Quick Link: Z-index and Positioning
In Andy Clarke's entry at 24 ways, "Z's not dead baby, Z's not dead""Z's not dead baby, Z's not dead", he describes using z-index and absolutely position elements within a relative container. I've used this on projects in the past (with alpha PNG's) and it works well. Older versions of Safari and Netscape have issues under certain edge cases.
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Um, the actual article seems to be here.
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My photo blog makes use of semi-transparent PNGs and z-index for prettying up visual effects.</shameless_plug>
Is that a Zee or a Zed? :-)
Clarke is British and I'm Canadian so it's pronounced Zed (and rightly so! ;) ).
ps: thanks Ben, I fixed the link. :)