Tables and spacer gifs? 1

[hadrian]

I've been using dreamweaver for about a month now and totally hate the way tables act. Are tables and spacer gifs the way to best layout a site. Does CSS offer me better control of the positioning of page elements. What is the standard?

Frustrated

 

[surfchik]

Hi Hadrian,
I still think that tables are the best way to control your pages. I use the cell spacing inside the table rows and columns to control the spacing between objects. Sometimes I will ad extra rows or columns with nothing in them for extra control.

 

[hadrian]

surfchik,
It's those extra columns and rows which have been giving me problems since they change sizes at times. I have been placing elements in tables but worried that too many tables is not a good idea. Can too many tables effect the download time, since there is extra code the browser must deal with?

I will try using cell spacing.
thanks

 

[boyfromoz]

If you don't want your cell to change size, give them a size. Don't use %, use and actual value. Make sure your have a nbsp in each cell or netscape will collapse them.

Tables will slow your page down somewhat, bon't not enough to worry about. Tables are still the best/easiest.most cross browser consistent positioning tool you can use.

 

[hadrian]

Thank you for the suggestions nippi.

I must control my tables, I shall win.

 

[EugenePaliev]

Hi all!

One tip: use nowrap attribute to keep cell width - cell may become bigger but (almost) never smaller. You'll find No Wrap attribute at the Properties window when put cursor inside the cell.
So far it's the best solution I've found for table layout design.

Good Luck!