/* Dateiname: website.css */ body { background-color:#FFFFFF; background-image:url(bodywrapgrad.gif); background-repeat:repeat-y; background-position:left top; margin:0; padding:0; height:100%; /* needed to display bkgnd2 at full height in IE */ } #bkgnd2 { position: absolute; /*needed to expand to full height beyond content in FF */ top: 0px; right: 0px; height:auto; /* FF needs this setting to expand div to fit long content */ min-height:100%; /*sets minimum height in FF*/ width:100%; background-color:transparent; background-image:url(bodywrapgrad-reverse.gif); background-repeat:repeat-y; background-position:right top; text-align:center; /*centers #main in old IE*/ } * html #bkgnd2 { height:100%; /*sets bkgnd2 to full height in IE w short content -- also need height:100% in body*/ } #main { margin:0px auto; /*centers the div in all modern browsers*/ width:50%; padding:1px; /*prevents margin collapse from allowing margins in this div from affecting margins around bkgnd2*/ text-align:left;/*resets normal text align following centering in #bkgnd2*/ }