[MinDFreeZ]

Ok, I'm using Dreamweaver MX... Now I've heard tables are not the best way to layout your site. They say divs are better.. I dont know how to use that. Especially without dreamweaver. Anyways, I don't mind if my site is tables, but I was wondering if there's a mode of some kind in dreamweaver, where you can just put tables anywhere you want. I've seen it done everywhere, and especially templates. The reason I want to know is so I can use something I made in Photoshop (layout), and slice it to place into the tables. How is this done? If you need help understanding, I'll have a link to an example in a couple minutes.

EDIT: Example site; http://bit-tech.net/ ~save it, open in dreamweaver, you will see what I'm sayin. The tables are placed in crazy places.. how is this done?!?!?

[Larry]

Yes... DW does have a mode in which you can draw rectangles (div) and then "convert" those squares (div) into actual html table code.

I can't remember the exact name/location but it is there.

Let me know if you have other questions about DW. What version are you running?

[Emily]

I've never used Dreamweaver so I can't answer your question, but from what I've heard and seen, tables are much better than div layers. If you nest tables then you can do pretty much anything with them, and they don't get messed up as much when changing browsers/resolutions/etc. On the other hand, I've seen tons of sites where div layers are overlapping or otherwise messed up.

Just my two cents.

[ADZ]

You cant just randomly throw a table anywhere as such. You dont have the alignment restrictions with layers, but i still use tables. Dont forget, you can split a cell into rows and colums so that you can specify what goes where and how it aligns.

[ADZ]

<table width="189" height="103" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
  <tr> 
    <td width="47" rowspan="2">A</td>
    <td width="136">B</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>C</td>
  </tr>
  <tr> 
    <td>D</td>
    <td>E</td>
  </tr>
</table>

[MinDFreeZ]

Well, 1 person got what I was talking about, but didn't remember what it's called.... I know its a (div) or layer.. somethin like that.. but whats the mode that makes it appear to be a table, with borders just anywhere? I don't want to use tables anymore, because that's how I've always done it.. over at tutorialforums.com they talk about it a lot in the web dev section.. check it out.. and if you find out what the mode is, let me know. Oh yea, I'm using Dreamweaver MX 2004 for that guy that wanted the version.

[MinDFreeZ]

Ok I used a template that I found.. and it came with the psd for it, so I opened it in photoshop and edited it until I thought it was good enough, then I went to save for web (I could see the slices already there), and it worked... but I still have no idea how the dude that made it, got the html doument to do that... its just put wherever... crazy.. anyone know how?

[MinDFreeZ]

Nevermind I got it finally.... I just used photoshop to make my layout, then went to save for web... after slicing it .. then it worked... and i just edit wherever i need