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Jennifer's Web Design / HTML BlogReader Question: Are tables easier?![]() "If you build your client a website and the deal is that they will take over the maintenance and all afterwards, wouldn’t it be best to build the site in tables? By this I mean using tables for the layout and CSS for positioning and styling (no nested tables). If your clients are not the tech-savvy, web-savvy clients and you are afraid that <div> tags will be confusing for them and they will not be able to work with them, would you build the site using tables?" My Thoughts If your clients use a WYSIWYG editor, then I would definitely use div tags and CSS - since that is more accessible, more search engine friendly, and easier to maintain for the developer. From the perspective of the client, WYSIWYG will make maintenance about the same for div tags as with tables. This is especially true if you're going to use CSS for the positioning of the layout. As that's what is really difficult about CSS layouts - not the div tags. Bottom line: if they are going to maintain the layout, then you'll have to teach them something about CSS and positioning anyway, so why teach them a method that is old? And if they're not going to change the layout, then it doesn't matter, so I'd still stick with a more modern method - namely CSS with div and block tags. More Resources
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