pls for my first text in web dev. a homepage with; header, nav, sidebar $ footer. how can i place them correcrtly. they are all in <div>. THANKS

Maybe something like this (Note: I won't go into details of css or how to code a navigation menu or set widths. You will need to figure tha tout on your own):

<div id="container">
    <div id="header">Header</div>
    <ul id="navigation">
        <li>menu item 1</li>
        <li>menu item 2</li>
        <li>menu item 3</li>
    </ul>
    <div id="content">
        <div id="sidbar" style="float: left;">side bar contents</div>
        <div id="main" style="float: right;">main content area</div>
        <br style="clear: both;" />
    </div>
    <div id="footer">footer</div>
</div>

phew!

thanks @yawatide, bt if am to put the nav at the top, can i use the position:absolute;top:zpx or z% whatever it will work right? thanks

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OP,

I am not a fan of positioning. It can be done but it gets tricky. Just lay it out as I have specified and you should be fine. Better yet, do what I did when I was starting out - go to a site you like and save out the complete page. Then analyze the underlying code and modify to see what will happen. With time, you will be able to branch out on your own and write your own code.

good luck!

do you know how i can get the css code of a website just like how they get the html code.@yawatide i do that, i have the code for www.1kjobsonline.com

@op using google chrome u right click on the page, click on view source. Once u've done this u shud be able to view the source code of the page, if u want to view the external CSS files that was used simply click on the css link and google chrome will open up the css file in another tab for u.

thanks bt am using FF and IE

^^^ Same difference.