Tables vs. Div/Dav/duv/dei/dutituuuu

First I just want to say that I am no web designer, nor web maker or what ever you call it. But I willprbbly get the hang of it when I need it.


Well the question is that I am pretty sure I have heard somewhere that you are not supposed to use tables anymore? Is that always true? I know that it all can be done wih Divs and stuff, but take a look at this page for example:

http://noteme.com/test/


It looks like it would be realy easy to do make with a table or two. Shuld it still be made using Divs and CSS all the way?



Thanks
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That should be done with CSS.

Tables are for displaying data, not doing layout...

Just ask away and we'll help you if you get stuck any where!

Divs man, divs.... More & more often, people are getting away from using table for layout control and using DIV tags. There's a couple of reasons for this... tables are a pain to maintain. Moving some thing from one spot to another can create a world of hurt. Secondly, there's a growing belief (and rightfully so) that tables are for TABular data... charts, graphs, calendars... things that are best in a grid.

That said... here's a number of things that can be done with tableless (except where it makes sense) layouts:
http://tannagh.com
http://techgnome.anderson-website.net
http://www.chait.net/
http://shadows.os42.com/
http://brokenkode.com
http://www.northernpassages.com/blog/index.php

Cool thing about using CSS for layout control, is that if set up properly, you can give users to your site a new experience each time (by loading a random CSS file) or allow them to customize their experience by allowing them to select a theme.

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You forgot one of the most well know sites that pushes the point of changing layout by only chaning the css behind it: www.csszengarden.com

Heheh...ok...thanks guys. I will promise not to try to use tables for my web page..:D And of course I will ask when I am stuck. Won't take long...:)



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