Re: Tables

It doesn't work that way....each page must have the entire table, and loads
anew.

This isn't as bad as it sounds.  The browser will use the cached images in
most cases after the first load.  Designing the pages with a bit a
forethought, you can get decent download times without frames.

What you do to make your life easier is make one template for your whole
site, and then use that template to build each page.  The templatewill
contain the common elements for your site, such as the menu and header, and
that large content cell will be all you really have to change, if you plan
it right.

One other thing, of course: the menu links will change.  You can get around
doing this manually any number of ways, including the use of absolute URLs,
the use of tools such as Dreamweaver to manage the template, oir the use of
PHP or SSI to standardize the included content.

D

----- Original Message -----
From: A freEcards example (E-mail) <diana(at)chosenpath.net>
To: <hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2000 3:00 PM
Subject: Tables


I hope this isn't a stupid question. I've decided not to use css and use
tables instead. I think it would be easier doing it this way, since I'm a
baby bird.

The site I'm doing is interactive. It has a couple of chat rooms, a forum,
and many pages. We often bounce from one place to another, within the site.
I'm trying to make it more navigational, without using frames.

What I've done is this...
I've created a table with 3 cells, a top cell, a side cell and a large cell
in the center for the pages. What I can't figure out is... how to have the
links that are within the side cell open up in the large cell in the center
for the pages. I want the side and top cells to remain in place while only
the center cell changes to the links. It's very easy and straight forward to
do this with frames, and I've seen on this list where some have said
anything done in a frame can be done with a table, so please, someone
instruct me on how to do this.

Thanks,
Diana

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