css absolute position

[$c0d3r]

Im sure this has a very simple awnser, but i cant seem to get to div tags to apear right next to each other. I need a menue that is next to something, but my css script wont work. I am not very experienced with css, so mabe i am using the right and left properties the wrong way.
Could someone help me with the syntax.

I had something like:

div.menu {
position: absolute;
right: 0px;
}
div.something {
position: absolute;
right: 500px;
}

Any help would be nice thnx.

[$c0d3r]

Never mind, figured it out. I guess left and top are the most secure way to position stuff since the origin wont change, although if any one has any tips about positioning stuff a better please post them. thnx.

[exoduz]

For most of my need I use one div that hold everything on my page, that makes it easiyer to center and position every thing were i want to. So for this I would use somthing like

div#container {
padding: 0;
margin-top: 0px;
margin-bottom: 0px;
margin-right: auto;
margin-left: auto;
position:absolute;
width:600px;
}

div#menu {
float:right;
width:150px;
}

div#other_stuff{
float:left;
widht:450px;
}

Hope it works for you, and that I made some point here. I´m getting tierd. But hope it helps.