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June 1, 2010 at 5:20 pm #76846
Rob MacKay
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relative positioning works from a starting point of where the element WOULD have been rendered normally. Absolute positioning works from the parent element (if it has a position of at least relative) or defaults to the browser.

For a deeper look I wrote a quick article on it here:

http://alteredaspect.info/the-art-of-css-positioning/

have a quick read and see if it helps :)