developing asp.net mvc app, index table overlaps page border

Question

I am developing my first web app after years of C# Windows Forms development in .NET. I've been following the NerdDinner tutorial and making changes where needed to suit my programs needs. I have some more things to add, but currently all the functionality is working.

I've kept my Index View as a table. When it displays, the table is wider than the browser window (even when maximized) and I can use the scroll bar at the bottom to view the entire table. However, there is a border around the browser window that the table overlaps, so the second half of my table is over the blue border rather than the white. I haven't made any changes to the site.css yet. I've tried to do some web searches for solutions, but they're too broad since I don't know which element needs to be changed. Most of the stuff I'm coming across is to update the border on the table, not the page.

    /*----------------------------------------------------------
The base color for this template is #5c87b2. If you'd like
to use a different color start by replacing all instances of
#5c87b2 with your new color.
----------------------------------------------------------*/
body
{
    background-color: #5c87b2; 
    font-size: .75em;
    font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    color: #696969; 
    /* width: auto; */
}

a:link
{
    color: #034af3;
    text-decoration: underline;
}
a:visited
{
    color: #505abc;
}
a:hover
{
    color: #1d60ff;
    text-decoration: none;
}
a:active
{
    color: #12eb87;
}

p, ul
{
    margin-bottom: 20px;
    line-height: 1.6em;
}

/* HEADINGS   
----------------------------------------------------------*/
h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6
{
    font-size: 1.5em;
    color: #000;
    font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}

h1
{
    font-size: 2em;
    padding-bottom: 0;
    margin-bottom: 0;
}
h2
{
    padding: 0 0 10px 0;
}
h3
{
    font-size: 1.2em;
}
h4
{
    font-size: 1.1em;
}
h5, h6
{
    font-size: 1em;
}

/* this rule styles <h2> tags that are the 
first child of the left and right table columns */
.rightColumn > h1, .rightColumn > h2, .leftColumn > h1, .leftColumn > h2
{
    margin-top: 0;
}

/* PRIMARY LAYOUT ELEMENTS   
----------------------------------------------------------*/

/* you can specify a greater or lesser percentage for the 
page width. Or, you can specify an exact pixel width. */
.page
{
    /* width: auto; */
    /* width: 90%; */
    margin-left: auto;
    margin-right: auto; 
}

#header
{
    position: relative;
    margin-bottom: 0px;
    color: #000;
    padding: 0;
}

#header h1
{
    font-weight: bold;
    padding: 5px 0;
    margin: 0;
    color: #fff;
    border: none;
    line-height: 2em;
    font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-size: 32px !important;
}

#main
{
    padding: 30px 30px 15px 30px;
    background-color: #fff;
    margin-bottom: 30px;
    _height: 1px; /* only IE6 applies CSS properties starting with an underscrore */
}

#footer
{
    color: #999;
    padding: 10px 0;
    text-align: center;
    line-height: normal;
    margin: 0;
    font-size: .9em;
}

/* TAB MENU   
----------------------------------------------------------*/
ul#menu
{
    border-bottom: 1px #5C87B2 solid;
    padding: 0 0 2px;
    position: relative;
    margin: 0;
    text-align: right;
}

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

ul#menu li#greeting
{
    padding: 10px 20px;
    font-weight: bold;
    text-decoration: none;
    line-height: 2.8em;
    color: #fff;
}

ul#menu li a
{
    padding: 10px 20px;
    font-weight: bold;
    text-decoration: none;
    line-height: 2.8em;
    background-color: #e8eef4;
    color: #034af3;
}

ul#menu li a:hover
{
    background-color: #fff;
    text-decoration: none;
}

ul#menu li a:active
{
    background-color: #a6e2a6;
    text-decoration: none;
}

ul#menu li.selected a
{
    background-color: #fff;
    color: #000;
}

/* FORM LAYOUT ELEMENTS   
----------------------------------------------------------*/

fieldset 
{
    margin: 1em 0;
    padding: 1em;
    border: 1px solid #CCC;
}

fieldset p 
{
    margin: 2px 12px 10px 10px;
}

fieldset label 
{
    display: block;
}

fieldset label.inline 
{
    display: inline;
}

legend 
{
    font-size: 1.1em;
    font-weight: 600;
    padding: 2px 4px 8px 4px;
}

input[type="text"] 
{
    width: 200px; 
    border: 1px solid #CCC;
}

input[type="password"] 
{
    width: 200px; 
    border: 1px solid #CCC;
}

/* TABLE
----------------------------------------------------------*/

table 
{
  border: solid 1px #e8eef4;
  border-collapse: collapse;
}

table td 
{
  padding: 5px;   
  border: solid 1px #e8eef4;
}

table th
{
  padding: 6px 5px;
  text-align: left;
  background-color: #e8eef4; 
  border: solid 1px #e8eef4;   
}

/* MISC  
----------------------------------------------------------*/
.clear
{
    clear: both;
}

.error
{
    color: Red;
}

#menucontainer
{
    margin-top:40px;
}

div#title
{
    display:block;
    float:left;
    text-align:left;
}

#logindisplay
{
    font-size:1.1em;
    display:block;
    text-align:right;
    margin:10px;
    color:White;
}

#logindisplay a:link
{
    color: white;
    text-decoration: underline;
}

#logindisplay a:visited
{
    color: white;
    text-decoration: underline;
}

#logindisplay a:hover
{
    color: white;
    text-decoration: none;
}

.field-validation-error
{
    color: #ff0000;
}

.input-validation-error
{
    border: 1px solid #ff0000;
    background-color: #ffeeee;
}

.validation-summary-errors
{
    font-weight: bold;
    color: #ff0000;
}

Answer 1

Without actually seeing any examples you could try this in the site.css file.

Locate the "body" class.

Change, or add, an attribute such as width:800px or min-width:450px or you may even be able to do width:auto.

These are generally the settings I use for my sites.

You may also need to play around with the #main class.

Answer 2

Never found the problem. The final look has not been decided, so I will revisit the issue then.