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Ben Sgro (ProjectSkyLine) ben-at-projectskyline.com |nyphp dev/internal 
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> Hello All,
>  
> I still used table based layouts. I try to remove all my style 
> attributes and place them in .css files.
> However, I still haven't made the jump from table to div based layouts.
>  
> I've looked at a few books, but haven't found one that really drove 
> the point home.
> I have no formal HTML experiance, I just write it to get stuff done. 
> So, can anyone
> recommend a great book for div/css?
>  
> Good websites are fine too, but the lack of depth in most online 
> articles/whitepapers
> about the topic leaves me wanting more.
>  
> Thanks,
>  
> - Ben
>  
> Ben Sgro, President
> ProjectSkyLine - Defining New Horizons
> +1 718.487.9368 (N.Y. Office)

Ben,

If you're productive and just looking to move over to div layouts, I 
suggest you query the "CSS Box model" and study that concept first. It's 
the math behind page layout using divs, and IMHO you need it first in 
order to be productive no matter how you approach CSS for layout. There 
are two "box models" described on the web: the CSS box model for HTML 
elements, and the concept of page layout as a series of nested "boxes".

Layout the page box model properly, and everything else seems to flow 
logically and comfortably. Not completely clear on the box model, and 
everything can seem like a P.I.T.A.

This is a very good article on the box model behind CSS, but scan all 
the pages  http://www.brainjar.com/css/positioning/
Visual people like this simple demo for the HTML element box model 
concept. http://redmelon.net/tstme/box_model/
and I like to go here for page layouts according to box model (page 
level) http://glish.com/css/
but they are not the latest. For the latest, as always you go to the CSS 
lists.

Hope that helps.

-=john

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