Styling the #content Container

Styling the #content Container

The #content container needs to be set to float: left so that it sits beside the #nav container. You also will need to set a width, which in this case will be 475px.

To create a gutter between the two columns, use margin-left: 45px.

Finally, padding needs to be applied to the top and bottom of the container. You will need to use padding: 15px 0 as shown in Listing 19.9. The results can be seen in Figure 19.8.

Listing 19.9. CSS Code for Styling the #content Container

body
{
    text-align: center;
    background: #B0BFC2;
    color: #444;
}

#container
{
    text-align: left;
    margin: 0 auto;
    width: 700px;
    background: #FFF url(header-base.gif) repeat-y;
}

h1
{
    background: #D36832;
    color: #FFF;
    padding: 20px;
    margin: 0;
    border-bottom: 5px solid #387A9B;
}

#nav
{
    float: left;
    width: 130px;
    display: inline;
    margin-left: 20px;
    padding: 15px 0;
}

#nav ul
{
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    list-style-type: none;
    text-align: right;
}

#nav li
{
    background: url(header-bullet.gif) no-repeat 100% .4em;
    padding: 0 10px 5px 0;
}

#content
{
    float: left;
    width: 475px;
    margin-left: 45px;
    padding: 15px 0;
}

Figure 19.8. Screenshot of styled #content container.