Ok sooo... On my computer the div layers look fine and positioned right but when i go onto my lap top the positioning is different.. what am i doing wrong??

Here is my URL: http://embrace-me.org/jamie/wp-conte.../mine/main.php

and here is my STYLE sheet that i used:
/* Div layer */
#main {
margin: 0 auto;
width: 800px;
text-align: left;
}

#main1 {
position: absolute;
top: 220px;
left: 100px;
width: 1000px;
height: 303px;
overflow: hidden;
background-image: url();
background-color: transparent;
}
#maincontent {
padding-top: 18px;
padding-left: 40px;
width: 500px;
height: 240px;
overflow: hidden;
background-color: transparent;
}
#menu {
float:left;
padding-top: 90px;
padding-left: 50px;
width: 190px;
height: 240px;
overflow: hidden;
background-color: transparent;
}

#newest {
position: absolute;
top: 10px;
left: 485px;
width: 180px;
height: 200px;
overflow: hidden;
background-color: transparent;
}
#maintitle {
position: absolute;
top: 25px;
left: 465px;
width: 190px;
height: 30px;
overflow: hidden;
background-color: transparent;
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color: #663300;
font-size: 175%;
text-align: right;
}

using position: absolute is where you are going wrong.

Learn about relative positioning and use the document flow to your advantage not against you, as absolute positioning will do until you learn how to use it in the right places.

BTW your link 404s out.

Originally Posted by chrishirst

using position: absolute is where you are going wrong.

Learn about relative positioning and use the document flow to your advantage not against you, as absolute positioning will do until you learn how to use it in the right places.

BTW your link 404s out.

What is wrong with absolute positioning? Unless you are making CSS navigation bars and dropdown menus, absolute positioning works pretty well.

Originally Posted by frofi

What is wrong with absolute positioning? Unless you are making CSS navigation bars and dropdown menus, absolute positioning works pretty well.

In my eyes there is nothing wrong with it, you just have to understand the difference between absolute and relative, before you use either.

Originally Posted by frofi

What is wrong with absolute positioning? Unless you are making CSS navigation bars and dropdown menus, absolute positioning works pretty well.

Actually navigation bars and/or drop downs is one of the places where using absolute postioning is required.

As noted in the original post

On my computer the div layers look fine and positioned right but when i go onto my lap top the positioning is different.. what am i doing wrong??

using absolute positions can cause things to go wrong when viewing the pages at different resolutions.

There are very few instances where using absolute positioning is absolutely (pun intended) necessary, and before you start using absolute you need to understand what absolute means and how it will be applied to the elements.

You're centering your layout. If you're going to do that, put position: relative on your #main div.

Absolute positioning is based on the nearest parent relative div. If one's not available, it's based on the body itself.