Question

I have a content div where all the content is located. this div has a border. I would like to place things inside this div so that this div expands if the content inside is too big. Should the items inside the content div be a “div” or a “p” and what css position should they have?

CSS:

#content{
position: relative;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
border: 1px solid #E0E0E0;
min-height: 200px;
width: 1000px;
padding: 0px 0px 80px 0px;
background-color: #fff;
}

Answer 1

When you set width: 1000px; it will prevent the content div from being any wider. I suspect you want min-width: 1000px; instead.

For internal content use p tags if you are creating paragraphs that only use inline html elements. If you are using block level elements then use div tags.

I can’t say how you should style your internal elements because I know nothing about your design specs.