HTML tables to css conversion
I've got to write the backend for a site designed by somebody else, and his/her layout is full of tables, spacer images, etc.
Is there a way in Dreamweaver or some other IDE to perform some kind of conversion to css without having to do it manually? (Laziness is a virtue)
Yes in Dreamweaver there is. Convert tables to layers.
But I would advise not doing it that way.
It'll probably take you longer in the long term doing that because Dreamweaver is bound to generate a lot of unnecessary code.
You're right cybershark, it created a lot of roobish.
You're better off doing it manually. CSS will take care of most of the small spacers and whatnot itself. Start with the basic layout of the site with each segment in a different div and adjust from there.
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Ya, that's what I've done.
*To all site designers: please use div tags/css rather than tables for layout, ya bastards.
CSS rulez!
Changing from tables to css drops about 1/4 of space on a template.
CSS is nice, but... What do you people do when you want a resizeable screen/content page? I'm normally using JavaScript, but not all browsers have it turned on, and then it messes up everything! In such a case, tables are useful!
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CSS supports liquid layouts, they just tricky and often un-nessesaryOriginally Posted by ettubrute
here some examples
100% Liquid
Comination of Liquid and fixed
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Thanks James. Will study those a bit... and post new questions when necessary!
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more to read here
http://www.glish.com/css/
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css can be a pain across browsers, especially for things like 100% height backgrounds, but wading through millions of tr and td tags is a nightmare too.
and try doing this with tables
http://www.csszengarden.com/
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Thx James and sparklehorse, I got some cool new ideas.
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Not sure what those links say .. but I just say (for example) top:20%; etc instead of top:200px;
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