[thelist] Not using tables for layout

[Diane Soini]

On Monday, June 28, 2004, at 04:03 AM, thelist-request at lists.evolt.org  
wrote:
>
> My personal context is that I have followed many discussions on this  
> list and elsewhere regarding standards/semantic markup/seperation of  
> style and content etc. I fully concur that this would seem to be the  
> way forward, but I simply do not see how a table can be easily  
> replaced for presentational purposes for a design like this. I would  
> dearly like to do so, but with time constraints being what they are I  
> fear I must resort to the dreaded table.

I totally understand. You may wish to consider a compromise. Use tables  
for layout, but use css for things like padding and borders rather than  
nested tables or spacer images.

A good resource for designing for accessibility that isn't too  
hard-core about using tables is http://diveintoaccessibility.org/ .  
Also see  
http://diveintoaccessibility.org/ 
day_10_presenting_your_main_content_first.html for how to be creative  
in your table layout so that your presentation shows first in the code  
before any left navigation (if you have any.)

Diane

> Many thanks!
>
> Regards
>
> Chris Marsh
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