# Good web design practice with HTML & CSS

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**Category:** web dev\
**Created:** [November 30, 2009, 12:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/good-web-design-practice-with-html-css/300913 "2009-11-30T12:20:34Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 12:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/good-web-design-practice-with-html-css/300913/1 "2009-11-30T12:20:34Z")

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I’ve read many tutorials on web design and have come across many different ways to create websites - but I was just wandering how people would go about designing this site from a best practices point of view and was interested to know peoples thoughts.

Please see JPEG attached.

I plan on making the content not scalable.

Would you create a single background image in a page sized div and then have absolute divs for placing the information over the top.

Or would you slice the images up and place them in divs/tables?

There is the issue of a drop shadow around the edge (not my design) - would it be worth looking into 9 slice scaling?

I’m a graphic designer and my first thought is to have a single background image and then have all the content in absolute divs over the top - would there be issues with this method.

Just wandering what the standard conventions and preferences might be.

Thanks for any input.