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If all you have is a PSD, you don't have a template, you have a design.
I do have both... I have the PSD and the HTML template. So all I really need is to change the original .GIF and .JPG images from the PSD so that I can insert them into the HTML template that I have.
I personally prefer tables as it's easier to have everything flow together
/slaps Red Squirrel with trout. Tables are bad for accessibility reasons.
/slaps Red Squirrel with trout. Tables are bad for accessibility reasons.
I see what you're saying. Probably phones and what not, but ever try to open a site that uses lot of div/spans/CSS with IE? IE sucks at following standards and a huge chunk of CSS properties don't even work in IE. As much as any web developer hates IE, you have to try your best to get the site to work in it due to it's sad high use rate. Too many uninformed people out there still using that antiquated browser.
Divs/spans are predefined in size
I agree with starting with dreamweaver. Try out different things then look at the code it generates to see how things are done. Also look up CSS as lot of the stuff that can be done straight in html can be done with CSS and it's better practice. ex instead of bgcolor= you can assign a CSS class and the color can be in that class.
Divs and such have their place (non dynamic data) but for dynamic data you are best to stick with tables. Be sure to comment your code as yes, tables do require more code, but if you try to make something like a listing of data such as "last 10 posters" on a forum without a table, you will pull your hair out. Divs/spans are predefined in size while table cells can move depending on the data or the width of the area they are in (ex: another cell, or the page itself).
The thing I've had the most trouble with is dynamic content, such as a forum, or even a home page news listing. divs and what not have to be set by x/y coordinates, and don't flow based on the data in them. I've seen lot of situations where they start to overlap and look ugly. For a static site where the content does not change, then I can see not using tables. Also I don't know why people refer to tableless sites as "CSS sites". CSS is a whole other scripting (if it can even be called that) language then html, and you can use CSS elements on tables which is what I always do.
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Do you have any sites that you would consider to be good examples of this? I've seen http://www.csszengarden.com/ but I'm not sure if that's exactly what you are talking about or not?
Interesting info. I thought when people say "don't use tables" they meant to use divs/spans instead. So what do you use normally?
You can (and should) use CSS when using tables. My sites are all tables, but all use CSS. I usually have a class like "topheader" "sidebar" "footer" "copyrightnotice" etc so I could revamp my whole site without touching the html code. I use div/spans for stuff that is "in place" and won't move, such as a logo, or banner ad. Something like "forum top posters" or something is harder to do without tables.
I'll admit I'm way behind with web design, I've had the same site layout on my main site since like 2005, probably even before. Next site I build I will probably do lot of research on new stuff that has come out or is known better practice now.