Set Up Project Environment
In this step, you'll set up the project environment for learning CSS absolute positioning. We'll create a dedicated project directory and prepare the necessary files for our lab.
First, let's navigate to the project directory and create a new folder for our CSS positioning project:
cd ~/project
mkdir css-positioning-lab
cd css-positioning-lab
Now, let's create the basic project structure. We'll create an index.html file and a styles directory to organize our CSS files:
mkdir styles
touch index.html styles/main.css
Let's verify the directory structure:
tree
Example output:
.
├── index.html
└── styles
└── main.css
Open the index.html file in the WebIDE. We'll add a basic HTML5 structure to prepare for our CSS positioning lab:
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
<title>CSS Absolute Positioning Lab</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="styles/main.css" />
</head>
<body>
<!-- We'll add content in the next steps -->
</body>
</html>
Similarly, open the styles/main.css file and add a basic reset to remove default browser styling:
* {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
box-sizing: border-box;
}
These initial setup steps create a clean, organized environment for our CSS absolute positioning lab. In the next steps, we'll download images and start implementing our positioning techniques.
