[thelist] PHP & Accessibility

[Aredridel]

> Thing is that I want to make sites that are viewable by all, but if tables
> are out? what options are open for rendering dynamically displaying
> information (from MySQL), and I mainly use tables for that, I'd hate to
> think that I've invested a lot of time learning PHP and I'd hate to think it
> was all for nothing.

Tables aren't out, per se.  They're just meant for one thing: Tabular
data.  Things organized, logically, in columns and cells.  If you find
yourself putting a sidebar in one cell, a top logo in another, and the
content in a third, you know what not to do.

> I'd really appreciate any pointers in the right direction, so I can learn
> more, get my facts straight and get things right etc.

I hope this helps.  The one rule of thumb that has served me well is
asking myself: What is this tag meant for?  Conversely, asking myself:
What is the most appropriate tag for what I'm doing?

You don't use tags for what they look like. You use them for what they
mean.  CSS (Style Sheets) are for making the tags you use look like what
you want.


Ari