Page Resize Problems

[numinix]

When visitors resize the browser or have a smaller resolution the size boxes do not stay aligned properly. I want the page to have a set width, but when I set it to 1024px, for example, the monthly box resizes itself to about half the size of the window.

My page is listed at http://www.numinix.com

And here is my stylesheet.css file:

/**
* Main CSS Stylesheet
*
* @package templateSystem
* @copyright Copyright 2003-2006 Zen Cart Development Team
* @copyright Portions Copyright 2003 osCommerce
* @license http://www.zen-cart.com/license/2_0.txt GNU Public License V2.0
* @version $Id: stylesheet.css 5349 2006-12-22 20:34:40Z birdbrain $
*/

body {
margin: 0;
font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 62.5%;
color: #000000;
background-color: #e5edf5;
}

a img {border: none; }

a:link, #navEZPagesTOC ul li a {
color: #3300FF;
text-decoration: none;
}

a:visited {
color: #3300FF;
text-decoration: none;
}

a:hover, #navEZPagesTOC ul li a:hover, #navMain ul li a:hover, #navSupp ul li a:hover, #navCatTabs ul li a:hover {
color: #FF0000;
}

a:active {
color: #0000FF;
}

h1 {
font-size: 1.5em;
color: #9a9a9a;
}

h2 {
font-size: 1.4em;
}

h3 {
font-size: 1.3em;
}

h4, h5, h6, LABEL, h4.optionName, LEGEND, ADDRESS, .sideBoxContent, .larger{
font-size: 1.1em;
}

.biggerText {
font-size: 1.2em;
}

h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
margin: 0.3em 0;
}

/* Might uncomment either or both of these if having problems with IE peekaboo bug:
h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p {
position: relative;
}
*html .centerColumn {
height: 1%;
}
*/

CODE {
font-family: arial, verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 1em;
}

FORM, SELECT, INPUT {
display: inline;
font-size: 1em;
margin: 0.1em;
}

TEXTAREA {
float: left;
margin: auto;
display: block;
width: 95%;
}

input:focus, select:focus, textarea:focus {
background: #E4FEF5;
}

FIELDSET {
padding: 0.5em;
margin: 0.5em 0em;
border: 1px solid #cccccc;
}

LEGEND {
font-weight: bold;
padding: 0.3em;
}

LABEL, h4.optionName {
line-height: 1.5em;
padding: 0.2em;
}

LABEL.checkboxLabel, LABEL.radioButtonLabel {
margin: 0.5em 0.3em;
}

#logo, .centerBoxContents, .specialsListBoxContents, .categoryListBoxContents, .centerBoxContentsAlsoPurch, .attribImg {
float: left;
}

LABEL.inputLabel {
width: 9em;
float: left;
}

LABEL.inputLabelPayment {
width: 14em;
float: left;
padding-left: 2.5em;
}

LABEL.selectLabel, LABEL.switchedLabel, LABEL.uploadsLabel {
width: 11em;
float: left;
}

#checkoutPayment LABEL.radioButtonLabel {
font-weight: bold;
}

P, ADDRESS {
padding: 0.5em;
}

ADDRESS {
font-style: normal;
}

.clearBoth {
clear: both;
}

HR {
height: 1px;
margin-top: 0.5em;
border: none;
border-bottom: 1px solid #9a9a9a;
}

/*warnings, errors, messages*/
.messageStackWarning, .messageStackError, .messageStackSuccess, .messageStackCaution {
line-height: 1.8em;
padding: 0.2em;
border: 1px solid #9a9a9a;
}

.messageStackWarning, .messageStackError {
background-color: #ff0000;
color: #ffffff;
}

.messageStackSuccess {
background-color: #99FF99;
color: #000000;
}

.messageStackCaution {
background-color: #FFFF66;
color: #000000;
}

/*wrappers - page or section containers*/
#mainWrapper {
background-color: #ffffff;
text-align: left;
width: 80%;
vertical-align: top;
border: 1px solid #9a9a9a;
}

#headerWrapper, #contentMainWrapper, #logoWrapper, #cartBoxListWrapper, #ezPageBoxList, #cartBoxListWrapper ul, #ezPageBoxList ul, #mainWrapper, #popupAdditionalImage, #popupImage {
margin: 0em;
padding: 0em;
}

#logoWrapper{
background-image: url(../images/header_bg.jpg);
background-repeat: repeat-x;
background-color: #ffffff;
height:75px;
}

#navColumnOneWrapper, #navColumnTwoWrapper, #mainWrapper {
margin: auto;
}
#navColumnOneWrapper, #navColumnTwoWrapper {
margin-left: 0.5em;
margin-right: 0.5em;
}

