G'day I've read the comments regarding table-less design and have looked at the resources given. I agree that it would be ideal to consign "tables for layout" to the trash can and have built some sites that way already.
I have experimented for days, but have come to a grinding halt on a project that's (surprise, surprise) easily done with a table and seemingly impossible without. Can anybody give me guidance on how to convert a layout like www.bwdzine.com/table.html (the boxes on the light background) to pure CSS? Or is this one of those cases where tables are sementically the right choice anyway? (It is a catalogue of products) The look was first set up on www.onepassionplace.com (I know it's tag-soup). We're setting up a new site (database driven, which gets us away from FP) and I want to do it "right". Is abandoning tables here "mission impossible"? I have experimented with floating divs, but can't re-create the look. Doesn't need to be pixel-perfect, but has to look tidy. With floats of different height, the neat rows are thrown into chaos (www.bwdzine.com/divs.html). With divs of fixed height and overflow:auto we could end up with lots of ugly scrollbars (or shortened descriptions with overflow:hidden). See www.bwdzine.com/divs2.html - increase font size to see the mess. Any ideas / clean, working examples? FWIW, I have no control over how much text would go in each box. -- Bert Doorn, Better Web Design www.betterwebdesign.com.au Fast-loading, user-friendly websites ***************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help *****************************************************
