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Posted by Jonathan N. Little on 02/11/07 17:33
tuntis wrote:
> Doesn't anybody else think that CSS is way too hard, ESPECIALLY if
> you've been building layouts with tables before? Here, I'll copypaste a
> rant from my blog (tuntis.net):
<snip rant>
> I'd like to hear some comments to this, so "let's discuss". (I hope this
> gets spread to better news servers anyways, since my ISP's one sucks)
Believe what *you* wish but the simple fact that a site with /n/ pages
in order from an example layout of ...
company logo upper left
vertical menu on left edge
content on right
.... to ...
company logo upper right
horizontal menu
content below
.... whereby ...
Site A: employed tables, nested tables, spanned rows and columns to
place elements
Site B: employed modern markup with semantic markup describing lists as
lists and tables as tables and paragraphs as paragraphs with styling
handled with an attached external stylesheet.
.... what will be the work required ...
Site A is one major overhaul and labor-intensive revision with all /n/
pages requiring full-revison.
Site B may only require only a *single* page, the stylesheet, to revise
the entire site, or *maybe* minor revision to /n/ pages.
Now if you are a masochist, or want to justify really big-bucks
maintenance fees to clients, then maybe Site A is your ticket! But no
way one can one reasonably say Site A is easier or more efficient to
maintain over Site B. Maybe it is time for you to update your skill-set.
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Take care,
Jonathan
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