HTML Containers

[Pismo500]

Where is a good place to read up on the theory of HTML containers? I understand how they are created but don't understand how something would be placed in the container if, for example, it were needed to be placed at an absolute location in reference to the boundaries of the container... Thanks in advance... :thumbsup:

[ronaldb66]

The article on Brainjar (http://www.brainjar.com/css/positioning/) is still one of the better reads on the subject and covers just about anything concerning the box model and positioning.

[Pismo500]

Thanks! Lets say I define my container as such -

#pageContainer {
width: 798px;
height: 655;
margin: 0px auto 0px auto;
}

and have it split into two columns (the first being 418pxs and the second being 380pxs), how would I position, say a link or image, to the left of the first coulum? Thanks again!