Thread: Pro's and Con's - CSS Layouts
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06-10-2008, 10:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Ethan View Post
Well so far, I have realized something, and that would be that things like divs controlled by css is great for manipulating sections of a layout, but in many instances isn't the best for layout organizing. From my experience, I still get easier and more functional and cross browser compatibility with tables when it comes to organizing my layouts. Of course the instances I'm talking about usually pertains to any instance where you are using things like absolute positioning on divs. But divs are excellent for almost all other things.
Originally Posted by Liam View Post
stay away from absolute positioning..
What Liam said - never use absolute positioning unless you have to. It makes sites harder to modify as if you change the height of something for example, then rest of the site doesnt adjust like it would if floats were used.