How to create a Sidebar in CSS?

Hi,

Quite simply I am awful at CSS. I am trying to create a facebook/flickr style photo gallery. So far after a ridiculously long time I have managed to create:

http://www.stuartjackson.co.uk/v1/album/index.php?album=travel/australia&image=cradlemountain.jpg

As my image page. I however would like it to resemble: http://www.stuartjackson.co.uk/layout.jpg

Can anyone tell me how I create the column on the right so I can have a big list of tags? Basically just trying to create pretty much what I have displayed there, with ability to add lots of tags.

I know as good as zero about css and have just being getting lost or not the end result I was looking for so far.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Oh and this is my css I've just been trying to alter the default theme:

/*

Zen Photo Default 1.0

*/

/* Basics
------------------------------ */
html {
/* Moz */
height: 100%;
}

/* Main Layout
------------------------------ */
body {
background: #FFFFFF;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px 0px 0px;
text-align: center;
margin-bottom: 0px;
}
#main {
text-align: left;
margin: 0px auto;
width: 700px;
background: #fff url('images/mainback.gif') repeat-x top;
padding: 20px 30px 70px;
}
#credit, #sort {
margin: 0 auto;
width: 640px;
font-size: 85%;
color: #96967E;
text-align: right;
clear: both;
}
#credit a, #sort a {
text-decoration: none;
color: #96967E;
border-bottom: 1px dotted #96967E;
}
#credit a:hover, #sort a:hover {
color: #BDBDAE;
border-bottom: 1px solid #BDBDAE;
text-decoration: none;
}
#gallerytitle {
border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;
padding-bottom: 14px;
margin-bottom: 20px;
/*min-height: 40px;
_height: 40px;*/
}
#gallerytitle h2 {
font-weight: normal;
font-size: 8pt;
margin-top: 8px;
width:510px;
}

/* Link Styles
------------------------------ */
a:link, a:active, a:visited { text-decoration: none; color: #5F841D; }
a:hover, a:focus { text-decoration: underline; color: #5F841D; }

/* Text Styles
------------------------------ */
body {
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 8pt;
color: #666666;
}
h2 {
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 8pt;
font-weight: bold;
color: #5F841D;
}
h2 a:link, h2 a:visited {
color: #5F841D;
text-decoration: none;
}
h2 span {
color: #5F841D;
}
h2 a:hover {
color: #5F841D;
text-decoration: underline;
}
h3 {
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 8pt;
font-weight: bold;
color: #000000;
margin-top: 20px;
}
h3 a:link, h3 a:visited { text-decoration: none; }
h3 a:hover { text-decoration: underline; }

/* Miscellaneous
------------------------------ */
hr {
clear: both;
height: 0;
border: 0;
border-top: 1px solid #5F841D;
margin: 0 0 12px 0;
padding: 0;
}
img {
border: 0;
}
blockquote {
border-left: 1px dotted #96967E;
margin-left: 20px;
padding-left: 20px;
color: #363630;
}

#imagemetadata {
text-align: right;
position: relative;
display: none;
}

#imagemetadata table {
text-align: left;
line-height: 1em;
border: 1px solid #ccc;
position: absolute;
top: 2em;
right: 0px;
background-color: #fafafa;
}

#imagemetadata table td {
border-bottom: 1px solid #f0f0f0;
background-color: #f8f8f8;
padding: 2px 5px;
}

/* Page Navigation
------------------------------ */
ul.pagelist {
clear: both;
padding: 0;
margin: 20px 0 0 0;
list-style-type: none;
}
ul.pagelist li {
display: inline;
}
ul.pagelist li a, ul.pagelist span.disabledlink {
padding: 4px;
}
ul.pagelist li.current a {
font-weight: bold;
text-decoration: none;
cursor: default;
color: #000000;
}
ul.pagelist li.prev {
margin-right: 10px;
}
ul.pagelist li.next {
margin-left: 10px;
}
.disabledlink {
color: #ddd;
cursor: default;
}
.pagenav {
clear: both;
}
.disabled_nav {
visibility: hidden;
}

/* AJAX
------------------------------ */
#albumDescEditable, #albumTagsEditable {
margin-bottom: 12px;
}
#imageDescEditable, #albumTagsEditable {
margin-top: 24px;
}
#imageDesc, #exif_link {
margin-bottom: 4px;
}

#exif_link {
float: right;
}

/* Tags
------------------------------ */
.taglist ul {
display: inline;
list-style-type: none;
}

.taglist ul li {
background: url(../images/tag.png) no-repeat left center;
list-style-type: none;
padding-left: 18px;
float:left;
padding-right: 5px;
color: #999999;
display: inline;
list-style-type: none;
}

.taglist .tags_title {
background: none;
padding-right: 5px;
padding-left: 0;
}

/* Image Thumbnails
------------------------------ */
.imagethumb a, .imagethumb a:hover {
display: block;
padding: 9px;
margin: 0px 9px 9px 0px;
line-height: 0px;
border: 1px solid #e6e6e6;
background-color: #f6f6f6;
}
.imagethumb a:visited {
background-color: #fcfcfc;
border: 1px solid #f8f8f8;
}
.imagethumb a:hover {
background-color: #f3f3f3;
border: 1px solid #cccccc;
}
.imagethumb {
float: left;
}
.albumdesc2 {
line-height: 18px;
}

