# CSS help: 3 columns, header and footer
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-help-3-columns-header-and-footer/59986
**Category:** web dev
**Created:** [August 5, 2004, 10:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-help-3-columns-header-and-footer/59986 "2004-08-05T10:31:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Flashmatazz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Flashmatazz)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2004, 10:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-help-3-columns-header-and-footer/59986/1 "2004-08-05T10:31:05Z")
I can’t seem to figure out how to do this layout using only CSS, so if there’s a CSS guru that can shed some light on this, or point me to a good tutorial that would be much appreciated.
I’d like the second column (header and content) to resize but no to become smaller that say 400 px. Unfortunately, I read that the min-width isn’t supported by IE, so I’m not sure how to do that.
Furthermore, the footer has to be at the bottom of the page at all times, but again: no luck so far.
So what I mean to say is: help!! 😛
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2004, 3:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-help-3-columns-header-and-footer/59986/2 "2004-08-06T15:21:10Z")
Hello
Here is a link to an example of a 3 column layout with header and footer.
[http://www.pmob.co.uk/temp/3colfixedtest\_4.htm](http://www.pmob.co.uk/temp/3colfixedtest_4.htm)
Later
Johnny
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2004, 6:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-help-3-columns-header-and-footer/59986/3 "2004-08-06T18:42:21Z")
Thanks a lot! :thumb:
Hope you don’t mind if I have 1 more question: would it be possible to specify a minimum width for the main content area so that it cannot shrink below that?
Cheers.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2004, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-help-3-columns-header-and-footer/59986/4 "2004-08-08T21:10:49Z")
[http://www.w3schools.com/css/pr\_dim\_min-width.asp](http://www.w3schools.com/css/pr_dim_min-width.asp)
for the min width
[http://www.pixy.cz/blogg/clanky/css-3col-layout/](http://www.pixy.cz/blogg/clanky/css-3col-layout/)
for the 3 column