usual way to align divs?

moving away from tables... to get divs when you want them do you typically just use a bunch of <br />'s and &nbsp;'s and/or other empty div's...or maybe by just applying {position: absolute; top: Xpx; right: Ypx; }? link to a page explaining the best strategy?

No, that's not how to do it. A simple source view on well-designed sites would tell you that much. There are some free template sites around. Download some and see how they do it.

One is http://www.oswd.org/, but it's being a bit slow for me at the moment.

haven't been able to load that aforementioned site...been trying over 15 minutes.

moving away from tables... to get divs when you want them do you typically just use a bunch of <br />'s and &nbsp;'s and/or other empty div's...or maybe by just applying {position: absolute; top: Xpx; right: Ypx; }? link to a page explaining the best strategy?
What type of layout you have in mind?

What type of layout you have in mind?

just want to have the freedom to place divs anywhere. For example, I

might
....like
......to
.......place
.........them
............like
..............this.

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just want to have the freedom to place divs anywhere. For example, I

might
....like
......to
.......place
.........them
............like
..............this.

(omit periods)Umm.. then absolute position will be the best choice. But, you need to take care of overlapping of elements/texts when the user use the zoom option from their browser.

just want to have the freedom to place divs anywhere. For example, I

might
....like
......to
.......place
.........them
............like
..............this.

(omit periods)
or a
margin-left: 0px
....margin-left: 20px
etc

Which leaves the divs free to move if content is larger or zoomed

thanks for the replies.

I'm still trying to resolve a simple issue.

I see now how to cascade divs with the margin-left: ??px like I was trying to do earlier.

But, can you place a div directly to the right of another div without floating left the first div or placing both divs within one master div? :confused:

But, can you place a div directly to the right of another div without floating left the first div or placing both divs within one master div? A float or absolute position will b e required to effectively place two divs/"block level elements" side by side.

A float or absolute position will b e required to effectively place two divs/"block level elements" side by side.


thanks for clearing that up.