best design, tables or layers

Hi,
i am just wondering what's the best and more popular design method in terms of the structure of the page, is it table? layer or layout table ( i am using dreamweaver) obviously SEO friendly

 

Tables are for tabular data. Page layout should not be done with tables.

 

There is no such thing as "layers" in either html or css. That's a Dreamweaver term and only causes confusion.

Tables are not meant for layout and should never be used as such. Why this question still gets asked in this day and age is beyond me.

 

so what should be used then?

 

HTML for content. CSS for design.

 

how about dreamweaver, it's doing it for me ! or do you mean I need to do the coding my self?

 

Using CSS is the best way to design, this is done with the use of div tags defined in the CSS. This method separates the content from the layout.

 

Oh god.
Guys if your wanting to learn how to design and develop take the time and learn the programing language your going to use. Dreamweaver is fine if you are hand coding but don't relay on it.

Using css div's is the way to do it.

 

As the others have said, do not use tables for layouts.

Use divs and CSS. This can still be done in dreamweaver but you need to learn coding aswell.

 

moreover, tables are/is SEO enemy.

 

tables are a no-go. w3c recomends using div's and css to build layouts and that's what most designers are doing