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Chapter 15. Creating Fixed-Width Layouts with CSS

For those just joining us, a fixed-width layout uses absolute measurements to determine the width of the page, which gives you a higher degree of control over the graphic design. Topic 14 discusses how to create fixed-width layouts using tables. This topic shows you how to achieve the same effect with Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).

TIP This procedure gives you a fixed-width layout that sits on the left side of the browser window. If you want to center your CSS-based layout instead, skip ahead to Topic 16.

If you look at any topic on tables-based layouts in this book, you read over and over again about how you should always build your design with nested tables. You find no such advice in this topic, ...