applying css on a jsp file not working

[techyworld]

i have a header.jsp file with the following div tag:

<%@ page language="java" isELIgnored="false" contentType="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" pageEncoding="ISO-8859-1"%>
<jsp:directive.include file="/WEB-INF/sitemesh-decorators/include.jsp"/>
<fmt:setBundle basename="bundles.application-resources"/>

<div id="header">
    <h1><fmt:message key="application.title"/></h1>    
</div>
<div id="message"></div>

<div id="login" ><jsp:include page="/WEB-INF/sitemesh-common/login.jsp" /></div> 

and my css file as follows:

#header{solid #999;margin-bottom:10px;float:top left;min-width:960px;
    background: transparent url('../pharmacy.jpg') no-repeat;}

#message{margin-bottom:10px;float:top right;min-width:960px;
background: transparent url('../medecine.jpg')no-repeat;}

#login{float:bottom;*margin-bottom:-15px;}

my problem is i have an image in #header and another image in #message. i want both to be on the same level but one on the right and the other one on the left. the position of the image in #header is good. but in #message, it's not good. it's not on the same level.anyone can tell me how to solve this?

[JorgeM]

There seems to be some property and value issues with your code above. For example, your #header starts with a sting of "solid #999". That isnt a property so what are you trying to do there? Also with the floats, i am familiar with the propert and the values of left and right. You are using top..I dont beleive that is a valid value for float. You've also added a min-width so be aware if there isnt enough room (assuming you used float properly), that the other div will move below, but to the right.

[techyworld]

sorry the solid is not in the code. i forgot to remove it. i did not understand the min-width.can you explain it properly? thanks :)

[techyworld]

I manage to make both image appearing. but i need to insert a text in the div tag subhead!!

#header{width:60%; float:left; margin-bottom:10px; 
background: transparent url('../images/pharmacy') no-repeat;}

#subHead{  width:40%; float:right; margin-bottom:10px; height:55px; 

background: transparent url('../images/medcine.jpg')  no-repeat;}





<%@ page language="java" isELIgnored="false" contentType="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" pageEncoding="ISO-8859-1"%>
<jsp:directive.include file="/WEB-INF/sitemesh-decorators/include.jsp"/>
<fmt:setBundle basename="bundles.application-resources"/>


    <div id="header" >
        <h1 class="headerTitle"><fmt:message key="application.title"/></h1>    
    </div>

    <div id="subHead"><h3>a</h3></div>

    <div id="login" style="width:100%"><jsp:include page="/WEB-INF/sitemesh-common/login.jsp" /></div> 

I want the image to be displayed without entering text in the div tag!