This subject comes up a LOT, so I thought I post this excellent (free) tutorial from Community MX.

http://www.communitymx.com/abstract.cfm?cid=BAD95

Is there any possible way to use absolute positioning inside a <div> container tag?

Absolutely The question is, why are you using absolute positioning ?
Your container will need to be set to position: relative so that anything positioned inside it is positioned relative to the container and not the body.

My goal is to use a large container <div> for the entire pages and to use absolute positioning inside of that so the contents inside the container div will move when the browser is resized/maximized or whatever. All I am getting at this point is the container div moving and all the layers that I put inside it with absolute positioning staying as absolute positioning.

This will also help me with the other site I am working on in which I want to make the drop down positioned as absolute and not the way I have it (which I also might need help with, and no not where to post about that)

Thanks in advance!

Jimmy using the absolute positioning is the opposite of what you want. Absolute positioning is telling the elements to stay exactly where they are when the browser is resized. What you're seeing is what should happen and what you're telling the elements to do.

The elements will move with the container div by default. You shouldn't have to code them specially.

Feel free to start new threads with questions about your site(s). The CSS forum will probably be the most appropriate, but if there's a better place for the thread one of the mods will move it for you.

Ok, will do, cause I need more help.

Thank you for this reference.

This is something I tried to do with a website about a year ago, but couldn't get it to work right. It's funny sometimes how things that we can't quite figure out are so simple.

I'm sure this link will be beneficial to others as well, I know it has helped me.

What helped me was to download pages that I liked and look at how they were constructed. I learned more from that than 10 books on the subject...

That's a great way to learn to code Ronald. I did read a lot of books and still do, but whenever I come across something on a site and want to know how to do it I study the source code and learn how it was done.

It is a problem that I have. I will have to try the methods in the tutoral.

The tutorial suggested about futher tutorial on getting footers to stick to the bottom, has this been produced?

http://www.webmaster-talk.com/css-fo...gn-bottom.html