I'd have to say RobbieB, that CSS is "Not" taking over for tables, nor did tables take over from Frames. I believe Matt has it right, use CSS for formatting. Tables were designed for structuring data. Although, the argument could be made, that all information being tranmitted down the OCR lines we enjoy so today, could be considered "Data".
I really hate the way UBB destroys tables. I commented earlier, in a different thread about PHP and who's doing what with it.
PHPNuke has the right idea. Their using PHP and MySQL. it's extremely fast (Most all pages load in <0.4secs) and they conform to W3C standards for content delivery. It's not so much how it looks in one browser or another, but that of accessability. There are millions of people that, for one reason or another, have trouble accessing information through the net. The standards are in place to help correct that problem.
If you want to see how badly UBB is with respect to the standard:
Click Here .
Now Compare this Site:
Here Is their Site Here is The HTML 4.01 Validation Results[/b] [b]Here is the CSS2 Validation Look aound on their site...They have Tons of information, all formated correctly. Pay attention to the SPEED, It's very fast.
I like all the functionality Open Source provides, and I do like most all the features UBB brings with it. I just wish Ted and company would work on cleaning up their code. I must also admit, my sites don't meet the standards either. That's change soon.
KE1HA
[ June 17, 2001 05:59 AM: Message edited by: KE1HA ]
