Another Convert to Tableless Design
A smart client of mine has asked me to convert her site to tableless XHTML and CSS and I am more than happy to oblige.
She is concerned with bandwidth as her site gets a ton of traffic. She also wanted to make her site easier to manage and I’m creating include files so that she can change things like menus much quicker and easier.
Slowly but surely site owners are starting to see the benefits of having a tableless design. After all, who wouldn’t want a faster-loading site that uses less bandwidth, is more accessible, yet still looks good?
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July 2nd, 2006 at 7:23 am
That is the great advantage of CSS.
I did that too some time ago. I had 4 or 5 different sitemenu and pagenavigation styles from which I had to choose from. So I put them in different include files and showed them on different pages. That made it easier to select the styles I wanted to.
You can also use them to make different colorschemes for different pages. If you use cookies you can even have the visitors select their preferred styles and menus. Where does it all end?
July 4th, 2006 at 8:21 pm
Although slowly, It’s happening. More and more people realize the benefit of valid CSS design. I recently converted a huge portal from tables to xhtml/css it reduces about 70% of the file size!!! (counting the css file ;))
July 5th, 2006 at 11:22 am
that is a huge reduction, Lobsterman!
I imagine it was quite gratifying to complete the project and have it all validate.
Frits, includes are a Godsend! I can’t fathom having to change every single page of a huge site anymore…