Posted by Ed Seedhouse on 09/01/06 19:43

On 1 Sep 2006 04:35:03 -0700, "jokla" <djjokla@gmail.com> wrote:

>Currently I'm using divs to keep the content where I want . . . you can
>see this at http://www.prilux.de/lexmark
>As there is a to high code/content radio and the divs make the .php
>file too big, I decided to try the same thing using unordered list . .
>. which I did for http://www.prilux.de/oki
>
>Before the whole redesign of the website, tables were used for product
>listing and when I did the redesign of the site I decided to leave
>tables in the past and move forward. Well, tables would be the best,
>but as an alternative to this what is better div ( which breakes the
>flow of the content and would require much more code ) or lists ( which
>makes the site smaller in size and has and natural content flow, I
>guess ). I have to say that I'd rather not go back to tables.

Unanswerable question, basicly. What is the content? If it is tabular
in nature then of course use tables. If it isn't tabular, what is it?
If it's a list then use a list, of course. If it's a paragraph use a P
element.

As to "tables vs. divs" that is a nonsense question. It misses the
whole idea of CSS. Divs were never intended and are not appropriate as
a "replacement for tables". DIV is a grouping element intended to group
several contained block elements when necessary to create a handle for a
CSS rule.

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