Template using only tables (easy solution here)

  • For anyone who’s interested in using tables only, I did all tables on my WP, it was alot easier than I thought

    It’s easy all you have to do is think about these 3 pages
    main (index), header, footer

    also if you want you can update these too page template, archive template,

    – in the header everything below body tag can be replaced with your top table header (match with your html code)
    – in footer everything above ?php wp_footer(); ? can be replaced with table footer – note I wasn’t sure if it needed to be removed or not so i just left it. If its just linked to the css footer then you should be able to remove it too but i haven’t tried it yet.
    – now that you have the header / footer copy each to the other templates, header goes on top of the template code and footer goes underneath the template code.
    – I also made <!–markers so i could know where to put it
    – re: sidebar, in the main(index) i positioned the (get sidebar) code in the place i wanted it and this would be included on all the other template pages so i made sure to remove the (get siebar) from the bottom of each page. that way the sidebar appears in all the pages, currently i don’t have it in comments so i may leave it.
    – i also rearranged the order of items in sidebar template which isn’t too difficult

    now, my WP blog is fully tablelized BUT, i do realize the power of CSS just haven’t figured it out yet, but I do intend on reverting back to CSS once i do. Because my site layout is rather complexed i need to rely on tables for now. CSS is used mostly on simple layouts, although some would argue, CSS is a long way from being stable enough to be used by the general public (jr web designers) if anyone needs help you can contact me at warmac @ gmail.com

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  • ongakukaku, if you’re so proud of your table-based design, why not give us a link so we can check it out?

    All i can hear here is css is good tables are bad or vice versa.
    I am designing weblayouts for over 8 year now and i tried everything.And i have to say CSS alone isnt enough to keep all your customers happy.But neverless it make a huge differents when it come to fonts design.No more <fonts> tags all over the coding.But still you need tables also,if you dont wanna loose customers.Because 45% of all internet users are using old browsers.Its sad but true.So why say CSS is bad and only tables are good when you can have a hybrid system with the best of both.
    But thats just my opinion and worked for me very well and keeps customers coming back.And it works in any browser and looks the same.

    I’m not saying CSS is bad i’m just saying at the present it’s a toy that geeks enjoy fooling around with.

    I’m not a geek, and I find working with CSS to be quite easy. Much easier than tables, in fact.

    isn’t this a case of the OP not understanding CSS and therefore condemning it as, dare I say, bollocks?

    Yes, I think it is.

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