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Web Page Layouts: Tables
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One of the most common problems with beginning Web developers is pages that are completely blank in some Web browsers. This is usually caused by tables that are created incorrectly, either with missing tags or not closing tags. And even if you have all the tags, if you don't have them lined up exactly right, complex layouts can become big messes. And once the design is created, they are usually very difficult to edit and maintain.
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Even though cascading style sheets (CSS) become increasingly popular to create the layout of a web page, layout tables are still widely used. Layout tables may be fully accessible by people with disabilities if a few rules are followed:
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Using a table to lay out your Web page is a great thing to do, since it allows you to use all the space available to you on your Web page. Using a table to lay out your Web page is a strategy you should plan on using often.
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