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By Stephen Cope        [Hits: 24045]



Tables are currently the most common method of layingout/structuring a web page. Although the use of tables for thispurpose is considered, by many, to be a misuse, it is by far theeasiest way of organising web page content.

Most purists would say their use is now obsolete and you shouldswitch to Cascading Style sheets for website /web page layout.However personally I still prefer tables for the basic outlinestructure in what is called a "minimal table layout".

In the minimal table approach the outline structure is createdusing a table, and positioning within the table is done usingcascading style sheet
elements. This is the approach Icurrently use, and probably will continue to use over the nextfew years.

Not only can you use CSS for the element layout they can also beused to control the table itself, like table width or backgroundcolour. This way, just by making a change in the external CSScontrol file you can change the tables for all web pages, andwith it the appearance/layout of the entire website.

One of the other advantages of continuing to use tables for pagelayout is that the pages are still easy to edit with most webpage editors, whereas if you use CSS themselves for positioningthen you will need a compatible editor.

Tables have been the mainstay of web page layout for many yearsand will continue to be over the next few years. However whencombined with Cascading style sheets they can become veryflexible and powerful, as well as simple to use.

To see how easy it is to do see Web Page Layout UsingTables and CSS
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