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...Putting float into Practice in our Layout.. Having looked at a simple example of how float works to create a multi-column layout, we can adapt our layout to display three columns using float. First, we need to adapt the document to place the sidebar sections above the main content section....

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... In our layout, the two sidebars are floated to the left and right content area, which effectively wraps around the two columns. In this instance, we don’t want the content to appear to wrap around the sidebars, so we keep wide margins on the content div, making it run down the center of the page even if the columns are shorter than the content. The final piece of the puzzle is the use of the clear property on the footer div, which causes the footer always to display below the content and sidebars, without overlapping any parts of the layout. As we saw in the last chapter, clear can have a value of left, right, or both. Applying the clear: both declaration to the footer will clear the left- and right-hand sidebars. The footer will naturally clear the content div, as it’s still within the flow of the document. Content...Content...pplying the clear: both declaration to the footer will clear the left- and right-hand sidebars. The footer will naturally clear the content div, as it’s still within the flow of the document. Content...Content...pplying the clear: both declaration to the footer will clear the left- and right-hand sidebars. The footer will naturally clear the content div, as it’s still within the flow of the document. Content ...Content ...