We conclude our first ever CSS-themed week with a classic article that collates the most important CSS positioning properties.
Nigel Peck’s article CSS Positioning Properties At-A-Glance Guide was first published back in 2003, but five years later still stands strong as a compact summary of the basics of CSS positioning (although we updated a few points before republishing). In fact, the concept of this article formed the basis for the SitePoint CSS Reference, which was then expanded to include the HTML Reference, and we have a JavaScript Reference under development, so the article was quite seminal from our perspective.
In case you missed an article along the way, here’s the complete list of articles that we published this week:
- Monday: Nifty Navigation Tricks Using CSS (Rachel Andrews) — an article that is still popular for beginners looking to create visually interesting site navigation elements that are based on semantic markup
- Tuesday: Breaking Out of the Box With CSS Layouts (Jina Bolton) — a terrific example of what can be done to dispel the myth that all CSS layouts are boxy
- Wednesday: Warning: This Secret CSS Technique Will Surprise You! (Alex Walker) — just when you thought you’d seen everything that could be done with CSS, Alex, comes up with this crazy effect
- Thursday: Fancy Form Design Using CSS (Cameron Adams) — consistently the most popular article on SitePoint, month upon month upon month
- Friday: CSS Positioning Properties At-A-Glance Guide (Nigel Peck) — the reference before the reference
I hope you’ve enjoyed our CSS week — hopefully you learned something new, and rediscovered some gold from the archives. We’ll return you to our regular schedule of two articles per week next week.
In the mean time … have a great weekend, and happy CSS coding!
Matthew MagainMatthew Magain is a UX designer with over 15 years of experience creating exceptional digital experiences for companies such as IBM, Australia Post, and sitepoint.com. He is currently the Chief Doodler at Sketch Group, Co-founder of UX Mastery, and recently co-authored Everyday UX, an inspiring collection of interviews with some of the best UX Designers in the world. Matthew is also the creator of Charlie Weatherburn and the Flying Machine.
