css and tables (general question)

Discussion in 'CSS' started by RexRon, Aug 9, 2010.

  1. #1
    Hello.

    For the last couple of weeks I have been implementing css as much as possible into a site I´m working on (have a few posts here already. Got a lot of help there). My reason for wanting to get into css was primerarly for positioning and cross browser compatibilety.

    I do however put divs and such into tables but only as a layout. No more transparent gifs :) And my goal was reached. But I have now stumbeled ont to css layouts. As my index is quite smaller and things look good across browsers I now wonder if there´s a point to spend the time neaded to manage this. I use php so updating pages is allready no problem.

    In short, what are the benefits beyond this point?

    Heres a link to prelimenary homepage:
    http://secondparadigm.eterya.com

    Sincerely
    Ronny

    PS. Thanks to this form for getting me here :)
     
    RexRon, Aug 9, 2010 IP
  2. Rimona

    Rimona Active Member

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    Hi Ronny,

    Still far to many tables for my taste.

    I would also remove all the onMouseOut and onMouseOver calls with CSS - much cleaner and safer.

    Otherwise - great job!
     
    Rimona, Aug 9, 2010 IP
  3. GeneM

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    Not a benefit, but a way of working: tables aren't made for displaying non-tabular data. Which means: if you have a price list in multible catagories... use a table! :) If you have a list: use a list (UL LI) etc.

    Furthermore, tables are a hassle to work with with advanced layouts and working with grids.
     
    GeneM, Aug 10, 2010 IP
  4. RexRon

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    Thanks for your feedback. I´ll try to strip down the tables some more. It´s quite a transition when i´ve been designing using tables for so long. But the learning prosess is fun. When figuring out what I set out to do I can´t seem to let it go :)

    It seems I´m on the right track though. I´m sure youll hear from me again :)
     
    RexRon, Aug 10, 2010 IP