-weight: normal;
	color: #37404C;
}

h2 {
	font-size: 28px;
}

h3 {
	font-size: 16px;
	font-weight: bold;
}

h4 {
	font-size: 14px;
	font-weight: bold;
}

p, ul, ol {
	margin-bottom: 1.5em;
	line-height: 170%;
	text-align: justify;
}

ul, ol {
	margin-left: 3em;
}

dl.list1 {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	list-style: none;
}

dl.list1 dt {
	float: left;
	width: 70px;
}

dl.list1 dd {
	margin-bottom: 10px;
}

dl.list1 a {
	color: #666666;
}

ul.list2 {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	list-style: none;
	line-height: normal;
}

ul.list2 li {
	float: left;
	margin: 0 18px 18px 0;
}

ul.list2 li.nopad {
	margin-right: 0;
}

blockquote {
	margin-left: 3em;
	margin-right: 3em;
}

a {
	color: #FF5A00;
}

a:hover {
	text-decoration: none;
}

a img {
	border: none;
}

img.left {
	float: left;
	margin: 5px 20px 0 0;
}

img.right {
	float: right;
	margin: 5px 0 0 20px;
}

/* Wrapper */

#wrapper {
	width: 960px;
	margin: 0 auto;
	background: url(images/img02.jpg) repeat-y;
}

#wrapper2 {
	background: url(images/img10.jpg) no-repeat left bottom;
}

/* Header */

#header {
	height: 140px;
	background: #087FE7 url(images/img03.jpg) no-repeat;
}

/* Quote */

#quote {
	float: right;
}

#quote h1 {
    margin: 0;
	padding: 4px 60px 0 0;
	letter-spacing: 0p;
	font-size: 14px;
	color: #FFFFFF;
}

#quote a {
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #FFFFFF;
}

#quote a:hover {
	text-decoration: underline;
	color: #FFFFFF;
}

/* Top Link */

#toplink {
	float: right;
}

#toplink h1 {
    margin: 0;
	padding: 4px 60px 0 0;
	letter-spacing: 0p;
	font-size: 16px;
	color: #FFFFFF;
}

#toplink a {
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #FFFFFF;
}

#toplink a:hover {
	text-decoration: underline;
	color: #FFFFFF;
}

/* Logo */

#logo {
	float: left;
}

#logo h1 {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 100px 5px 0 70px;
	letter-spacing: -2px;
	font-size: 28px;
	color: #FFFFFF;
}

#logo h1 a {
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #FFFFFF;
}

/* Menu */

#menu {
	float: right;
}

#menu ul {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 112px 0 0 0;
	list-style: none;
	line-height: normal;
}

#menu li {
	display: inline;
}

#menu a {
	padding-left: 40px;
	text-decoration: none;
	font-size: 13px;
	font-weight: bold;
	color: #FFFFFF;
}

#menu a:hover {
	text-decoration: underline;
}

/* Page */

#page {
	background: url(images/img04.jpg) no-repeat;
}

/* Content */

#content {
	float: left;
	width: 555px;
	padding: 0 0 0 76px;
}

.post {
	padding-top: 50px;
}

.post .title {
}

.post .title a {
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #37404C;
}

.post .title a:hover {
	text-decoration: underline;
}

.post .entry {
}

a 2 {
   color: #666666;
}

.post .meta {
	height: 16px;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 10px;
	background: url(images/img07.jpg) repeat-x left bottom;
	line-height: normal;
}

.post .meta .posted {
	display: block;
	float: left;
}

.post .meta .permalink {
	display: block;
	float: right;
	padding-left: 17px;
	background: url(images/img09.gif) no-repeat left center;
}

.post .meta .comments {
	display: block;
	float: right;
	padding: 0 30px 0 19px;
	background: url(images/img08.gif) no-repeat left center;
}

/* Sidebar */

#sidebar {
	float: right;
	width: 186px;
	padding: 67px 76px 0 0;
}

#sidebar ul {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	list-style: none;
}

#sidebar li {
	margin-bottom: 40px;
}

#sidebar li ul {
}

#sidebar li li {
	margin: 0;
}

/* Search */

#search {
}

#search br {
	display: none;
}

#search input {
	padding: 1px 5px;
	border-top: 1px solid #BAD300;
	border-left: 1px solid #A9C817;
	border-right: 1px solid #7DAB00;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #578900;
	background: #6E9D00 url(images/img18.gif) repeat-x;
	font-size: 11px;
	font-weight: bold;
	color: #FFFFFF;
}

#search #s {
	width: 130px;
	padding: 2px 5px;
	background: #FFFFFF;
	border: 1px solid #EBEBEB;
	font: bold 12px "Trebuchet MS", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #6B6B6B;
}

/* Widebar */

#widebar {
	margin: 0 50px;
	padding: 25px 28px 0 28px;
	background: #F2F2F2 url(images/img11.gif) repeat-x;
}

#widebar #colA {
	float: left;
	width: 260px;
}

#widebar #colB {
	float: left;
	width: 260px;
	padding-left: 15px;
	padding-right: 40px;
	list-style: none;
}

#widebar #colC {
	float: left;
	width: 186px;
	padding-left: 45px;
}

#widebar #colD {
	float: left;
	width: 560px;
	padding-left: 150px;
	padding-right: 10px;
	list-style: none;
}

/* Footer */

#footer {
	height: 108px;
	background: url(images/img05.jpg) no-repeat;
}

#footer p {
	margin: 0;
	padding-top: 45px;
	text-align: center;
	color: #8E8E8E;
}

#footer a {
	color: #666666;
}

twodayslate · 01-16-2008, 01:20 AM

Please use the code boxes.
[*code]put code in here[/code]
get rid of the *

Excavator · 01-16-2008, 01:36 AM

Hello myrtle,
Yes, please use code tags. In the reply/new message window its the # icon.

Try making these changes to your CSS.
I floated #quote and adjusted the margins on everything after it.

Code:

/* Header */

#header {
width: 960px;
height: 140px;
overflow: auto;
	background: #087FE7 url(images/img03.jpg) no-repeat;
}
/* Quote */

#quote {
width: 300px; /*make this longer if you need to fit more text*/
float: right;
margin: 0 10px 0 0;
text-align: right;
}
#quote h1 {
    margin: 0;
	padding: 4px 60px 0 0;
	letter-spacing: 0p;
	font-size: 14px;
	color: #FFFFFF;
}

#quote a {
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #FFFFFF;
}

#quote a:hover {
	text-decoration: underline;
	color: #FFFFFF;
}

/* Top Link */

#toplink {
	float: right;
}

#toplink h1 {
    margin: 0;
	padding: 4px 60px 0 0;
	letter-spacing: 0p;
	font-size: 16px;
	color: #FFFFFF;
}
#toplink a {
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #FFFFFF;
}

#toplink a:hover {
	text-decoration: underline;
	color: #FFFFFF;
}

/* Logo */

#logo {
	float: left;
}

#logo h1 {
	margin: 0;
	margin: 60px 5px 0 70px;
	letter-spacing: -2px;
	font-size: 28px;
	color: #FFFFFF;
}#logo h1 a {
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #FFFFFF;
}

/* Menu */

#menu {
	float: right;
}

#menu ul {
	margin: 0;
	margin: 92px 60px 0 0;
	list-style: none;
	line-height: normal;
}

Have a look at what the validator has to say about your site. Plent of stuff you can fix there.