Re: beginner Q...do layers overide tables?

message from redpen99 on 19 Jul 2004

Hi Murray and David

Thanks for all the information.

I am busy creating a site, which was meant to be a simple site consisting of a
few pages, which I had planned to do in a few nested tables, however the client
would like it to be able to incorporate a databasing function in a few months
time. I have been advised to work in XHTML and CSS, does this mean I shouldn't
use tables at all?

Thanks
Sandi

David Stiller replied to redpen99 on 19 Jul 2004

Sandi,

The current recommended practice is to use tables when displaying
tabular data (things that *look* like tables, such as search results,
contact lists, etc.) and to avoid tables when designing page layouts.

David
stiller ( at ) quip ( dot ) net

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Murray *TMM* replied to David Stiller on 19 Jul 2004

And the practical advice is this - use what works best for you.

Here's a post I have repeated (and updated) more than once here about layers
and tables -
you may find it helpful -

*unless* you use
the page, and that you can use
contents and how it interacts with
as a page layout tool!
you will learn how to
way of the future, so at
(particularly when you

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