I'm reworking a site to get it up to web standards.
Tables should be used only to contain tabular data
Would current accepted practices be:
If it can be done without a table that should be first choice.
or
Is there a definition of what is considered tabular data (or is it in
the eyes of
Bob Schwartz wrote:
I'm reworking a site to get it up to web standards.
Tables should be used only to contain tabular data
The simplest expansion of this is:
- do *not* use tables to lay out a page.
- use tables _within_ a page when dealing with tabular data.
Would this be acceptable for
Bob Schwartz wrote:
Is there a definition of what is considered tabular data (or is it in
the eyes of the beholder)?
Would this be acceptable for using a table:
http://www.fifeweb.org/wp/org/org_jdg_sdt_lst.html
This looks like a candidate for a table but my concern would be that the
table
Bob
Using tabular form should be the first choice; where you have what is
naturally a table. What you have is clearly a table. I would suggest that
if reworking this and really taking the needs of users into account; maybe
breaking the data into a series of smaller tables (possibly based
Chris, Georg,
Thanks for the information.
Regarding the table used to construct the page and the cent table not
being well constructed, etc.: those are reasons why I am redoing the
site.
My only concern here was to have an example of what you guys consider
a candidate for tabular data
Is there a definition of what is considered tabular data (or is it in
the eyes of the beholder)?
If you would put it in a spreadsheet, it belongs in a table. Your
example is tabular data.
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to use the table's rows and columns to locate the answer by its
coordinates, so to speak.
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