function calc_nav_height() { var browser = ''; browser = navigator.appName; //alert ("before if stmt - browser: " + browser); //checks IF browser is IE if(browser == "Microsoft Internet Explorer") { //set page height into varible var pageHeight = document.body.scrollHeight; //test -alert ("in IE - boo: "+ browser); var browserDiff = 100 //350; //if not IE then "else if" browser Netscape/FF? both will return Netscape }else if(browser == "Netscape") { //set page height var pageHeight = document.body.offsetHeight; //alert ("in Netscape - boo: "+ browser); var browserDiff = 100 //265; } //make sure the header table has the ID="headerTable" var headerHeight = document.getElementById("headerTable").offsetHeight; // the first TD with any content should id="TDnav" often second table var navHeight = document.getElementById("TDnav").offsetHeight; //td after links with follow cart var cartHeight = document.getElementById("TDbelowNav").offsetHeight; //final height to grow TD is the full page height - all the others //browserDiff is subtracts different amounts due to browser (see above) var finalHeight = (pageHeight - (headerHeight + navHeight + cartHeight + browserDiff)); //alert(pageHeight - (headerHeight + navHeight + cartHeight + browserDiff)); //this finds the TD you want to grow and puts it in a variable var tdgrow = document.getElementById("TDGrow"); //this sets the height of the td that grows //check the source of the page and u should see style="height:NNpx;" if (finalHeight > 0){ tdgrow.style.height = finalHeight+"px"; } /** lines to test how it works in each browser to see the numbers remove comments in front of each line BELOW **/ //alert ("full height: " +pageHeight); //alert ("header height headerTable: " +headerHeight); //alert ("nav height TDnav: " + navHeight); //alert ("cart TDbottom: " + cartHeight); //alert ("amt it should grow: " + finalHeight); /** THEN 1) either cut and past this code into bottom of the footer or include this file with the lines below 2) add this to the BODY tag in STYLES section of the manager onLoad="calc_nav_height();" ex. **/ } // end function