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  1. PODiv doesn't have height unless I give it min-height
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    copied!<p>I think this is because I'm floating all three divs "columns" to the left, inside of the main body div.</p> <p>How can I tell the main body div to expand as big as it needs to fit the content divs?</p> <p>Here it's with min-height: <img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/F3Ow4.jpg" alt="alt text"></p> <p>And here with the min-height taken away: <img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/Tr9T1.jpg" alt="alt text"></p> <p>Here is my relevant code.</p> <pre><code>#body { border:1px solid blue; width:950px; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; margin-top:15px; } #leftcolumn { min-height:500px; float:left; width:190px; } #contactarea { font-family:Arial; } #contactarea p.heading { Color:#000; font-size:large; position:relative; left:14px; } #contactarea p.tag { color:#000; font-size:medium; position:relative; left:10px; } #leftnavigation ul { margin:0; padding: 0; list-style: none; } #leftnavigation ul li { border-top: 1px solid #333; border-bottom: 1px solid #111; } #leftnavigation ul li:first-child {border-top: none;} #leftnavigation ul li:last-child {border-bottom: none;} #leftnavigation ul li a { padding: 10px; display: block; color: #fff; background-color:#222222; text-decoration: none; } #leftnavigation ul li a:hover {background: #111;} #contentarea { border:1px solid blue; min-height:500px; float:left; width:594px; margin-left:5px; margin-right:5px; } #advertisingarea { width:150px; float:left; min-height:500px; background-image:url('images/advertisingAreaBackground.png'); background-repeat:repeat-y; } .advert { height:190px; overflow:hidden; } .advert img { padding:0; margin:0; position:relative; left:25px; top:5px; } .advert p { font-size:x-small; font-family:Arial; margin-left:8px; margin-right:8px; margin-top:5px; } &lt;div id="body"&gt; &lt;div id="leftcolumn"&gt; &lt;div id="leftnavigation"&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="#"&gt;Automoviles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="#"&gt;Clases y Talleres&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="#"&gt;Electronicos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="#"&gt;Inmobiliaria&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="#"&gt;Libros&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="#"&gt;Musica, Peliculas y Juegos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="#"&gt;Ninos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="#"&gt;Otros&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="#"&gt;Ropa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div id="contactarea"&gt; &lt;p class="heading"&gt;Anuncios Premium&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="tag"&gt;Destaque sus anuncios con una cuenta premium!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div id="contentarea"&gt;sdfg&lt;h1&gt;asdasd&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div id="advertisingarea"&gt; &lt;div class="advert"&gt; &lt;a href="#"&gt;&lt;img src="../../Content/images/advertImage.png" alt="Advert" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;p&gt;Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Mauris nibh nisi, volutpat a vehicula eget&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="advert"&gt; &lt;a href="#"&gt;&lt;img src="../../Content/images/advertImage.png" alt="Advert" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;p&gt;Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Mauris nibh nisi, volutpat a vehicula eget&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="advert"&gt; &lt;a href="#"&gt;&lt;img src="../../Content/images/advertImage.png" alt="Advert" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;p&gt;Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Mauris nibh nisi, volutpat a vehicula eget&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; </code></pre>
 

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