Does anyone know of a good guide explaining how to position elements using CSS?

1 Answer

Answer :

Google “css box model tutorial” and start experimenting. Don’t worry, it was a blur starting out for me too.. www.csszengarden.com is a great place to get inspiration too..

Related questions

Description : Is there a way to get an "onrelease" state using CSS?

Last Answer : answer:I believe with just CSS the only pseudo-class that would come close is :hover for example .class:hover{ } . Unless there is something new that has come out. your best bet would be to would ... would also be more compatible with IE 6 (if your concerned) as IE 6 does not support :hover.

Description : Using css how can I make my background fit to the screen automatically?

Last Answer : I would be better able to help you if you could be slightly more specific. Are you using as image as your background? A gradient? Some code or a link would also help. Hope to hear back from you soon!

Description : How can using CSS help make a web site better or easier?

Last Answer : One way they help is by putting all of your formatting, styles, colors, etc in one easily changeable file. You can, for example.. have one file that tells your whole website how to look.. ... can be controlled by this one simple cascading style sheet. See this introduction for more info about it.

Description : How do I style input boxes using HTML/CSS?

Last Answer : I recommend downloading Firefox and the plugin Firebug (getfirebug.com). It's amazing. Then you can go to any website (like apple.com), press the green checkbox in the bottom right to open ... site in Safari because that browser has special rules about displaying input boxes--it's more restrictive.

Description : Can anyone give me some CSS positioning help?

Last Answer : Care to share what you think is wrong? Other than the red mess on the right it seems to render alright in Firefox.

Description : What does background: transparent do in Eric Meyer's reset.css?

Last Answer : This is used to override any unexpected browser defaults of an opaque background on an element such as . I wouldn’t worry too much about it since it was added to fix unusual browser settings.

Description : OK, !@*&% CSS, Why Won't My Headline Center?

Last Answer : The only thing I can think is that you have div.one-col set to display: inline. When I remove that formatting (using Google Chrome's developer tools), it does indeed center. (It also screws up ... the calendar disappears, but I'm betting you can fix that once you've addressed the July thing .)

Description : Tumblr css help?

Last Answer : answer:My instinct is that CSS will not be able to help you with this probably some scripting and HTML is in order. CSS will only change the look and feel of a page, not the function (having a ... any themes that have this functionality, and can you look at the code to figure out how it's done?

Description : Is there a code for CSS/Javascript to keep your contents in place when re-sizing a window?

Last Answer : Is your site fixed width?

Description : HTML vs. CSS?

Last Answer : The point of CSS is to capture style information in a single location..Not only is this good coding pracitice, but if you use the CSS styles consistently, you can change the look of your web site simply by modifying the CSS. Think ‘Skins’.

Description : Why is the word pseudo often used when referring to CSS or maybe all code?

Last Answer : Could you give us an example? Generally when people say pseudo code, they’re referring to code that isn’t actual code, but is explaining how code statements work. Such as: if (the cat is wet) { meow anxiously; }

Description : DIV class & id name parser for automatic CSS file generation?

Last Answer : I saw something on reddit today about something called HSS, I can’t remember the link but google it, it sounded like it does what you want.

Description : How to teach XHTML, CSS, and PHP?

Last Answer : Not having a clue about how to do these things, I think your answer lies in your own experience-you had to go through the challenge of working it out yourself-sometimes it was hard. I don't know ... hard work-no substitute for that. And that's also the fun of it. And the feeling of accomplishment.

Description : Curved borders in HTML/CSS?

Last Answer : images.

Description : What is the difference/relationship between HTML and CSS?

Last Answer : HTML is the structure of the document. So the HTML would look like. Hello World And the CSS could be. CSS defines the look. H1 { font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; border-size: thin ... 400px; } Take a peek here.. http://www.pillowpersuasion.com/dance/blank.html Look at the source.

Description : How to give 3 floated div's the same height in CSS?

Last Answer : Never mind. I’ve gone back to tables. (but only for that part) Div’s can be very, very, very painful sometimes…

Description : How do I remove spaces around images in a CSS drop down menu in IE?

Last Answer : answer:sorry to dp.. but here's the code i'm working with. http://www.mosaicfound.org/NEW/common/top.php

Description : CSS dropdown menu crisis with IE 7...

Last Answer : Your first problem is that you've defined the .clearfix CSS class in the HEAD of your document but you have not applied it to any of the elements in the BODY. The page where you ... containing a float needing to be cleared, plus any Guillotine-Bug-fixing block elements within the container."

Description : Quality css troubleshooting in or around DC? or virtualy?

Last Answer : answer:Based on your previous question I assume that the real problem are your dropdown menus? Have you tried just modifying the code in http://www.alistapart.com/articles/dropdowns (which should work in IE ... it's saved us so much headache on Ask-public and makes our css much more maintainable.

Description : what's the easiest way to learn css?

Last Answer : answer:Check out the “Siblings” questions on the right for some good ideas… well, at least this one: http://ask-public.com/disc/3608/how-should-i-start-to-learn-html-css-and-java/ You might check out Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 as well.

Description : CSS Floats driving me insane?

Last Answer : answer:So you missing a px after 125. Anyways i didn't bother trying to figure out whats wrong with your code (just because i get paid to do such things)/ But anyways so i just built a quick ... use for what you are trying to do - here. FYI the term webmaster is depreciated in today's web world

Description : CSS issue.

Last Answer : Hmm… not quite sure what you mean… whatever it is, I wonder if you’re taking the complicated option? It certainly seems like you are. Perhaps try simplifying your layout.

Description : Is there a css/html coding app for iPhone/iPod touch?

Last Answer : How about mobile textedit ? That should get you where you’re trying to get. It’s not perfect, but it’s the only thing I found. You’ll also need mobile finder for it to work.

