Question

I am attempting to put several messages in a thread-like layout. To see the result of what I have, go here: http://jsfiddle.net/sunjay03/Aykqc/embedded/result/

If you adjust the width of the screen, you will see that the text in the lower message does not layout properly. As well as that, I can’t seem to get the date to always go to the very right of the screen.

Here is the link to the full jsfiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/sunjay03/Aykqc/

Here are some images of what I’d like to happen:

Any help?

Answer 1

I fiddled around with your fiddle and made this of it:

http://jsfiddle.net/S7drj/1/

HTML:

<div class="messages">
    <div class="message">
        <div class="message-image">
            <img src="http://www.sunjay.ca/images/logo_notext.gif" alt="profile_image">
        </div>
        <div class="message-body">
            <div class="message-name">
                <span class="message-date">Nov. 15, 2010</span>
                <h3>John Smith</h3>
            </div>
            <div class="message-text">
                <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.</p>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
    <div class="message">
        <div class="message-image">
            <img src="http://www.sunjay.ca/images/logo_notext.gif" alt="profile_image">
        </div>
        <div class="message-body">
            <div class="message-name">
                <span class="message-date">Nov. 15, 2010</span>
                <h3>Joe Smith</h3>
            </div>
            <div class="message-text">
                <p>Aliquam commodo dui at mauris tempus eu commodo nunc commodo. Quisque accumsan semper sapien, quis tristique odio egestas ac.</p>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

CSS:

body
{
    margin: 20px;
}

.message
{
    padding: 2px;
    margin: 2px;
    clear: both;
    width:100%;
}

.message .message-image
{
    padding: 5px;
    float:left;
}

.message .message-body
{
}

.message .message-body .message-name
{
}

.message .message-body .message-name h3
{
}

.message .message-body .message-text
{
}

.message .message-body .message-date
{
    float: right;
}

Is that how you want it?