Using DIV (???)

[screenwriter]

I'm not too sure about using DIV. I've heard that DIV can replace the TABLE tag and free up space. But then I heard that DIV has been deprecated.. Does this mean it's not in use? I'm trying to use DIV but I haven't found any tutorials that explained it clearly. Am I looking in the wrong places? Please help.

[David Harrison]

I've not heard anywhere that div has been depreciated, I hope it hasn't because it comes in quite useful.

The good thing about a div tag is that it does absolutely nothing, unless you make it do something. div's can pretty much replace tables when they are combined with CSS.

You can format text anyway you want with it and position it absolutely on a page so that it will look the same in all browsers. They can be lined up next to each other (like td's) and be given a border.

They are very useful because they can lump together big or small chunks of content thereby making it easier to update a website.

You can do all of the above without worrying about how the div tag itself will affect your content, because like I said before, by itself it does absolutely nothing.

However, you can only really get the maximum usage out of a div tag if you know some CSS.

[screenwriter]

thanks.