# Please could someone help?

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**Created:** [August 20, 2007, 12:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-could-someone-help/236374 "2007-08-20T12:04:32Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 12:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-could-someone-help/236374/1 "2007-08-20T12:04:32Z")

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I dont understand what I am doing wrong here. all I am wanting to do is have a div box with 2 divs in side it…one for content and the other is a side bar. Simple(I woulda thought but i am being proven wrong). I am a complete newb when it comes to CSS and for the life of me I cant figure out why the background div is not filling up the 100% as I am wanting.  
Please if someone could have a look over my code and explain what I am doing wrong I would really appriciate it.  
here is a link to the site:  
[http://www.arctosdesign.com/layout/index1.html](http://www.arctosdesign.com/layout/index1.html)

if you are using the firefox developers plug you should be able to veiw the css aswell.

I am use to tables and I am finding this quite confusing the whole when to use relative or absolute. and no matter what I try I just cant seem to get it. its how I want but with out the background Div behaving as it should.

thanx