After placing some blocks of info with divs in Position: absolute (because I want them side by side), how can I then start Normal Flow after them?
The only way I can think of is a long row of '&nbsp;<br>' which is not very elegant.

Is their a reason why you didn't use float to position the columns?

It also would be helpful to see a link of the website.

Float does not give controlled position, does it? In fact I was quite frustrated with 'float' in CSS1 until I recently 'discovered' CSS2
The URL is:
http://www.skiptonflytyers.co.uk/venue.htm
but it should be viewed as a frame in
http://www.skiptonflytyers.co.uk
by following the 'venue' link.

In any case, the question remains - how do you get normal flow to follow blocks with absolute positioning?

how do you get normal flow to follow blocks with absolute positioning?

Kind of a tricky question, since using position:absolute REMOVES those blocks from the flow altogether, so the rest of the document is 'flowing' in spite of the positioned blocks.

Float does not give controlled position, does it?

That depends on your goal. Using position:absolute is fine in certain situations, but to base an entire layout on it is just asking for headaches, especially with IE, which coughs up hairballs over it.

Given your layout, you really should use floats. You CAN control where they go with margins and padding.

I would also recommend putting a 'wrapper' div AROUND everything else, set a width for it, and set IT to position:relative. If you want the whole thing centered, give the wrapper div a margin: 0 auto; to center it horizontally. Adjust top and bottom margins as needed.

IE coughs up hairballs...Good one...

Originally Posted by BernardS

it should be viewed as a frame

Ewww, yuck...Why?

Originally Posted by TripleMoons

IE coughs up hairballs...Good one...



Ewww, yuck...Why?

Like Everest - because they are there.
Or another - variety is the spice of life.

Thanks for some useful points LadynRed.
Actually, it is only a single page layout and there is no other content - except, unfortunately, the visible Statcounter which insisted on turning up half behind one of the blocks. I made a mistake in having it visible. I have shifted it with a row of <br>s

Nevertheless, my question was related also to other situations which I have stumbled with.

OK was gettin stuck on this, guys the solution is to use relative positioning instead. sorted my problems