#tagline {
color:#000000;
font-size: 2em;
text-align : center;
vertical-align: middle;
}

#sendSpendWrapper {
border: 1px solid #cacaca;
float: right;
margin: 0em 0em 1em 1em;
}

.floatingBox, #accountLinksWrapper, #sendSpendWrapper, #checkoutShipto, #checkoutBillto, #navEZPagesTOCWrapper {
margin: 0;
width: 47%;
}

.wrapperAttribsOptions {
margin: 0.3em 0em;
}

/*navigation*/

.navSplitPagesResult {}
.navSplitPagesLinks {}

.navNextPrevCounter {
margin: 0em;
font-size: 0.9em;
}
.navNextPrevList {
display: inline;
white-space: nowrap;
margin: 0;
padding: 0.5em 0em;
list-style-type: none;
}

#navMainWrapper, #navSuppWrapper, #navCatTabsWrapper {
margin: 0em;
background-color: #abbbd3;
background-image: url(../images/tile_back.gif);
padding: 0.5em 0.2em;
font-weight: bold;
color: #ffffff;
height: 1%;
}

#navCatTabsWrapper {
background-color: #ffffff;
color: #9a9a9a;
background-image:none;
}

#navMain ul, #navSupp ul, #navCatTabs ul {
margin: 0;
padding: 0.5em 0em;
list-style-type: none;
text-align: center;
line-height: 1.5em;
}

#navMain ul li, #navSupp ul li, #navCatTabs ul li {
display: inline;
}

#navMain ul li a, #navSupp ul li a, #navCatTabs ul li a {
text-decoration: none;
padding: 0em 0.5em;
margin: 0;
color: #ffffff;
white-space: nowrap;
}

#navCatTabs ul li a {
color: #9a9a9a;
}

#navEZPagesTOCWrapper {
font-weight: bold;
float: right;
height: 1%;
border: 1px solid #9a9a9a;
}

#navEZPagesTOC ul {
margin: 0;
padding: 0.5em 0em;
list-style-type: none;
line-height: 1.5em;
}

#navEZPagesTOC ul li {
white-space: nowrap;
}

#navEZPagesTOC ul li a {
padding: 0em 0.5em;
margin: 0;
}

#navCategoryIcon, .buttonRow, #indexProductListCatDescription {
margin: 0.5em;
}

#navMainSearch {
float: right;
}

#navBreadCrumb {
padding: 0.5em 0.5em;
background-color: #ffffff;
font-size: 0.95em;
font-weight: bold;
margin: 0em;
}

#navEZPagesTop {
background-color: #abbbd3;
background-image: url(../images/tile_back.gif);
font-size: 0.95em;
font-weight: bold;
margin: 0em;
padding: 0.5em;
}

#navColumnOne, #navColumnTwo {
background-color: transparent;
}

/*The main content classes*/
#contentColumnMain, #navColumnOne, #navColumnTwo, .centerBoxContents, .specialsListBoxContents, .categoryListBoxContents, .additionalImages, .centerBoxContentsSpecials, .centerBoxContentsAlsoPurch, .centerBoxContentsFeatured, .centerBoxContentsNew, .alert {
vertical-align: top;
}

/*.content,*/ #productDescription, .shippingEstimatorWrapper {
/*font-size: 1.2em;*/
padding: 0.5em;
}

.alert {
color: #FF0000;
margin-left: 0.5em;
}
.advisory {}
.important {
font-weight: bold;
}
.notice {}
.rating{}
.gvBal {
float: right;
}
.centerColumn, #bannerOne, #bannerTwo, #bannerThree, #bannerFour, #bannerFive, #bannerSix {
padding: 0.8em;
}

.smallText, #siteinfoLegal, #siteinfoCredits, #siteinfoStatus, #siteinfoIP {
font-size: 0.9em;
}

/*Shopping Cart Display*/
#cartAdd {
float: right;
text-align: center;
margin: 1em;
border: 1px solid #000000;
padding: 1em;
}

.tableHeading TH {
border-bottom: 1px solid #9a9a9a;
}

.tableHeading, #cartSubTotal {
background-color: #e9e9e9;
}

#cartSubTotal {
border-top: 1px solid #cccccc;
font-weight: bold;
text-align: right;
line-height: 2.2em;
padding-right: 2.5em;
}

.tableRow, .tableHeading, #cartSubTotal {
height: 2.2em;
}

.cartProductDisplay, .cartUnitDisplay, .cartTotalDisplay, .cartRemoveItemDisplay, .cartQuantityUpdate, .cartQuantity, #cartInstructionsDisplay, .cartTotalsDisplay {
padding: 0.5em 0em;
}

