Hi forum members,

I feel ignorant my first post being a beg for help, I hope you forgive me.

My problem lies in dreamweaver, I know a little coding, I could use html but I like the fact I can make my content for my webpage in a seperate text document and keep my CSS off-page

I was just hoping someone could tell me
What each of the positions do
(absolute, Relative etc.)
and perhaps a better way to more accurately place images than using a div tag
I am doing it for my college project.

http://www.w3schools.com/Css/pr_class_position.asp

Here is explained what relative, absolute, etc means.
I think a div is the best way to place images if you know something from css.

Why is this in a php forum? Isn't it CSS / HTML?

I think a div is the best way to place images if you know something from css.

Why?


just place the images directly into the document

And if it has to be right aligned or something else?

then set it to the right, just the same as you would with any other element

"Why is this in a php forum? Isn't it CSS / HTML?" er, this is the css forum

Ah! but it wasn't

Thankyou, From the looks of that document, I will be going with fixed position

I cant just add the images, the way I sliced it, I have one image longer than the other that need to go side by side thus causing the image that is shorter to create a gap above it (uhm, I hope you understand what I mean, I am relatively new to coding itself, I can re-code an already coded layout, however cannot really code my own layout from scratch - correctly atleast :P

The reason I use AP Divs is because it allows me to move the image anywhere in space and its the only way I know to add text ontop of an image.
I will be coding (I know its tacky but its only for college and it is for a Security electronic website... which really isnt flashy unless you can use a flash template, which I cannot make.) this layout (for anyone who wishes to see) http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/f...g?t=1259422175

realy all I am slicing is the logo, the nav bar and the side bar + box and the content bar (all with no text fyi.)
obviously Ill constrain the text to the area specified using an AP Div to make sure it doesnt gor any further right / left than I want it to and the overflow would be set to visible
but on the side box it will be set to hidden

The reason I use AP Divs is because it allows me to move the image anywhere in space and its the only way I know to add text ontop of an image.

Well, all that absolute positioning is asking for trouble with IE, and it's also not the best way to lay out a page. As a general rule, if an image is just part of the DESIGN, it should be put in as a BACKGROUND, which allows you to then put text 'over' ANY image. If the image is integral to your CONTENT, then put it in the HTML.

That layout is really simple, and you shouldn't need any AP divs at all to achieve it. Learn to use the normal document flow and floats, and you'll be much better off in the end.