Friday, November 2, 2012

Lesson 15: HTML Layouts

Most websites have put their content in multiple columns (formatted like a magazine or newspaper). Multiple columns are created by using <div> or <table> elements. CSS are used to position elements, or to create backgrounds or colorful look for the pages.

HTML Layouts - Using Div


The div element is a block level element used for grouping HTML elements.
The following example uses five div elements to create a multiple column layout, creating the same result as in the previous example:
 
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HTML Layouts - Using Tables


A simple way of creating layouts is by using the HTML <table> tag.
Multiple columns are created by using <div> or <table> elements. CSS are used to position elements, or to create backgrounds or colorful look for the pages.

The following example uses a table with 3 rows and 2 columns - the first and last row spans both columns using the colspan attribute:
 
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