CSS Basics tutorial #2

[rockinliam]

Chris wrote:
How can you make a user friendly website without CSS? I'm guessing you're another one of those idiots who use tables for everything.. Tables are made for listing information.

I also found that comment a lil bit off. i wasn't gunna say anything mind.

[Chris]

My apologies, maybe the word idiots was uncalled for.

@Jack, if you have been making websites, how do you go about making one user friendly without CSS? The only other way would be to make one like the "idiots" do, with tables.

http://www.hotdesign.com/seybold/

[Jackolantern]

I haven't been making finished websites. Because I never knew CSS, I was just writing vanilla HTML and PHP for my game on white pages, with the hope of getting a proper web designer to join me once complete to fix it up and make it look good.

However, I realized that as the amount of white pages was stacking up, that was not going to be a good decision. So now I am learning CSS myself so I can at least get the pages in the proper form for CSS styling, with the basic layouts I am wanting and some formatting. Then, when the game is complete, it would hopefully be a matter of having a skilled web designer alter just a few external style sheets to make the pages look good, instead of having to re-write major parts of the pages.

[hallsofvallhalla]

you would actually be surprised on the amount of table fanbois out there that can make a dang fine website with nothing but tables. Not saying I agree but tables can still work.

[MAruz]

I read an article the other day that I'd like to share. I'm one of those "hardcore CSS" guys, never use tables for design purposes, but this article gives a valid point for why you would sometimes use "minimal table layouts"

http://developer.apple.com/internet/web ... ebdev.html

It's aimed at beginner web developer, pointing them towards "best web practices", so it's a good read to anyone. A few bits here and there are more relevant to apple safari than other browsers, but that's just a few comments here and there so it should apply to all browsers.

[Jackolantern]

Once IE6 finally does for good, CSS tables will fill that void in the soul of table fanatics. I have not looked in to them too much yet, but I know a lot of people are excited to start using them.