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HTML frustrations
Frustration is the genesis of innovation in web design. The language of the web started out as simple HTML. It is an acronym for hypertext markup language. Tim Berners-Lee used that language in his CERN. He had a very limited requirement. He wanted a technology and a program that would help him interpret HTML and [...]
Understanding and determining positions
Many web designers are confused about the different positioning schemes that are available. An understanding of positioning schemes must begin with the concept of normal flow. This is the default behavior of the web browser. Each block-level element is stacked one after another with inline elements flowing into the available space on the page. The [...]
Types of positioning
While this default “flow” does not give the designer much scope for manipulating layouts, CSS allows the designer to apply a small set of attributes to the elements of the page and control their position by defining coordinates within which they will appear. CSS 1 provided the user with the ability to specify: The width [...]
Static positioning
Static positioning is the default positioning of elements on the page. It sources the element as in the HTML and places them linearly one after another. The elements cannot be repositioned and do not have defined coordinates for the element’s position. However, the <body> element is positioned and provides the coordinates for the child elements [...]
Understanding the need for visual formatting model
CSS visual formatting model supposes that a document contains a number of boxes within boxes. A box can have a border and a background. The content of the box will be held in the center of the box and the area around it will be the padding. The margin is around the border of the [...]
Layouts and element positioning in visual formatting
All CSS positioning schemas such as float, relative, absolute, fixed, and static are applicable to the visual-formatting model. Normal flow in the visual formatting context can be with reference to the block or inline elements, but not both simultaneously. Block elements participate in a block-formatting context, and inline boxes participate in inline formatting context. In [...]
Graphics, images, video, and audio
The originators of the web would never recognize their creation, as it exists today. A profusion of graphics, images, audio, and video are used for a multitude of purposes. Images and graphics can replace text for communication or they can themselves act as elements for navigation. Audio and video can be used to reach out [...]
When absolute positioning does not work!
Absolute positioning is an attractive concept. However there are instances when absolute positioning does not seem to work! In this chapter we shall briefly touch upon instances when the CSS positioning technique does not work. Internet Explorer 4.0 has problems with absolute positioning of elements. When an absolute position is applied to hyperlinks, the positioning [...]