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Infinite Recursion · Apr 6th, 2005, 3:59 PM

I agree that CSS is the best way from a maintenance perspective... also from a "reuse" perspective... but all in all, the HTML table gives me the layout I want to have... so I'm not too interested in changing it at the moment.

Ooble · Apr 6th, 2005, 5:15 PM

Two problems with float: left; and float: right; - the text will wrap underneath them if they end before the main body (not ideal for a navigation bar), and it will be cut off in Internet Explorer if they end after it (not ideal at all).

Cerulean · Apr 6th, 2005, 7:46 PM

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Two problems with float: left; and float: right; - the text will wrap underneath them if they end before the main body (not ideal for a navigation bar), and it will be cut off in Internet Explorer if they end after it (not ideal at all).

It's not exactly hard to work around this. Just float the navigation bar to the side and set a main div which is not floated to have a margin in the same direction and size of the menu bar.

LoneWulf16 · Apr 10th, 2005, 3:21 PM

I found I had no problems using tables with CSS. In fact, I like using them with it a lot. Perhaps too much which is why some of my projects look similar.

Infinite Recursion · Apr 10th, 2005, 4:19 PM

My philosophy is: "Use what works"... and in the case with CSS within tables... it seems to work just fine.

Berto · Apr 11th, 2005, 6:42 AM

problem is not all browsers use CSS properly and so therevfore uising CSS heavily will display pages differently on each browser.

Table are an old old standard and so IE even displays them correctly most of the time. And until IS is not the worlds most used browser we are at microsoft's whim.

dmorales · Apr 13th, 2005, 5:57 PM

Ive been playing around with my page layouts and I've personally found that css positioning works great, and if you add tables for additional help with layout(I used them on laying out my fomrs on my pages) they work great together.

As long as I don't have problems I guess I'll keep doing this.

Infinite Recursion · Apr 13th, 2005, 11:01 PM

good call

Apr 6th, 2005, 3:59 PM	#11
Infinite Recursion Programming Guru Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: United States Posts: 3,467 Rep Power: 8	I agree that CSS is the best way from a maintenance perspective... also from a "reuse" perspective... but all in all, the HTML table gives me the layout I want to have... so I'm not too interested in changing it at the moment. __________________ http://jasonpowers.net "There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root."

Apr 6th, 2005, 5:15 PM	#12
Ooble I eat cake for breakfast. Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: In my box. Posts: 4,434 Rep Power: 9	Two problems with float: left; and float: right; - the text will wrap underneath them if they end before the main body (not ideal for a navigation bar), and it will be cut off in Internet Explorer if they end after it (not ideal at all). __________________ Me :: You :: Them

Apr 10th, 2005, 4:19 PM	#15
Infinite Recursion Programming Guru Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: United States Posts: 3,467 Rep Power: 8	My philosophy is: "Use what works"... and in the case with CSS within tables... it seems to work just fine. __________________ http://jasonpowers.net "There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root."

Apr 13th, 2005, 5:57 PM	#17
dmorales Programmer Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 74 Rep Power: 4	Ive been playing around with my page layouts and I've personally found that css positioning works great, and if you add tables for additional help with layout(I used them on laying out my fomrs on my pages) they work great together. As long as I don't have problems I guess I'll keep doing this. __________________ Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet...

Apr 13th, 2005, 11:01 PM	#18
Infinite Recursion Programming Guru Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: United States Posts: 3,467 Rep Power: 8	good call __________________ http://jasonpowers.net "There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root."

Apr 10th, 2005, 3:21 PM	#14
LoneWulf16 Newbie Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Earth Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	I found I had no problems using tables with CSS. In fact, I like using them with it a lot. Perhaps too much which is why some of my projects look similar.

Apr 11th, 2005, 6:42 AM	#16
Berto Programming Guru Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,022 Rep Power: 6	problem is not all browsers use CSS properly and so therevfore uising CSS heavily will display pages differently on each browser. Table are an old old standard and so IE even displays them correctly most of the time. And until IS is not the worlds most used browser we are at microsoft's whim.

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