Yeah The Site is built by tables layout. But as you can see an external company built it: http://www.mediascopeltd.com/
I think you should try to persuade your tutor that what he teach, it's wrong. show him sites which talks about web standards, about css models. show him the following presentation: http://www.hotdesign.com/seybold/ try to explain him that tables it's for tabular data only. 2007/10/21, James Jeffery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > It does: http://www.matthew-boulton.ac.uk/ > > The site looks o.k, but as you can see the methods are wrong. > > On 10/21/07, Stuart Foulstone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > You could possibly use how your college's own Website is coded to > > support > > your case. > > > > I don't know which college you're at, but look at how their Website is > > coded - I would be surprised if their still using the methods your > > tutor > > is teaching. > > > > > > -- > > Stuart Foulstone. > > http://www.bigeasyweb.co.uk > > BigEasy Web Design > > 69 Flockton Court > > Rockingham Street > > Sheffield > > S1 4EB > > > > Tel. 07751 413451 > > > > On Sat, October 20, 2007 10:18 am, James Jeffery wrote: > > > Good Morning! > > > > > > Here is my problem. Im at college this year, preparing for University > > > (Hopefully Birmingham) to > > > study Software Engineering. At college we have a class on a Thursday > > > called > > > "Web Development" > > > and the guy thats teaching the class in an absolute joke, no > > seriously, he > > > is. > > > > > > He is teaching students how to create web pages using Dreamweaver in > > > "Design" view, and then > > > telling students if they can do this, they are Web Designers. > > > > > > I was angry, i instantly replied and questioned his knowledge on HTML > > and > > > asked the age old question: > > > "What are tables in HTML used for?", he replied "To lay out web pages > > and > > > for tabled data", i replied with > > > "wrong", he laughed and told me he knows what he is talking about. > > > > > > I seriously want to raise a huge issue at the college, but im not sure > > how > > > to do it. This guy is on 22k+ > > > a year, and cannot even teach people correctly, he may have been a pro > > > back > > > in the days when tables > > > were acceptable to lay out web pages, but in todays world he is a > > fool. > > > > > > Its half term now, we have an assignment to complete using > > Dreamweaver, > > > and > > > he said i have to use > > > tables, its not a problem, i will do as the assignment requests. I > > will > > > walk > > > the extra mile and create the > > > same page without tables, with semantics, with accessibility in mind > > and > > > without the bloated mark-up, > > > and then write a essay comparing the both. > > > > > > What power do i have (if any) to try and get the college to understand > > > they > > > cannot use a cowboy to > > > teach tomorrows computer experts. Should i use my essay and examples > > and > > > take it to the head of > > > the college? I really don't know how to go about this, but its > > definatly a > > > problem. > > > > > > I really am angry and annoyed, you pay money to be taught the correct > > > methods. People who don't > > > understand are fine, they will believe him, and thats the shocking > > part > > > about it all. > > > > > > I await some advice. > > > > > > > > > ******************************************************************* > > > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > > > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > > > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ******************************************************************* > > > > > > > > > > ******************************************************************* > > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ******************************************************************* > > > > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ******************************************************************* > ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
