Comments on: Why You Shouldn’t Use Tables for Web Layouts http://wplancer.com/why-you-shouldnt-use-tables-for-web-layouts/ Your Trusted WordPress Developer Thu, 10 May 2012 08:49:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: BANAGO http://wplancer.com/why-you-shouldnt-use-tables-for-web-layouts/#comment-140 BANAGO Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:47:42 +0000 http://www.wplancer.com/?p=53#comment-140 Hey Mandi - thanks for stopping by. Yes, that's true, tables are created for tabular data and that is what they should be used for. Hey Mandi – thanks for stopping by.

Yes, that’s true, tables are created for tabular data and that is what they should be used for.

]]> By: Mandi http://wplancer.com/why-you-shouldnt-use-tables-for-web-layouts/#comment-139 Mandi Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:09:49 +0000 http://www.wplancer.com/?p=53#comment-139 This is a "design" perspective on why someone should not use tables for layouts. The main argument is: Tables are not created to assist you in the Content structure of a website. Tables are container of data-information. When someone has a Table in a website, it means (or it should mean): "Here I have some data in a table" just like in Excel or similars. From the semantic meaning of HTML, it is wrong to use Tables for design purposes :) P.S CSS3 has CSS-Tables structure to help the design and content positionining of a website This is a “design” perspective on why someone should not use tables for layouts.
The main argument is: Tables are not created to assist you in the Content structure of a website.
Tables are container of data-information. When someone has a Table in a website, it means (or it should mean): “Here I have some data in a table” just like in Excel or similars. From the semantic meaning of HTML, it is wrong to use Tables for design purposes :)

P.S CSS3 has CSS-Tables structure to help the design and content positionining of a website

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