Sami wrote:
> Thanks a lot everyone. This list is really AWESOME!
>
> On 2/1/07, *Rob O'Rourke* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
>
>
>     lo Sami, I've got a couple of suggestions for you...
>
>
>     With the menu your best option may be to try and set the header
>     div to
>     position: relative; and then use absolute positioning on the ul to get
>     the menu where you want it... e.g. bottom: 0; right: <width of the
>     right
>     hand image>;
>
>  
>  
> Great tip here! Actually I tried to do this, absolute positioning on 
> the menu I mean. But this:
>  
> div#header { /* nothing about position here */ }
> ul#menu { position: absolute;   bottom: 0; }
>  
> positioned the menu at the bottom of the page, not at the bottom of 
> header div. I didn't realize I had to set
>  
> div#header { position: relative }
>  
> Apparently I misunderstood this position bussiness, but reading 
> about "position"s really doesn't say much on this particular 
> issue(see http://tinyurl.com/bh65x for instance, or the w3c site for 
> that matter). It really is tricky. but I am getting there thanks to 
> you all.
>
>  
>
>
>     Take it easy,
>     Rob
>
>  
> thanks many Rob!
>
> sami
>

No worries Sami although I suggest you take a look at David Laakso's 
suggestions too. Sometimes using position relative and absolute can 
cause more problems than they are worth. Should be ok in this case 
though but even so. Incase you missed it David set up a test page for 
you with his solution:

<http://www.chelseacreekstudio.com/ca/cssd/header.html>



Have fun,
Rob
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