@GamTrak 192065 wrote:
I’ve recently started converting my site which I created in 2001 with Front Page to Dreamweaver.
It was quite a learning curve, but I’ve managed to learn how to do it and I’m in awe of the control you have with CSS.
When was your site created and do you plan on changing a table based site to CSS and what are the benefits?
Large images aside, nested tables are the worst for loading time as the browser has to make a bunch of additional calculations when rendering the page.
Table designs overcome many of screen and resolution problems encountered with a pure css design, especially the dreaded 3 column layout.
Also there are a number of cross browser compatibility problems with css layouts. For example both FF and IE treat margins and padding differently, however there are several hacks and workarounds. I believe FF renders css correctly but most visitors use IE. It is best to make sure it renders the way you want in as many browers and screen sizes/resolutions as possible.