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Posted by Sems on 09/26/07 08:57
On Sep 25, 9:13 pm, Andy Dingley <ding...@codesmiths.com> wrote:
> On 24 Sep, 23:05, ben_camero...@hotmail.com wrote:
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> > How do I get two div sections to sit next to each other horizontally?
>
> Use the CSS property "float"
>
> This is harder to use correctly and well than you might imagine. In
> particular, "floating" is easy, but tidying things up afterwards can
> be surprising. It's not hard, but you do need to learn some background
> first. The tutorial athttp://brainjar.com/css/positioning/is good,
> accurate and readable.
>
> Design your pages with a good and accurate browser such as Firefox
> first, because IE has many bugs in this area. You can make IE-
> compatible and cross-browser pages easily enough, but start from the
> "correct" case and make it work for IE. Hacking it up to look right
> for IE first, and then trying to fix it, is harder.
>
> Don't believe anything you read on w3schools - much is wrong, bad
> practice, obsolete, or at best poorly written.
>
> Don't use absolue positioning. Avoid pixel dimensions. Either of these
> make for pages that are inflexible and non-fluid. You might use either
> technique at times, but beginners especially should avoid them as
> being the technique of first choice.
I've checked out the given tutorial, its very good, thanks.
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