CSS and Tables: How to use the former.

[goldenwaters]

Hi everyone, im new in web design. I dont know how i can design a website using the css. What i make use of is Tables which people say is easier. I will be glad if someone can put me through in the usage of css.
Thanks everyone.

 

[darrenfox]

CSS is easy to pick up and will save you time down the road. Try messing with pre-made css templates. There are also several css education sites. Check out http://www.cssplay.co.uk/

 

[chrisbkrh]

darren nice website - idea, i really like it.

i like http://www.w3schools.com/ - its 100% free

 

[aracaris]

I CSS for layouts, however I have given using tables for layouts a shot, and personally find CSS much easier to deal with for layouts, and much more versatile. I don't find table based layouts any easier to setup initially, and I find updating them to be a massive headache compared to CSS. Tables are bad for layouts for a number of reasons anyhow.

There are a ton of CSS books out there, some worth checking out are:

Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML is a good one to start out with.

Also
Stylin' with CSS: A Designer's Guide

and once you've gotten a decent grasp on CSS
the Zen of CSS Design: Visual Enlightenment for the Web
is a good book to check out

 

[mezangath]

Div is the best way to go about a website. It's a bit harder to get started using divs but once you actually get started you get alot more freedom and my personal oppinion is that divs usually works better in different browsers compared to same structure but with tables.

 

[OnsiteStudio]

Web Design using CSS

Div with css is a better idea to design websites. If you are new to css then give a try to w3school and then try with some redymade free avilable website templates.