Hi, John... I used to code all my sites using tables, then switched over to CSS for flexibility. However, just the fact that a designer/developer uses CSS as opposed tables for layout won't determine whether or not a site is more usable for visitors. Usability is more about the designer/developer's skill than it is about the tools used.
I enjoy using CSS and don't use tables often, but I definitely use them when displaying tabular data. A table is the best choice for tabular data, even though CSS can be used for similar or the same results. CSS does provide easier re-design of sites, but only if the stylesheets are used well without any or much inline CSS. It's nice, also, to be able to have a printer stylesheet to call upon when users want hard copies of material. And, too, it's my understanding that CSS-based design is faster loading than tables...but given today's connection speeds I don't know how much of an issue that might be...depends on the site and the server it's on. What exactly are your boss's "usability" concerns? Or is he/she really talking about "accessibility?" Rick -----Original Message----- From: John Barrett [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 8:58 PM To: cf-newbie Subject: cfquery & dynamic CSS? My boss at the University is a on a usability kick:( I am told that tables are not compliant code, now i am no CSS designer, but if you are pulling data from a database isn't this what tables are for? I changed the layouts to be CSS based, but there is no way you can pull dynamic data from a query, and use CSS instead of tables is there? I am even told that the forms must not use tables and only CSS, is this possible, and If so anybody have examples? Thanks in advanced, Johnny ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-newbie/message.cfm/messageid:4773 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-newbie/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.15