Description : How to position a div above another div while placed after that div? (see descr.)

Last Answer : I saw this the other day. Look for the fourth tip. Not sure if that is exactly what you want but you might want to take a look.

Description : How many HTML elements can you name in 5 minutes?

Last Answer : I got 36…missed a handful of favorites that I just didn’t think of (html, center, br..) there are some i dont know…area, base, bdo….intersting

Description : Has anyone ever created a timer using JavaScript?

Last Answer : answer:I think the easiest thing to do is just use an existing timer that uses 1,2,3,4 syntax and convert it to hh:mm:ss yourself. It should be a fairly straightforward conversion. You're basically just ... (I imagine there are also some existing conversions you can find, but I'd say just dive in).

Description : Any way to directly download an audio source file when the web page is using a javascript audio player (that doesn't use filenames like "x.mp3")?

Last Answer : Could try file2hd.com to see if you can find the resource.

Description : How do I zoom in/out on a vector graphic image using HTML?

Last Answer : You could export it as a flash file and make the size 100% or you could save it as bitmap in high resolution, and then let the browser resize it to 100%

Description : What's a better way to ignore IE6 than using ?

Last Answer : I don’t think there are any browser hacks that validate. Did you try Dean Edwards’ IE7 patch scripts?

Description : Does anyone have a link to a really good CSS reference guide?

Last Answer : http://reference.sitepoint.com/css

Description : Would anyone be willing to change a tumblr layout?

Last Answer : Customize, and mess around with the tables colors.

Description : Tumblr: I can't seem to customize the size of my title, or any text size, or even the size of the icons in my following section. Anyone care to give advice?

Last Answer : answer:Tumblr offers easy customisation interface! On when you log in, go to tumblr.com/dashboard click on preferences icon on top right there, there is a button called Customize Blog Once you click it, you ... go to Theme> Use Custom HTML and then work with the HTML for changing font and so on

Description : Does anyone (besides programmers) really like Ajax-based websites?

Last Answer : answer:I don't think non-programmers will know the difference, I think you should provide some specific sites. Gmail, for example, has links at the bottom basic HTML gives you the non-Ajax ... loads slower, but then everything speeds up because it's loading lots of stuff in the background.

Description : Can anyone help me with HTML coding for my tumblr, please?

Last Answer : You’ll need a JavaScript solution. This one looks like it will meet your needs: http://javascript.internet.com/miscellaneous/random-image.html

Description : Does anyone know a way to sync a wordpress account and a blogger account?

Last Answer : I don't know if this is what you are after but I believe that you may find a good solution by using some sort of 3rd party blog publishing application. Many of these applications support synchronized ... other), but it will let you read and respond to the comments in one place. hope this helps

Description : Can anyone tell me why I shouldn't use HTML newsletters?

Last Answer : It's just an option for people with clients that can't read HTML, so that they don't need to get all the HTML code. For example, below is a newsletter i recently received form Microsoft. This ... Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052, USA ..Message-Id: ---=_NextPart_25FC_1950_C705C24A.01C9EA20-

Description : (Another Blog Question!) Is anyone good at creating html themes for Tumblr?

Last Answer : I could. But I’m booked for the next two weeks

Description : HTML skills anyone? I nead your help!

Last Answer : Which blog are you talking about? Can you provide a link? I’m also not exactly sure what you mean by “float.” Float left or float right? I suspect you’re asking about a more nuanced situation, unless you want: Test

Description : Where can I find information about GMail html specifications?

Last Answer : Need Answer

Description : How to align an image source code in a Tumblr text post?

Last Answer : I think? Or, couldn’t you align it in CSS by going img { align=“right”; }

Description : How can I convert an Excel Macro to html or use the database in a webpage?

Last Answer : answer:Edit the macros and you will see Visual Basic (VB). ASP.NET pages. can use VB (and other languages). One thing about Microsoft technologies - they provide huge amounts of free learning and support. ... if you want to learn ASP.NET For a quick intro, I would check out W3 Schools tutorials.

Description : How do I start a social networking website with some technical knowledge?

Last Answer : ask-public is powered by Python. can learn that.

Description : Can a Website be 100% Bootstrap?

Last Answer : By “bootstrap”, do you mean hand-coding some HTML as a prototype, or are you talking about a product like getbootstrap.com?

Description : Help making a questionaire with javascript/html?

Last Answer : Are you familiar with Javascript? Are you using any type of framework like jquery?

Description : How can I create content within a webpage? (see video)

Last Answer : I would think that your client would want an underlying database.

Description : I need to know how to make automatic pages with html?

Last Answer : Wonder if this little java app would do the trick. Looks like it’s a Firefox plugin as well as srandalone.

Description : How easy or difficult is it for a business to offer customers the choice of the regular website rather than the mobile version?

Last Answer : Some websites do offer you the option to go to their regular website when a mobile device' has been detected and they have sent you to the shrunken version. I've seen that option on my tablet a ... to give you the option. It's just a link they can provide easily, that overrides the mobile version.

Description : How can I change the border color around my Tumblr posts?

Last Answer : answer:Welcome to Fluther. You're on the edge of a thin line posting Tumblr questions, you know. We don't like new users asking for followers (and old users already know better), so don't cross ... existing theme that you like better than your current default, and either edit that or use it as-is?

Description : Can I post something on my Tumblr to a certain page only instead of my home page?

Last Answer : Yup, you create a new blog.

Description : Is there a way to prevent an unlisted YouTube video from being shared on a social site?

Last Answer : answer:No, there is no way to prevent videos from being shared through social networks. It would of undermine Youtube's business model if it allowed that. The best you can do is restrict it from ... own servers. Positing it to a video sharing site is just too risky if confidential info is concerned.