Re: CSS & tables

On Sat, 2009-05-16 at 10:48 +0100, Ashley Sheridan wrote: > On Sat, 2009-05-16 at 02:25 -0400, Paul M Foster wrote: > > On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 01:25:42PM -0400, 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? > > > > I think it's pretty telling that on a list of professionals who create > > websites constantly, the overwhelming concensus is that for forms, > > tables are the preferred solution. > > > > I liken this sort of discussion to the dichotomy between movie critics > > and people who actually go and see movies. The critics inevitably have > > all sorts of snobby things to say about the movies which are best > > attended. I'm not sure why anyone listens to any critic on any subject. > > > > Paul > > > > -- > > Paul M. Foster > > > I think the argument of tables vs css can go a little deeper too. These > days, sites should not only be developed with good clean code that > validates, but semantic markup. If your client doesn't like/know what > this is, just give it to them in terms of seo! FWIW, everything I've read indicates that tables don't affect SEO. Cheers, Rob. -- http://www.interjinn.com Application and Templating Framework for PHP