another div/tables thread

[Emmanize]

http://www.hollywoodpalladium.com/

Would a website like this be hard to do with divs? (note: the top). Every time I see a site like this its in tables.

I mean can you do ALL site layouts without the use of tables? I use divs all the time now, but frightened my sites might end up looking the same. That would probably be more down to my skills then divs but if there is any way of learning to use divs in a more advanced way then I am interested.

[chris_bcn]

it's not a divs / tables issue.

Any page can and should be built using semantic markup. The HTML should not use tables for layout and should define the content. The CSS layer is then applied to provide style.

It's as easy, if not easier, to build out that page using modern coding. Sites will only look the same if you build them that way. You can create any design you want.

That's a design issue, not a build issue. That's between you and your photoshop

[Emmanize]

I haven't found a good site that teaches of layers (transparent divs on top of each other). I haven't picked that up yet.

[EC]

?

You wouldn't need that to accomplish this type of layout. It's all about positioning.

[Emmanize]

Yeah I know but it’s something I would like to know. By looking at that type of layout that’s a lot of div lining up unless you use large peaces of image, am I right? So far I haven't used a lot of images in my websites because I do all by code.

[chris_bcn]

you juat have toi use background-images and then float or position different divisions. It's no where near as difficult as you think