Expression Web Tutorials: Learn How to Build Web Sites with CSS & HTML ~ A Place For Beginners
What is a Div?
Literally means "division". The <div> tag is used to "divide" a web page into different sections. These sections are boxes.
We use the div tag to generate boxes on a web page, and then we use CSS to style these boxes.
Designed to work in conjunction with CSS, we have far fewer HTML tags to learn. This is due largely to the fact that CSS is used for all formatting and positioning. Whereas HTML & XHTML are used to create structures and add content.