Re: CSS & tables

At 1:25 PM -0400 5/15/09, PJ wrote:

I know of no better place to ask. This may not be strictly a PHP issue, but... I am busting my hump trying to format rather large input pages with CSS and trying to avoid tables; but it looks to me like I am wasting my time as positioning with CSS seems an impossibly tortuous exercise. I've managed to do some pages with CSS, but I feel like I am shooting myself in the foot or somewhere... Perhaps I am too demanding. I know that with tables, the formatting is ridiculously fast. Any thoughts, observations or recommendations?

PJ: You have a choice: 1. Learn css and do it right; 2. Use tables. If you are in a time pinch, number 2 will suffice enough to get it past a client (besides, what do they know anyway). But number 1 is really the best way to go. Never use tables to hold a layout together. I know, I have clients who *require* me to use tables for their layout and I must bite my lip and comply. But, more and more clients are listening to reason as they discover it really is better way to go. Cheers, tedd -- ------- http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com