CCS help

[midwest]

Edit:
Got it figured out. I needed to position the div I used as a container. I used a bare inline position:relative.

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Need a CSS guru.

I'm having a CSS problem that I think has to do with z-index and the div I use as a container. Here is the code

<div>
<img src="<?=$imgUrl?>/state/temps/<?=$statename?>.gif" border=0>
<?php

foreach ($state_data as $key => $value)
{
//echo "KEY::$key - VALUE::$value<br>";
list($junk,$temp)=explode('|',$value);

//$city1 = preg_replace('/ /', '_', $city);

$ww1 = $coords[$key];
list($top,$left)=explode('|',$ww1);

echo '<span style="font-size: 24px; color: #FF0000; z-index:10; position:absolute; top:';
echo "$top";
echo '; left:'; 
echo "$left";
echo ';">';
echo "<b>$temp&deg;</b>";
echo "</span>\n";
}
?>
</div>

As you can see I am positioning spans inside of a div. This works just fine
Index of /templates from a bare template (map_stateName.php)
or a pop-up window
InstaGuide Weather - - State_maps Page

But when I try to include the template within the content area of the site the spans fail to position even though the top and left coords are correct. The spans show up next to the graphic as if they were not even referenced with top/left.

So, how and what do I clear or whatever to get absolute positioning to work? I've been beating at this for a day and a half. It is one of the few things I have not been able to work out on my own. ARRGHHH!

TIA
Ronnie

[david]

Could you post the html as it appears if you view source on the rendered page?
All I can make out here is that <span> is intended for use for formatting rather than positioning so it might be better to use another <div> for the positioning with a <span> in that for formatting.
Also, absolute positioning is still relative to the container, so your <span> is positioning relative to the <div>

[midwest]

David,

Thanks for the reply. I have got it fixed. The span does the positioning. I just needed to set a position:relative in the div container, guess the spans needed that to know where they were to go. It worked fine alone but needed the div referenced when included into an existing page.

Thanks
Ronnie

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