13.1. Introducing CSS Layouts

You can use advanced Dreamweaver tools to create CSS layouts that are flexible, adapt well to different screen sizes and resolutions, and are accessible to all your site visitors.

The CSS Box Model

One of the most popular and recommended approaches to Web design today is the CSS Box model. By combining a series of HTML div tags with CSS styles, it is possible to create designs that are complex in their appearance but simple in their construction. One of the advantages of this model is that Web pages with CSS layouts display well on a variety of devices.

Alignment with Floats

Instead of using the familiar left ...

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