Re: Nested tables and DW templates

In a message dated 28/04/00 14:39:26 GMT Daylight Time, Reywob(at)aol.com writes:

> How BAD are nested tables?  Reason I'm asking is I'm creating a site using 
>  the traditional web layout (menu down the side) and using Dreamweaver 
>  templates.  To add rows to the content part of the table means that I 
cannot 
> 
>  lock the menu into the template, which defeats the whole object!  Would it 
>  really affect performance if I put the content of the page inside another 
>  table, inside the first one?

Hi Peter

Every level of nesting adds to the calculations the browser has to perform 
and so slows down loading. However one level of nesting is not really bad - 
site builders (including me) do this all the time with no noticable effects.

HTH

Keith Bell

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