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Written by:
Javier Callico
1/30/2008
This month while involved on the redesign of a very popular website I decided not to use HTML tables anymore - or at least avoid its use as much as possible. Ten years ago - when I started building websites - Tables were your friends not your foe. Along came CSS and the idea of separating the content from the way it is presented.
CSS is been around for a while and almost all the sites currently use it somehow but do they use it well? Check out CSS Zen Garden and decide if your site allows being re-skinned as much as this site.
It’s been an excellent experience and I’ll be posting some tips about how to build CSS-friendly sites in the future.
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2 comment(s) so far...
Re: Say goodbye to HTML tables
Sometimes tables are a necessary evil my good friend.
By Ben on
10/22/2008
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Re: Say goodbye to HTML tables
Ben I agree with you: HTML tables are the best way to present information that is tabular in nature and wouldn't make sense if displayed in any other way.
I was struggling the other day trying to create a simple form using DIVs and CSS and ended up using tables since in my opinion the results were not worth the effort.
My take on this is subject and the point of this post: don't use tables for the layout elements of the site i.e. a left vertical menu can easily become a top horizontal menu if done properly using CSS.
By admin on
1/28/2009
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