Frames or tables?

[snoop1990]

Yes, that is the point on my side to ! I recreated a side a friend of mine designed some years ago using pure html. I added a css layout and in the end we have half the lines of code and it also looked even better. So Css really is a thing you should use if you want to design your own homepage.

Regrades Snoop1990

[bizzard]

I redesigned my site too with CSS and PHP. With PHP, it was much easier and it reduced the size of pages. Since I used <? include ''?> option of php for displaying Ads and the navigation bar, it will be easier to make the changes in the ad code applicable to all pages.

But, CSS displays the page different in Linux and Windows even in the same firefox browser... Main problems are with the width and other sizes.

[bizzard]

I redesigned my site too with CSS and PHP. With PHP, it was much easier and it reduced the size of pages. Since I used <? include ''?> option of php for displaying Ads and the navigation bar, it will be easier to make the changes in the ad code applicable to all pages.

But, CSS displays the page different in Linux and Windows even in the same firefox browser... Main problems are with the width and other sizes.

[snoop1990]

Originally Posted by bizzard

But, CSS displays the page different in Linux and Windows even in the same firefox browser... Main problems are with the width and other sizes.

Yes, I noticed the same thing. It is horrible how different all those browsers are and it takes me a long time to figure out how to design my side until it looked at least similar on all the different browsers.

[bizzard]

I too have much problems with it. So, is there any way to have different CSS codes for different browsers and even different Operating systems?

[snoop1990]

Originally Posted by bizzard

I too have much problems with it. So, is there any way to have different CSS codes for different browsers and even different Operating systems?

You can do that using javascript, request the browser name and then dynamical choose the right style codes (css). That should fix your problem !

[tronador]

Dont use frames, use tables, divs tags and CSS instead, if you want a very nice site use Javascript and AJAX libraries as JQuery and Mootools

[zztech]

Yup, I agree with Tronador. No one uses frames anymore. They're too cluttery. Tables are a possible choice, but I prefer CSS because it is more versatile. Plus, if you've got Dreamweaver, the CSS should be incredibly easy, which is how I've avoided properly learning CSS.

[elnathan.rupert]

Originally Posted by zztech

Yup, I agree with Tronador. No one uses frames anymore. They're too cluttery. Tables are a possible choice, but I prefer CSS because it is more versatile. Plus, if you've got Dreamweaver, the CSS should be incredibly easy, which is how I've avoided properly learning CSS.

Amen to that. however the only problem is cross-browser compatility . Its hard to code a website and make sure that it appears exactly the way you did the website using your default browser (in my case, Mozilla Firefox)

[wired076]

I have found Test your web design in different browsers - Browsershots has become invaluable when trying to view what your site looks like in different browsers on different systems. This is a great tool. However since late they have limited you to check your site for free once daily. But hey one check a day for free is better than none.

There is a great table at W3Schools.com on CSS cross browser support and what browsers support what at CSS2 Reference .

You can also validate css, html/xhtml pages at The W3C Markup Validation Service .

Notepad ++ is great for viewing your code as it can be adapted to the language you are coding in and highlight your code and make it easier on you to spot mistakes.


There are many other great tools out there but these are just a few to help you.