[Nickolaus]

I'm new to html and could use some help with building a UI. divs are confusing me. How are they placed what determines their position and the position of their content? what are their limitations and their uses?

[dflynn]

<div>s are placed through CSS coding.

You can use any type of CSS although a separate Stylesheet is most effective.

http://www.devarticles.com/c/a/Web-Style-Sheets/DIV-Based-Layout-with-CSS/

This tutorial should help you understand.

As for limitations, if you think outside the box, you probably won't find any. I haven't at least.

Divs are special because they can be overlayed on eachother, can be used to float, or any combinatiosn of things you need.

Where a table starts essentialy in the top left, you can place a div anywhere on the screen without worry about blank table space being used as a spacer.

Hope this helps.