positioning a div relative to another div

[DoubleV]

i have a "container" div that holds some stuff and i want to position some other stuff relative to the "container" div's 0,0 coordinates.
if i just say "position: relative; top: 0px; left: 0px;" that does not work.
how do i make it happen?

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[DoubleV]

sorry guys i posted this in the wring forum. should have been in html&css.

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