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Beginning HTML5 and CSS3 For Dummies
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Beginning HTML5 and CSS3 For Dummies

by Ed Tittel, Chris Minnick
September 2013
Beginner
384 pages
8h 52m
English
For Dummies
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14

Managing Layout and Positioning

In This Chapter

arrow Understanding the box model

arrow Positioning objects on a page

arrow Floating elements

arrow Using a layout generator

It’s time to start getting the details of how CSS helps you format a web page. In this chapter, we cover the important issue of how to position elements in a web page. We also discuss the two categories of elements where CSS is concerned. Finally, we show you an online tool that you can use to create complex website layouts easily.

If you need a refresher on CSS style rules and properties, read Chapter 12 (a high-level overview of CSS and how it works). Then you can return to this chapter and put CSS into action.

Managing Layout

You can use CSS to lay out your pages so that images and blocks of text

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As is the case with every CSS ...

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