.cartUnitDisplay, .cartTotalDisplay {
text-align: right;
padding-right: 0.2em;
}

#scUpdateQuantity {
width: 2em;
}

.cartQuantity {
width: 4.7em;
}

.cartNewItem {
color: #33CC33;
position: relative; /*do not remove-fixes stupid IEbug*/
}

.cartOldItem {
color: #660099;
position: relative; /*do not remove-fixes stupid IEbug*/
}

.cartBoxTotal {
text-align: right;
font-weight: bold;
}

.cartRemoveItemDisplay {
width: 3.5em;
}

.cartAttribsList {
margin-left: 1em;
}

#mediaManager {
width: 50%;
margin: 0.2em;
padding: 0.5em;
background-color: #E4FEf5;
border: 1px solid #003D00;
}

.normalprice, .productSpecialPriceSale {
text-decoration: line-through;
}

.productSpecialPrice, .productSalePrice, .productSpecialPriceSale, .productPriceDiscount {
color: #ff0000;
}

.orderHistList {
margin: 1em;
padding: 0.2em 0em;
list-style-type: none;
}

#cartBoxListWrapper ul, #ezPageBoxList ul {
list-style-type: none;
}

#cartBoxListWrapper li, #ezPageBoxList li, .cartBoxTotal {
margin: 0;
padding: 0.2em 0em;
}

#cartBoxEmpty, #cartBoxVoucherBalance {
font-weight: bold;
}

.totalBox {
width: 5.5em;
text-align: right;
padding: 0.2em;
}

.lineTitle, .amount {
text-align: right;
padding: 0.2em;
}

.amount {
width: 5.5em;
}

/*Image Display*/
#productMainImage, #reviewsInfoDefaultProductImage, #productReviewsDefaultProductImage, #reviewWriteMainImage {
margin: 0em 1em 1em 0em ;
}

.categoryIcon {}

#cartImage {
margin: 0.5em 1em;
}

/*Attributes*/
.attribImg {
width: 20%;
margin: 0.3em 0em;
}

.attributesComments {}

/*list box contents*/
.centerBoxContents, .specialsListBoxContents, .categoryListBoxContents, .additionalImages, .centerBoxContentsSpecials, .centerBoxContentsAlsoPurch, .centerBoxContentsFeatured, .centerBoxContentsNew {
margin: 1em 0em;
}

.centerBoxWrapper {
border: 1px solid #9a9a9a;
height: 1%;
margin: 1.1em 0;
}

h2.centerBoxHeading {
font-size: 1.3em;
color: #ffffff;
}

/*sideboxes*/
.columnLeft {}

h3.leftBoxHeading, h3.leftBoxHeading a,
h3.rightBoxHeading, h3.rightBoxHeading a {
font-size: 1em;
color: #ffffff;
}
#manufacturersHeading, #currenciesHeading, #musicgenresHeading, #recordcompaniesHeading, #searchHeading, #search-headerHeading {
font-size: 0.9em;
color: #ffffff;
}

.leftBoxHeading, .centerBoxHeading, .rightBoxHeading {
margin: 0em;
background-color: #abbbd3;
background-image: url(../images/tile_back.gif);
padding: 0.5em 0.2em;
}

.leftBoxContainer, .rightBoxContainer {
margin: 0em;
border: 1px solid #9a9a9a;
border-bottom: 5px solid #336633;
margin-top: 1.5em;
}

.sideBoxContent {
background-color: #ffffff;
padding: 0.4em;
}

h3.leftBoxHeading a:hover, h3.rightBoxHeading a:hover {
color: #FFFF33;
text-decoration: none;
}

.rightBoxHeading a:visited, .leftBoxHeading a:visited, .centerBoxHeading a:visited {
color: #FFFFFF;
}

.centeredContent, TH, #cartEmptyText, #cartBoxGVButton, #cartBoxEmpty, #cartBoxVoucherBalance, #navCatTabsWrapper, #navEZPageNextPrev, #bannerOne, #bannerTwo, #bannerThree, #bannerFour, #bannerFive, #bannerSix, #siteinfoLegal, #siteinfoCredits, #siteinfoStatus, #siteinfoIP, .center, .cartRemoveItemDisplay, .cartQuantityUpdate, .cartQuantity, .cartTotalsDisplay, #cartBoxGVBalance, .leftBoxHeading, .centerBoxHeading,.rightBoxHeading, .productListing-data, .accountQuantityDisplay, .ratingRow, LABEL#textAreaReviews, #productMainImage, #reviewsInfoDefaultProductImage, #productReviewsDefaultProductImage, #reviewWriteMainImage, .centerBoxContents, .specialsListBoxContents, .categoryListBoxContents, .additionalImages, .centerBoxContentsSpecials, .centerBoxContentsAlsoPurch, .centerBoxContentsFeatured, .centerBoxContentsNew, .gvBal, .attribImg {
text-align: center;
}

