History of Table_vs_Div

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!!tables
-=pros=-
*more compatible with old browsers

-=cons=-
*cumbersome

!!divs
-=pros=-
*very flexible
**divs can be moved around the page using the css --> perhaps StylistPackage could allow positioning of divs (probably best illustrated at [http://www.csszengarden.com/|css Zen Garden])
*future proof
**with CSS3 on the horizon, i think we should make an effort to move to divs.

-=cons=-
*older browsers have difficulties displaying a div layout
*virtually 'impossible' to create a pixelperfect layout that expands over 100% of the displayed area - let's be honest: who really needs that. most sitest that look really good, are constrained to a certain width anyway (IMHO). if you instist on that kind of layout, i suppose you could use your own tiki.tpl file that uses a table as layout.

!!links
*[http://www.glish.com/css/|CSS Layout Techniques]
*[http://www.csszengarden.com/|css Zen Garden] this is probably the cooles css site out there!!!
*[http://www.alistapart.com/articles/tohell/|To hell with bad Browsers]
*[http://www.webstandards.org/upgrade/|Browser Upgrade Campaign]