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rdouglass -> RE: I am a beginner- be gentle (9/19/2006 10:13:15)
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how do you use DIV's? How to un nest my table?
DIV's are an art form unto themselves and are way too much to explain here.
Separating a large table is relatively easy. Instead of 1 big table, make multiple tables and stack them. For instance:
<table>
<tr><td>Row 1</td></tr>
<tr><td>Row 2</td></tr>
<tr><td>Row 3</td></tr>
</table>
becomes:
<table>
<tr><td>Row 1</td></tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr><td>Row 2</td></tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr><td>Row 3</td></tr>
</table>
What happens is the browser needs to retrieve all the info about a table before it draws it. So if you have all your content in 1 table, the whole page needs to be delivered before anything will render in the browser window. By making stacked tables, you deliver the first table, render it, deliver the second table, render it, etc... Not quite that litterally but you get the idea.
This allows *something* to be displayed while the rest of the page 'fills in'. This of course is a simplified version but hopefully you get the idea.
If you have further questions about DIV's or stacked tables, a diffrerent post in a different topic area would be appropriate.
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