Dave, On Dec 18, 2005, at 7:50 AM, Ionize wrote:
> I am back once more having done some reading on html and CSS and I am > looking for more information on containers and exactly what they are. > Are > they comparable to layers, and when positioning text or images are they > placed within that container or are they on their own seperate > layers/containers. A container can be any html element. And you can make any element act like any other element by using css. Your first step should be to get intimate with html and forget css for a while. Think about what your document says. Are you presenting a list, a data table? a story or newspaper article with lots of paragraphs, an outline? You might even want to check out 'microformats' which is a fancy word for 'conventional ways to mark up certain types of data'. After you have a good grasp of the html you will have, you can know what kind of css selectors you will need to style that html. There are two basic kinds of elements, block, and inline (there are others but you can ignore them for the moment). Block level elements, such as: h1 p div, take up all available horizontal space, and enough vertical space to contain whatever is inside of them. Inline elements, such as: span strong img, sit on the text baseline surrounding them, and wrap as text normally would. When you are ready to delve into css, spend some time in the list wiki. It is a treasure-trove of information related to markup and css. > I am sorry to one and all for asking the most basic of questions, but > you > can all be assured that once i get the theory down I'll be here with > the > most awkward questions imaginable heehee Join the club! Ask anything you like. All we ask is that you scan the wiki <http://css-discuss.incutio.com> and the list archives <http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=SearchCssDiscussList> first. Some of the other list members thrive on qwkward questions! Have a great day! Roger, Roger Roelofs "Remember, if you’re headed in the wrong direction, God allows U-turns!" ~Allison Gappa Bottke ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
