On Fri, 2009-05-15 at 14:59 -0400, PJ wrote: > 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. ;-)
There's a time for purism (such as in debate or mental exercise) and there's a time for pragmatism (such as when you're about to be fired for taking too long ;) Cheers, Rob. -- http://www.interjinn.com Application and Templating Framework for PHP -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
