To CSS or not to CSS?

[ThreeD]

Basic design question, do you design most of your sites with CSS by now, or do you still use the good old table tag?

I've looked through some of the biggest sites online, and most of them still seem to be using tables. I just know that I wouldn't want to be the webmaster converting lets say ebay or amazon from tables to a nifty css layout

 

[thomaslgates]

I most probably use Tables. I use CSS only when my clients opt for it. Most of them opt for CSS.

I love CSS.

 

[alex_d]

Though tables is probably the easiest and quickest way, you really should be using CSS for all design purposes.

I had a few sites done with tables that had a few hundred pages each. Took me a while to redesign them all using CSS, but they seem to be working much better now.

For accessibility issues, you should definately be using CSS. Do not underestimate the importance of this, and if you can get your site working properly now with CSS, you can sit back and relax whilst others frantically get their coding updated.

There are several sites online that show how to make a site design in CSS giving you the exact same look and feel as if you used tables.

Good luck

Alex

 

[peter phillips]

I would say Table based CSS because sites designed with the help of table based CSS are not browser dependent while the sites designed with PURE CSS are browser dependent.

If you design your site with PURE CSS it may work in some browsers and it may not work in some, for eg. it may work in Internet Explorer but you may not see the same results in Mozilla Firefox.

 

[LeetPCUser]

I hate tables. They do not line up correctly.

 

[viciouscircle]

most of my new stuff is done in css. however i do still use tables on occasion. it really just depends on what im trying to do with the site.

 

[Kate]

Well I've been using CSS for years but tables for layout until recently.
I now design using TABLEless design, which is really cool: you just tweak the stylesheet to change the positionning of elements in your website.
I think you should at least use CSS for formatting. CSS support varies from one browser to another, there are also pitfalls, bugs and tricks which can come down the road and it may require extensive browser knowledge to overcome problems when they arise.
Should you jump or not ? I think you should get to know your visitors. What browsers do they use, if their browsers are too old maybe it's best to wait.

 

[Shorty]

I always use CSS to customise tables that I use for layout. If your tables aren't lining up properly, you tweak the sizes. How hard is that?

 

[aaronfalloon]

I use CSS for almost all things to do with style and placement.

 

[linker]

CSS for me

I hardly use tables any more myself, I find that css allows for more flexibility in design, there is a learning curve for sure, but once you get past that it can be quite easy to rip off some great looking sites in no time...

 

[lilgee]

I go with CSS.

 

[leviathon]

CSS for sure! Makes your website-revising life sooo much easier.

The table tags will take you forever, but then there's a way, and that's copying the tag and paste it on the new thing you're applying it to. But CSS is still easier

 

[happyme]

I use CSS

css make it vert easy to update web style

 

[Ray]

Ive never really used css for my sites. But ive learned the more dynamic and page intergrated your site is, its better just to use css, and save time modifiing loads of pages when u change your layout

 

[richplay]

CSS offers wide range of good things that you can't do with tables.

 

[forumner]

CSS is better for nhancement

 

[alanpaladka]

I use CSS to give formatting to the Webpages. :gl:

 

[vivsin]

For styles CSS is MUST. Just think of updating style of whole website if u r not using CSS.

 

[Momo]

I find it easier to code my sites using tables, I just use CSS to style them.

 

[Ju5T]

Yes, to CSS.