Chris W. Parker wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm just now experimenting with 'position: relative;' and I've come to
> find out that even when I place an element outside a <div> (with
> relatively positioned elements inside it) it is still pushed below the
> point where the positioned elements WOULD have been (had they not been
> positioned).

This does not sound wrong.
http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visuren.html#choose-position
"When a box B is relatively positioned, the position of the following 
box is calculated as though B were not offset."

> So now it seems that I have to relatively position ALL the elements in
> IE that come after my initial positioned elements if I want to fill the
> gap. Firefox doesn't exhibit this behavior. There's got to be a work
> around for this or it's also possible that I'm doing something wrong.

If Fx does show a different behavior, then most probably Fx is correct. 
I suspect the elements inside to be floated?

> I'd submit a link but my page is on a test server that can't be reached
> from the outside.

Then you have a problem in getting help from those who do not have 
access to a crystal ball.


Ingo

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