[ale] html

[Christopher R. Curzio]

Err, I don't know why you think you can't do the same thing easily using
DIVs. Maintenance would be much easier. 

Plus, the original poster isn't using the table for tabular data; it was
said to be used for a menu system, and content. 

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Thus Spake "Matthew Brown" <matthew.brown at cordata.net>:
Mon, 23 Sep 2002 13:16:39 -0400


> Code the skeleton of the table as below...  To do this usably in DIV's
> would not be as maintainable down the road.  DIV's are great for
> DHTML/CSS pop-ups and such, but for a usable set of tabular data,
> TABLE's work best.
> 
> <table width="100%">
> 	<tr>
> 		<td width="25%">
> 			Menu
> 		</td>
> 		<td width="*">
> 			Content
> 		</td>
> 	</tr>
> </table>
> 
> Best regards,
> Matthew Brown, President
> CorData, Inc.
> O: (770) 795-0089
> F: (404) 806-4855
> E: matthew.brown at cordata.net
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tom hawks [mailto:thawk80 at mindspring.com] 
> Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 10:29 AM
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: [ale] html
> 
> 
> If I have a table and the width is set to 25% and it is my menu, how can
> I use the remaining 75% for content? Everytime, it puts it below where
> the menu table ends, but I want it along side.Any ideas?
> 
> tom
> 
> 
> 
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