tedd wrote: > At 1:25 PM -0400 5/15/09, PJ wrote: >> I know of no better place to ask. This may not be strictly a PHP issue, >> but... >> I am busting my hump trying to format rather large input pages with CSS >> and trying to avoid tables; but it looks to me like I am wasting my time >> as positioning with CSS seems an impossibly tortuous exercise. I've >> managed to do some pages with CSS, but I feel like I am shooting myself >> in the foot or somewhere... >> Perhaps I am too demanding. I know that with tables, the formatting is >> ridiculously fast. >> Any thoughts, observations or recommendations? > > PJ: > > You have a choice: > > 1. Learn css and do it right; > > 2. Use tables. > > If you are in a time pinch, number 2 will suffice enough to get it > past a client (besides, what do they know anyway). But number 1 is > really the best way to go. Never use tables to hold a layout together. > > I know, I have clients who *require* me to use tables for their layout > and I must bite my lip and comply. But, more and more clients are > listening to reason as they discover it really is better way to go. > > Cheers, > > tedd > Thanks Tedd et al., for your input. I see that may limited experience was sufficient to understand what you are all saying: CSS is fine for graphical layouts even with some of the image limitations, but input/form and more than 1 column formatting is hell in CSS. So While I was awaiting your input, I set up my tables, had lunch and whistled Dixie. 8-) Oh, yes... the client was going up the wall with the time I was wasting with CSS... the client being myself. ;-) -- Hervé Kempf: "Pour sauver la planète, sortez du capitalisme." ------------------------------------------------------------- Phil Jourdan --- pj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.ptahhotep.com http://www.chiccantine.com/andypantry.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
