How to use tables?

[imhiya]

I'm used to using iframes, but ive being told tables are better for buillding a website, with iframes you could define a webpage to that area. how would i do this in a table like i have a 3 by 3 table and i want the middle page to be news.html how would i go about this?

 

Also i am using dreamweaver for the first time.

[Dane]

<table width="#" height="#" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" class="classname">

<tr>

<td>Content Here</td>

</tr>

</table>

 

<table width="#" height="#" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" class="classname">

<tr>

<td>Content Here</td>

<td>Content Here</td>

</tr>

</table>

 

<table width="#" height="#" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" class="classname">

<tr>

<td>Content Here</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td>Content Here</td>

</tr>

</table>

 

 

Along the lines of that my friend.

[imhiya]

how do i put a webpage or php into one of them then not just writing.

[ToonMariner]

tables are terrible for buildin web sites - almost as bad as iframes!!!

 

Go and learn some css layout techniques and leave 1998 behind.

[boo_lolly]

tables aren't as good as CSS, but css is much harder to learn than html tables. and for basic stuff, tables do the trick, iFrames however, are always a bad idea. it's just bad design principle. for that matter, tables are too, now that css is used for everything. but for a beginner, you NEED to learn tables. it's very very simple. check out html tutorials online. all of them will cover tables.

[ToonMariner]

it'll take you 2-3 days of to get to grips with css layouts - and it will be the best time you'll spend in the world of web building....