Joomla Templates

Hello,

I'm using the polarbear template and am trying to find out how to give the article container a minimum height but still keep it growable, so that it doesn't chop off my left menu when I have a really small article.

I've a already gave the inner container a bottom margin of 250px, but it applies to all the articles, so it's not great.

Thanks for any help.

Hi Alekc,

You can use: min-height:250px; but it is only supported in latest browsers - not IE6 I don't think - have to check that one...

Can you post a link? We may be able to find a better solution. Is it the footer that covers up the left menu?

Hi Big Bear,

Thanks for the quick reply. I've tried your solution. It works a treat - as you say for Firefox 3, but not in IE.

Here's an example link:
www.alta.lu/joomla/index.php/en/ componen...rofiler/lostpassword

Thanks a lot for your help.

that is weird - the behavior I can see should not be occurring - the footer is set to "clear" both left and right so should always position the footer under these columns.

i notice you have set the left column to 100% height which is perhaps not required/may cause issues. 100% means 100% of its containg element but this is not possible because that element also needs to hold the footer etc - #left can never be 100%.

I've also used the firefox web developers tool bar to eaxmine all css affecting the page and you have large amounts of css from a number of components that could be conflicting.

perhaps a more likely issue is that your style sheet seems to have many double ups - maybe the whole template css has been duplicated.

it is important in a stylesheet to have the classes organized in the correct order as they are executed in the order they appear. for example saying that h1 should be 'red 16px verdana' and then saying further down the style sheet that it should be 'black 12px times' will result in 12px times being displayed.

check that there isnt duplication as this could override some previously cleared styles.

try turning off all your components and see if teh issue goes away. If it does you can turn on one by one and see when it starts to occur - then you know where the conflict is occuring.

If you look at polarbear15.joomlabear.com/index.php? opt...gories&Itemid=48 you should see the left menu stretches below the content but page displays fine.

thanks for all the tips. i'm not well-versed in css, but i'm going to go on a code-hunting mission with firebug. i've already noticed what you told me about the doubled up codings. i'll let you know if i find a solution.

thanks again.

so i've checked through all the code again. i seemed to have copied the code twice at some point, so a lot of it was doubled up. i've sorted out the left column (although i can't remember ever changing it). i've switched off all the components and tried it again and i can't seem to find where the problem is coming from.

let me know if you have any other suggestions.

thanks.

anyone have any other suggestions, maybe?

thanks in advance.

There should be a new polar bear download for 1.5 which didn't have the problem you're having when I tested it. Are you using Joomla 1 or 1.5?

Thanks for the reply. I'm using joomla 1.5 in legacy mode & polarbear_1.5_1. I'm not quite sure what else to try now.

Can you try the new free PolarBearPro?

The coding had been cleaned up a lot from our earlier releases.

If you get that set up and it still doesn't work I'll have another look at it - additionally u shouldn't need to use legacy mode.

thanks for not forgetting me. i'll check out the new version and see if that sorts out some problems. i also want to go back to using 1.5, but 2 really important extensions can only be used in legacy - i'm looking for alternatives.
i'll let you know on the outcome.

Heya,
I don't actually think legacy would be causing the template issues - try the new template with legacy and let us know how that goes.

polarbear pro works a treat. the problem is solved. + another niggle i was having with the search bar has been sorted out. how long is your $10 offer on for?

thanks for all the help.

Glad it's fixed!!

Special up until the end of the week at this stage but we may extend it a little longer.

problem solved with the new polarbear chromatic. thanks a lot.