Thanks for the great tips and comments. I found a great tutorial from one of the links provided;
http://www.webreference.com/authoring/style/sheets/layout/advanced/ -Frank On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 14:19:53 -0400, Jochem van Dieten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Frank Mamone wrote: > > > > I read a few blog entries which totally discourage the use of tables. > > I imagine that the new way of doing this is with div tags. Now, I just > > need a little guidance here to see if I'm on the right track. Some > > links to good sites would help too. > > > > If I were to use the standard inverted L layout, I would use 3 DIVs > > and use positioning to lay them out? > > Yes. > > > > Or is using tables still acceptable practice for simple layouts? > > I don't find it acceptable anymore. But I don't pay your bills :-) > > What I would recommend is first getting a semantic model going. Leave out all > the layout, everything, and just build a XHTML page with all the content you > want. Make sure you order your content by its meaning, i.e. have your main > menu before a submenu, make sure the list of menu items is really a list and > not a table, make sure you have a h1 and then your h2's etc. Don't get > distracted by the layout you want to have in a later stage, you can reorder > elements all you want in CSS. > The next step is to make sure that you can identify all your elements from > CSS. Group content with div's, add ID's and classes where necessary etc. > > If you open this in your browser all this will now line up below eachother on > the left side. Then you start working on the CSS to position your content. > You can rearrange all the content in any way you want in CSS, so even if you > put the copyright notice as the very last element in your semantic model, you > can use absolute positioning to show it on the top right if you want. > > Jochem > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Silver Sponsor - RUWebby http://www.ruwebby.com Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:141190 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
