Please help me get my content div to get an auto height from absolutely positioned element

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Published on 2010-12-28T23:18:01Z Indexed on 2010/12/28 23:53 UTC
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I need some help with a CSS layout. It is set up like this:

+--------------------+
| |   |   header     |
|-|   |--------------|
| |nav|   content    |
| |   |              |
| |   |              |
| |   |              |
| footer             |
+--------------------+

So, the nav is supposed to be floating above all the main page content. That's why I have it set to be absolutely positioned. The issue is that the nav items are dynamic, without a set height. Right now, the nav expands past the content. How can I fix it so that the content will have an auto height based off the nav?

Thanks in advance.

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