Posted by Barbara de Zoete on 04/14/06 00:16

On Thu, 13 Apr 2006 23:07:11 +0200, Paul B <dfmmm3m3o4@seventynine.net>
wrote:

> I understand that using tables is not the 'correct' way to create a
> webpage layout, so I wondered what the general consensus is on using
> div tags to 'simulate' a table:
> http://seventynine.net/testing/test01.html

If you really are serious about leaving tables as a method you use for
page layout, you should also let go of the 'concept of a table' that is in
your mind. This page is a lovely example of how the tables are something
that is very stuck in your head at the moment.

Create your content. Mark it up properly. That is a heading is a heading,
a paragraph is a paragraph, a table *is* a table. Et cetera. See what you
can do with all the elements you have in your page once it is marked up
properly. You possibly need one or two more handles (to seperate the main
content from, say, teh navigation meny), but you'll be amazed what you can
achieve with all there already is in your page.

> It is a very very basic example but I'm sure anyone who has made a
> layout with a table can see the point behind it.

There is no point actually. All those divs. Forget tables and start doing
things properly.


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