div or tables

[Son Of UAE]

hi , i use to make template ,designing it , then i cut the designs into slices , then i use Microsoft Expression Web 2 to make the template using tables and some css
but i find out that their is some other way not tables , but some professional way , so i am asking what is it and how to use it

[davelf]

i don't think there are junior way or professional way to make a layout in website, as long your web layout look good and all the function work, it's good right.
I use table and css too, when making a layout

beside the table and css, we can use frameset, but i still think table and css is better.

[Son Of UAE]

will , for example let me put some codes from joomla template

                    <div id="wrapper">
                    
                        <div class="wrapper-container-t">
                            <div class="wrapper-tl"></div>
                            <div class="wrapper-tr"></div>
                            <div class="wrapper-t"></div>
                        </div>
    
                        <div class="wrapper-b">
                            <div class="wrapper-l">
                                <div class="wrapper-r">
                                    <div class="wrapper-bl">
                                        <div class="wrapper-br">
                                            <div class="wrapper-container">

                                            <?php if ($this->countModules('top + top-equal + top-goldenratio')) : ?>
                                            <div id="top">
                                                <div class="floatbox ie_fix_floats">

                                                    <?php if($this->countModules('top')) : ?>
                                                    <div class="topblock width100 float-left">
                                                        <jdoc:include type="modules" name="top" style="yoo" />
                                                    </div>
                                                    <?php endif; ?>

                                                    <?php if ($pos = $yootools->getModulePosition(array('top-equal', 'top-goldenratio'))) : ?>
                                                        <?php while ($param = $yootools->renderModulePosition($pos)) : ?>
                                                            <div class="topbox <?php echo $param['width'].' '.$param['separator']; ?> float-left">
                                                                <jdoc:include type="modules" name="<?php echo $param['name']; ?>" style="yoo" order="<?php echo $param['order']; ?>" />
                                                            </div>
                                                        <?php endwhile; ?>
                                                    <?php endif; ?>
                                                                        
                                                </div>
                                            </div>

you can see here "div id="wrapper"

their is id for each Div which we can use i think for 3d party language like java c# or AJAX
i don't know , i am just saying

[davelf]

i just think it's more difficult to place all of your frame at the right position, like the example you gave, than using the traditional way with table + css. But everybody have it's own style. thx for your information