Flowing and Positioning: Two Page Models
By:
John Gallant,
Holly Bergevin,
on Wednesday, June 18, 2003
Reader Level: 
In doing web design work, it is likely you have heard terms such as "Normal flow" and "CSS Positioning." However, if you are accustomed to using tables for controlling the placement of page elements, you may be slightly hazy concerning what these terms actually mean. If so, it's time we got down to some basics on the ways web pages are visually constructed on the screen by current browsers.
This article has been updated as of 5/25/2007. You can read the updated article here
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