At An Event Apart Boston, the references to XHTML/CSS really made an impact on me. All of the presenters were using it; half of the books in the conference bookstore mentioned it (the others covered AJAX); and half of the job postings were for XHTML/CSS developers. A few years ago I would have thought that an HTML development job would be low-level and low-paid, but I guess presentation markup has gotten a whole lot more sophisticated since I last paid attention to it.
I realized that I had better start updating the web site I work on, for several reasons: I should update my skills; I could make the site more modern; and, I could make the site's presentation code lighter and faster. So, I'll write about my experiences as I go in this blog.
Comments (2)
April 13, 2007
11:07PM | #
I am on a similar journey to make a total break from using tables for content layout. But, I have to admit that when it a crunch I revert to my old table ways :( Maybe a twelve-step group to help with my table addiction.
April 14, 2007
12:28AM | #
@Tim: I'm like you-- I still lean on tables quite a bit, too. I can pretty much manage to use divs for two-column or three-column layout where I have fixed widths for the columns. But when it comes to presenting lists of items with more than two attributes (such as a list of profiles, a list of stock investments, etc.) I don't yet know how to use only CSS to make a table-like layout. How do you create same-width columns in CSS when you have multiple rows of data?
When I find out, I'll share.