body tag not rendering properly

davemof · #1 (**permalink**) Aug 3rd, 2006, 10:14

Hi All,

I'm hoping someone in this forum might be able to save the hair I haven't yet pulled out by showing me a solution to this really annoying css bug. I've been using a hack for a long time that allows a centered box both horizontally and vertically. However I have always used this hack with a white background. I have just started developing two new site that require coloured backgrounds, and found that the css colour for the body tag doesn't render all the way down the screen (particuarlly in IE). It only seems to go as far as the absolutely positioned content box.

the particular site I'm having trouble with at the moment is www.id30.com/pikcells.

The css:

body{
background-color:#484848;
color:#fffffd;
margin:0px;
padding:0px;
}
#content_block{
width:596px;
margin-left:-298px;
left:50%;
height:611px;
margin-top:-306px;
top:50%;
position:absolute;
}
#flash{
height:336px;
margin-bottom:8px;
}
#bottom_content{
height:226px;
border:solid 1px #707070;
}

The html:

<body>
<div id="content_block">

<div id="flash">
<img src="images/flash.jpg" alt="flash banner" />
</div>

<div id="bottom_content">

</div>

</div>

</body>

If anybody could let me know what the problem is it would be much appreciated.

Many thanks

David

Legacy_Staff · #2 (**permalink**) Aug 3rd, 2006, 12:53

Dark grey all the way down in my browser (IE6).

davemof · #3 (**permalink**) Aug 3rd, 2006, 12:58

Thanks for checking.

The problem is intermitent though. It renders OK sometimes, but specifically it seems to be a problem on initial page load. I have tested on a number of machines and get varying levels of the same bug. Its really starting to do my head in!!

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
something like rendering animation	w0wsabaw	Flash & Multimedia Forum	2	Jul 13th, 2007 00:45
FF-IE rendering problem	jomtones	Web Page Design	2	Jul 5th, 2007 06:55
Menu not rendering correctly in I.E	maxz	Starting Out	10	Jun 11th, 2007 17:32
font rendering	masonbarge	Graphics and 3D	1	May 16th, 2006 15:12
Problem with XML rendering	mipadi	Classic ASP	1	Aug 9th, 2005 10:54

		Webforumz.com > Main Forums > Design Your Website > Web Page Design
body tag not rendering properly