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Posted by Jim S on 02/26/07 20:09
On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 13:34:33 -0500, Gérard Talbot wrote:
> Roy A. wrote :
>> Gérard Talbot skrev:
>>
>>> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"
>>> "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
>>> <html lang="en">
>>> <head>
>>> <title>... document title ...</title>
>>> </head>
>>> <body>
>>> ...
>>> </body>
>>> </html>
>>>
>>> You could use some 2 columns CSS template instead of using tables.
>>
>> Sure you could. This should be simple, but what would you gain.
>
> Well, improved accessibility, easier code maintenance, smaller webpage
> (which brings many benefits), etc
>
> Top seven reasons to avoid tables for layout
> http://www.workingwith.me.uk/table_free/seven_reasons_to_go_table_free
>
> Why tables for layout is stupid. Problems defined, solutions offered.
> Most possibly the best resource on this issue covering all aspects: it
> was a seminar presentation, part of a conference in 2003. Translated in
> 12 other languages.
> http://www.hotdesign.com/seybold/
>
> Table-based webpage design versus CSS-based webpage design: resources,
> explanations and tutorials
> http://www.gtalbot.org/NvuSection/NvuWebDesignTips/TableVsCSSDesign.html
>
> And
>> witch html editor do you suggest?
>
> Personally, I use an advanced text editor and manually code all my
> webpages. When I use an HTML editor, I use KompoZer 0.77 mostly because
> I can use the latest HTML Tidy (HandCoder 0.3.4) to pretty print the
> code. When Composer 2 is released, I'll probably use it.
>
> Gérard
It's all very well, but I have trawled through several tutorials and with my
page layout I cannot for the life of me see how to produce a page like my
homepage without using a table or indeed the other pages without frames.
--
Jim S
Tyneside UK
http://www.jimscott.co.uk
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