Web Design and Implementation (Winter 04-05)


CSS Positioning and Visual Design (13 December 2004)

The table-based approach to layout that you learned in 320/741 (or on your own) was cutting edge back when David Siegel pioneered it back in 1997. But browsers have come a long way since then, and markup has evolved to match that.

Using tables for layout has two major problems. The first is that it ties together content and presentation, which are two components that are best left separate. The second is that it results in bloated, slow-loading code.

We'll discuss the importance of separating content and presentation, as well as the specifics of the CSS box model and cross-browser challenges for CSS-based positioning.


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Trackback link from Dave Design and Morganplentation

Excerpt: After doing some of the readings for today's class, and reading about what the lecture was about.. it actually spoke to me. I just got a 'promotion' at work. I used to be a simple QA (Quality Assurance) guy at...
Read More: CSS vs. Tables

Posted Dec 13, 2004 10:58 AM
Trackback link from Choof's Weblog

Excerpt: Today in class we spoke about the advantages of using CSS positioning over simple tables. Good class....
Read More: CSS > TABLES

Posted Dec 13, 2004 1:17 PM
Trackback link from Kevin Sweeney - Website Design & Implementation

Excerpt: In class today, we went over our group project and got our grades back. We talked about positioning using CSS. Specifically, the difference between inline and block tags, how they work, and when to use which. Also, we discussed the...
Read More: CSS Positioning

Posted Dec 13, 2004 1:17 PM
Trackback link from Sudha's Weblog

Excerpt: Today in class we talked about CSS positioning and visual design...
Read More: Today's Lecture (Week 3)

Posted Dec 13, 2004 6:07 PM
Trackback link from Kara's Weblog

Excerpt: Today in class we talked about the importance of CSS in building our websites. Reading the book and the online articles about how to use and why we use CSS in positioning and formatting our websites has really helped me...
Read More: 12.13.04 - CSS

Posted Dec 14, 2004 4:11 PM
Trackback link from Doyle's Domain

Excerpt: Upon receiving my grade sheet for my 409 page, I was not at all shocked at one of Professor Lawley's comments: "..a few too many boxes and borders..." it said, and I will try to change that during the 2...
Read More: CSS positioning is great!!!... almost great that is

Posted Dec 14, 2004 7:09 PM