I wrote this article back when I was learning to cope with CSS layout. It’s not the best one around but it’s certainly the simplest. It assumes you’ve been working with CSS for font styles and colours and are comfortable with designing layouts using tables. I uploaded it on my old site but that site is no longer there, so this is an update post.
Title: CSS Layout
Abstract:
Tables are a powerful way of creating complex page layouts. That’s why many people simply refuse to let them go. Now, CSS designs have come a long way and have the same sort of power. Let go of your tables and come see how powerful CSS has become. The main problem I faced when I started learning CSS designs was how to get some of those DIVs floating to the right position while still keeping others in their place. HTML tables made it so easy but they have their drawbacks. I decided to redo my weblog template and write a small article in the meantime. There are a lot of CSS tutorials out there. I’m not going to go into the details of CSS. I’ll just take a design and implement it with precise values to show you just how it’s done. Having said that, be forewarned, this tutorial is not for the faint of heart.