CSS and Tables

Question

Hi all,
Is CSS a better choice than using tables as mentioned in a
lot of sites? If it does, how does one create webpages using CSS
method. I am new to dreamweaver and have created webpages using
tables without any CSS. Please advise.

Answer 1

> Is CSS a better choice than using tables as mentioned in
a lot of sites?
It depends entirely on a) your skill level, and b) your needs
on the page.
In general, CSS is a better choice as a general layout method
since all of
your 'presentation' is moved from the page into an external
CSS stylesheet
which can be cached and not re-fetched for each linked page.
In addition,
with CSS layouts, your content is usually continuous within a
given
container, whereas with tables your content is often
scattered through
various contiguous and perhaps non-contiguous table cells,
leading to
confusing or even non-explicable results when the pages are
read with a
screen reader.
> how does one create webpages using CSS method
1. Study CSS
2. Read this -
http://apptools.com/examples/pagelayout101.php
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> Hi all,
>
> Is CSS a better choice than using tables as mentioned in
a lot of sites?
> If it
> does, how does one create webpages using CSS method. I
am new to
> dreamweaver
> and have created webpages using tables without any CSS.
Please advise.
>