When to use CSS positioning?

Question

I am new to the world of coding, XHTML, CSS as well as PHP. I have come across numerous tutorials regarding positioning i.e. relative, absolute and fixed however have no ide

Answer 1

For understanding CSS positioning, you need to get familiarize with the "CSS BOX Model"

There are tons of tutorials online. Here are some good ones with examples for beginners:

http://www.brainjar.com/css/positioning/default.asp

http://www.tizag.com/cssT/position.php

http://www.alistapart.com/articles/css-positioning-101/