Afternoon Report

[gothwalk]

I'm spending a lot of time here on small fixes on the site. It's nothing short of amazing how much time they take. I'm also trying to catch up on my web-development lists, and I'm seeing that people using tables in their sites are being told more and more to use CSS instead. Now, while I'm all in favour of CSS, and the separation of content and presentation, it seems that it's not quite time to switch to pure CSS layout. What do y'all out there do with your sites - pure CSS, and leave the old browsers out in the cold, or table layouts, and include everyone at the expense of "proper" standards?

Speaking of web development, I have an article on Evolt now: On Time, Every Time: Timing Material in CF. I'm pleased it's up there, and even more pleased that I've had a request from that for articles for another site.

Comments

[bastun-ie.livejournal.com]

The only site I built and still maintain is AdoptionIreland and its associated Contact Register, both done using plain old-fashioned html tables.

Partly it's so we can be more inclusive; partly it's because I no longer have the time to keep up with web development trends and training - wouldn't know where to start with CSS and I don't have the time to learn, but I can update or create a new page layout/template in short order with just tables.

I occasionally do simple sites as favours for ppl/organisations and again it's old-fashioned tables all the way - especially if they're unfamiliar with HTML and will be using Front Page or Dreamweaver to update it themselves afterwards.