[RESOLVED] The Current Focus

[Shontar]

I am a Flash designer who is determined to learn the other side of web design. I have challenged myself to learn the in's and out's of web/interactive design. I am currently reading these forums along with others to gain a perspective on what is important and what is no longer seen as useful or required. I have only begun to read up on javascript so I have no questions as of yet. However, I do have one question that seems to cause a debate amongst web developers new and old. "What is the best way to layout pages?" CSS or Nested Tables. Postioning seems to be the key to this debate. Absolute, relative,fixed positioning all seem to offer a way out, but others disagree. Please offer any and all perspectives on this matter.

Thank you,

Confused and Wondering

[ray326]

Tables are for displaying tabular data, not doing page layout. I'll offer one perspective on the subject: http://csszengarden.com (which wasn't responding at the time I wrote this reply)

[bpool_lee]

i would advise that you make all your templates/layouts using CSS it is much prefered, as said ^ tables are for tabular data. CSS can offer so much more that just a simple table can do.

[Shontar]

So would absolute,relative...positioning and z index parameters be the major player in layout with CSS or would some other property have the upper hand?

[bpool_lee]

if i think your sayiing what your saying then yes they would

[Shontar]

Thank you for the input. I can now focus on developing a better understanding of CSS page layout.

[bpool_lee]

your welcome, i hope it all goes well! :)