#bestsellers .wrapper {
margin: 0em 0em 0em 1.5em;
}

#bestsellers ol {
padding: 0;
margin-left: 1.1em;
}

#bestsellers li {
padding: 0;
margin: 0.3em 0em 0.3em 0em;
}

#bannerboxHeading {
background-color: #0000CC;
}

#upProductsHeading {
text-align: left;
}

#upDateHeading {
text-align: right;
}

/* categories box parent and child categories */
A.category-top, A.category-top:visited {
color: #008000;
text-decoration: none;
}
A.category-links, A.category-links:visited {
color: #004080;
text-decoration: none;
}
A.category-subs, A.category-products, A.category-subs:visited, A.category-products:visited {
color: #FF0000;
text-decoration: none;
}
SPAN.category-subs-parent {
font-weight: bold;
}
SPAN.category-subs-selected {
font-weight: bold;
}
/* end categories box links */

/*misc*/
.back {
float: left;
}

.forward, #shoppingCartDefault #PPECbutton {
float: right;
}

.bold {
font-weight: bold;
}

.rowOdd {
background-color: #E8E8E8;
height: 1.5em;
vertical-align: top;
}

.rowEven {
background-color: #F0F0F0;
height: 1.5em;
vertical-align: top;
}

.hiddenField {
display: none;
}
.visibleField {
display: inline;
}

CAPTION {
/*display: none;*/
}

#myAccountGen li, #myAccountNotify li {
margin: 0;
}

.accountTotalDisplay, .accountTaxDisplay {
width: 20%;
text-align: right;
/*vertical-align: top*/
}

.accountQuantityDisplay {
width: 10%;
vertical-align: top
}

TR.tableHeading {
background-color: #cacaca;
height: 2em;
}

.productListing-rowheading {
background-color: #abbbd3;
background-image: url(../images/tile_back.gif);
height: 2em;
color: #FFFFFF;
}

#siteMapList {
width: 90%;
float: right;
}

.ratingRow {
margin: 1em 0em 1.5em 0em;
}

LABEL#textAreaReviews {
font-weight: normal;
margin: 1em 0em;
}

#popupShippingEstimator, #popupSearchHelp, #popupAdditionalImage, #popupImage, #popupCVVHelp, #popupCouponHelp, #popupAtrribsQuantityPricesHelp, #infoShoppingCart {
background-color: #ffffff;
}

[gjh42]

To get a fixed width, you need to give #mainWrapper a width in px or em, not %.

/*wrappers - page or section containers*/
#mainWrapper {
background-color: #ffffff;
text-align: left;
width: 80%;// <--------change to 900px or whatever you want
vertical-align: top;
border: 1px solid #9a9a9a;
}

[numinix]

As I said, if I give this a fixed width (ie. 1024px), my monthly box becomes distorted...

[gjh42]

What do you mean by "distorted"? Of course it's narrower than it would be in a widescreen fluid layout, but everything fits neatly.

Now if only IE would implement the CSS min-width and max-width properties, this wouldn't be an issue. You could have the page fill your gigantic monitor and not get squeezed too much in a smaller one.

[numinix]

For some reason the monthly boxes becomes 50&#37; of the inner column at full screen if I set a width in px. I was going to ask about the min and max as well...

Edit: I just set it to 900px and it works

[numinix]

When I put 1024px, the monthly box becomes half the size, but if it put it to 900 or 1000px, it displays properly. Any idea why?

Also, how do I implement the min/max-width?

Edit: figured it out:

mid-width: 900px;
max-width: 1000px;
width: auto;

What should my min and max be?

[gjh42]

1024... That's weird...

Just add

max-width: 1200px;

or whatever you want to the #mainWrapper declaration (or anywhere else you want to use it).
As far as I know, IE (even IE7) doesn't support this, so it won't have any effect for the great majority of viewers.
This even though it is part of the CSS2 spec and is so useful that any major browser ought to be supporting it...

/soapbox

[numinix]

putting max 1200px does the same thing as if I put 1024px. What happens is the monthly box only spans until it reaches the edge of the image above and then there is why space for the width of the image until it reaches the right column side boxes. It seems to do this for any width above 1000px...

Also, the min-width/max-width appears to be working on IE7!!! I get the same affect whether I use IE7 or FF.

[nav007_2000]

I will try this out at home. I am looking to do the same with my page widths