Page layout via CSS 1

[jakeyg]

All my sites have tables in to set the layout
I've read a few posts around various places about using CSS instead, tables being "dirty" as someone said in a post here

What are the advantages/disadvantages of using CSS instead of <TABLE>?
Is there a FAQ or how-to guide someone can point me at so I can start doing things cleanly

thanks

 

[sirlojik]

being once a win32 programmer, i prefer dealing with resizing and positioning of my widgets. using css, gives you this exact power, everything fits as necessary depending on the logic u set. this way, u are unlikely to find any pecularities caused by tables. on the otherhand, it does take a bit more code for css and javascript to replicate tables

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[ChrisHunt]

Here's why:

http://www.hotdesign.com/seybold/index.html

. You can also read this:

http://www.456bereastreet.com/lab/developing_with_web_standards/

for a broader overview of the "web standards" thing. This page of advice from apple:

http://developer.apple.com/internet/webcontent/bestwebdev.html

is pretty sound, and includes the use of "minimal tables" when you can't go the whole hog.

Searching this forum, and/or googling for "CSS layout" (and similar) will find you plenty of examples to look at.

it does take a bit more code for css and javascript to replicate tables

That may or may not be the case for a single page, depending on the complexity of its layout. But it almost invariably means less (X)HTML code on each page, with the bulk of the code being loaded once in a CSS file (and maybe a JS file too).





-- Chris Hunt
Webmaster & Tragedian
Extra Connections Ltd

 

[jakeyg]

Cheerz, that'll keep me in reading material for a bit

 

[jshurst]

A pretty cool site for CSS is

http://www.csszengarden.com

May not answer your question, but is a very cool demonstration of what css can do.

 

[jakeyg]

Found that one off the links
It's good to see what can be done, if only I could find a use for it :-( Time to restart the company website again ;-)