DIV="sidebar" ???????????

[jibo]

im wanting a side bar on left of my page and an iframe in the middle i got this code but when i test it in notepad the sidebar goes all way across the page instead going down it therefore the iframe is underneath... what am i missing here? do i need to use absolute positioning or something... i dunno lol pls help

<div id=sidebar><fieldset><legend>the testy thingy</legend><ol><li>> <a href='http://google.com' target='frame'>google</a></li><li>> <a href='http://google.com' target='frame'>google</a></li><li>> <a href='http://google.com' target='frame'>google</a></li><li>> <a href='http://google.com' target='frame'>google</a></li></ol></fieldset></div><iframe name='frame'></iframe>

and is there a way i can change the colour of the box that surrounds the links and the colour of the littl '>' symbol. cheers

[justsomeguy]

It's hard to say without the CSS. A div is by default a block-level element, so try putting display: inline on the definition for the sidebar style. Maybe specify a width also. You should be able to change the border attributes for fieldset in the CSS as well. If you create a class with the font color you want for the greater than signs, you can put them in a span with that class on it.

[jibo]

It's hard to say without the CSS. A div is by default a block-level element, so try putting display: inline on the definition for the sidebar style. Maybe specify a width also. You should be able to change the border attributes for fieldset in the CSS as well. If you create a class with the font color you want for the greater than signs, you can put them in a span with that class on it.

erm ok... wot does that mean, lol im no good at css... how would i do this?

[justsomeguy]

It's not too hard, that stuff is pretty basic, so you might want to read through the CSS tutorials. This would go in your stylesheet or style section in the head:div {display: inline;width: 250px;}fieldset {border: 1px solid #CCAA00;}

[jibo]

thnks, i had a look but it didnt really help much, im not bothered about the colours and things as much but as for the border around the links the "fieldset" i dont want it to go all the way across the page.... can anyone give me a simple fix to this??????

[justsomeguy]

Can you give an example link?

[jibo]

not reli cos i saw it on intranet at work and thats where i got the code from..............