/* Album Thumbnails
------------------------------ */
#albums {
float: left;
}
.album {
margin: 0 22px 8px 0;
padding: 10px 8px 8px 10px;
float: left;
width: 300px;
border: 1px solid #E7F0F5;
background: #FFFFFF;
line-height: 100%;
}
.album a img { }
.album .thumb {
float: left;
margin-right: 6px;
}
.album h3 {
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
}
.album p {
line-height: 12px;
font-size: 11px;
padding: 8px 0px 0px;
margin: 0px;
}
.albumdesc small {
color: #666666;
}

/* Individual Image
------------------------------ */
.image {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 0;
}
#image {
text-align: center;
line-height: 0;
}
.imgnav {
float: right;
width: 80px;
text-align: center;
border: 0px solid #D5E6EE;
background: #ffffff;
margin-top: -7px;
}
.imgnav .imgprevious a, .imgnav .imgnext a {
display: block;
width: 50%;
height: 40%;
float: left;
padding: 4px 0;
font-size: 10px;
text-decoration: none;
line-height: 180%;
color: #5F841D;
}
.imgnav .imgprevious a:hover, .imgnav .imgnext a:hover {
background-color: #5F841D;
text-decoration: none;
color: #FFFFFF;
}
.imgnav .imgprevious a {
float: left;
}
.imgnav .imgnext a {
float: right;
}
#narrow {
margin: 0 auto;
width: 640px;
}

/* Comments
------------------------------ */
#comments {
clear: both;
}
.error {
color: #C33;
font-weight: bold;
}
.comment {
padding: 10px;
border: 1px solid #E7F0F5;
background: #FBFCFD;
margin-bottom: 12px;
}
.commentmeta {
margin-bottom: 12px;
}
.commentauthor {
font-weight: bold;
}
.commentdate {
margin-top: 12px;
color: #000000;
font-size: 85%;
}

/* Forms
------------------------------ */
.inputbox {
width: 250px;
padding: 2px;
}
textarea {
padding: 4px;
width: 100%;
color: #5A5A4B;
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 10pt;
}
.checkbox {
cursor: pointer;
}
.pushbutton {
cursor: pointer;
padding: 5px 10px;
}
label {
cursor: pointer;
}
label:hover {
color: #000;
}
#map {margin-left: -77px;}
#rating { margin-top: 10px; }

/* Admin Toolbox
------------------------------ */
#admin, #admin_data{
position: fixed;
right: 0px;
top: 0px;
width: 130px;
border-bottom: 1px solid #E6E6DF;
border-left: 1px solid #E6E6DF;
background: #fff;
z-index: 2; text-align: left;
}
#admin_data{
top: 0px;
padding-top: 20px;
z-index: 1;
line-height: 1.6em;

}
#admin h3 {
font-weight: normal;
color: #999;
margin:0;
padding:0; text-align: center;
}
#admin h3:hover { color: #036; }

/* Search Box
------------------------------ */
#search {
float: right;
text-align: left;
margin:0;
padding:0;
background: #fff;
}
#search input.pushbutton {
padding: 1px;
font-size: 80%;
}
#search a {
text-decoration: none;
}
#search ul {
border: 1px solid #ccc; position:absolute; text-align:left; list-style: none;
height: 8em; width: 20em; overflow: auto;
background-color: white;
}

#searchfields_icon {
position: relative;
top: 4px;
}
.clear {
clear:both;
height:10px;
}

/* Archive View
---------------------------- */
#archive{
width: 300px;
margin: 0 auto;
text-align: center;
}
ul.archive * {
padding:0;
margin:0;
list-style:none;
}
ul.archive .year {
margin-top:10px;
text-align: center;
margin-bottom:5px;
font-weight:bold;
font-size:18px;
}
ul.archive .month {
font-size: 14px;
list-style:none;
border-top:2px solid #E6E6DF;
padding-top: 5px;
}

/* Tag Cloud
---------------------------- */
#tag_cloud {
text-align: center;
background: #eee;
}

#tag_cloud ul li {
display: inline;
list-style-type: none;
}

#tag_cloud p {
padding:10px 0;
margin:20px 0;
background: #fff;
border-top: 3px solid #E6E6DF;
border-bottom: 3px solid #E6E6DF;
font-size: 18px;
font-weight:bold;
text-align: center;
}
/* Error Messages
------------------------------ */
.errorbox {
padding: 20px;
background-color: #FDD;
border-top: 1px solid #FAA;
border-left: 1px solid #FAA;
border-right: 1px solid #FAA;
border-bottom: 5px solid #FAA;
margin-bottom: 10px;
font-size: 100%;
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Comments

  • acrylian Administrator, Developer
    The zenpage default theme has a sidebar.
  • Hi,

    I've looked and it doesn't appear to? Think I might just give in and use flickr. Tried to adapt another page I found but just can't get it dispalyed right. Might have one last try then if unsuccessful use flickr or facebook.

    Thanks for the response anyway.
  • ah... think you might mean the actual zenpage? If so I see what you mean. I will try to steal and adapt the CSS from that now maybe?! clueless.
  • acrylian Administrator, Developer
    Sorry?? I said the zenpage-default theme has a sidebar: http://www.zenphoto.org/zp/theme/zenpage-default/Image.jpg.php
    No need to "steal" as it is free.
  • ah! I see what you mean now. I thought you mean't the standard theme. Never noticed this option. I will try to adapt that to suit my needs. Thanks a lot for the help it's really appreciated. Take it I can just take the bits I want and turn off the CMS stuff? CMS plugin opens a whole new can of worms for me, think I just want a good functioning photo album. Might have a look at it though.

    Thanks again for the help.
  • acrylian Administrator, Developer
    Sure, at least the theme version from the nightly does work without Zenpage, too (the 1.2.4 one has a bug regarding that...)
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