struggling with CSS2

This bit of CSS2 does not make sidebar in Amaya although
it does in msie5 and net6.  But the footer has problems in 
msie & netscape so i guess everyone is struggling with 
 boxs.  colors are only there to distinguish blocks of text.
Anyone have ideas on why it doesnt work  and/or 
better ways of doing sidebar .... my main page
 does things with tables which is nicer when sidebar
ength mismatches page content.

#header  {position:absolute; width:100%; color:blue}
#sidebar {position:absolute; top:15%; left:0; color:green}
#main    {position:absolute; top:15%; left:10em; color:aqua}
#footer  {position:absolute; width:100%; bottom:0; color:red}



John Russell, VE3LL@RAC.CA
http://www.cgocable.net/~jrussel
Mystery readers may want to click on DOROTHYL

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>TEST</title>
<link href="test.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<body>
   <div id="header" style="text-align:right">my reference number : ........</div>
   <div id="sidebar">
   <pre>
   sidebar
   menu1
   menu2
   menu3
   menu4
   </pre>
   </div>
   <div id="main">the text can be a lot of it as follows<br>
     The Old School Dies by Kate Morgan
     A Little Yellow Dog: An Easy Rawlins Mystery by Walter Mosley
     Adam and Evil & The Bluest Blood by Gillian Roberts
     Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers
     Maigret Goes to School by Georges Simenon
     Poison for Teacher by Nancy Spain
     Jonathan Fisher and the Centerfold Caper by Tina Sunshine
     Murder of a Small Town Honey by Denise Swanson
     Murder at Vassar by Elizabeth Atwood Taylor
     Miss Pym Disposes by Josephine Tey
     Murder at School by Glen Trevor
     The Wyndham Case & A Piece of Justice by Jill Paton Walsh
   </div>
   <div id="footer" style="text-align:center">F.Faure / CEA / 19-12-00</div>
</body>

#header  {position:absolute; width:100%; color:blue}
#sidebar {position:absolute; top:15%; left:0; color:green}
#main    {position:absolute; top:15%; left:10em; color:aqua}
#footer  {position:absolute; width:100%; bottom:0; color:red}

Received on Tuesday, 19 December 2000 15:25:35 UTC