It wasn??™t
long before Web designers adopted tables as the most capable tool to control
page layout. Although the current trend in Web design is to use CSS-based layout
rather than table-based, tables remain the perfect method for presenting structured
information.
Dreamweaver??™s implementation of tables reflects this trend in Web page design.
Drag-and-drop table sizing, easy organization of rows and columns, and instant
table reformatting all help get the job done in the shortest time possible. Table
editing features enable you to select and modify anything in a table??”from a single
cell to multiple columns. Moreover, using Dreamweaver??™s commands, you can
sort static table data in a variety of ways or completely reformat it.
This chapter covers everything you need to know to get started
creating HTML tables in Dreamweaver. You can also dynamically
add data to tables from an external data source using server-side processing.
Using dynamic data is covered in Chapter 20.
It should be recognized that some legacy sites and pages continue to use tablebased
layout. For designers maintaining such sites, Dreamweaver includes a feature
that takes table layout to the next level of ease of use and power. With the
Layout mode, designers can draw out individual cells with a stroke of the mouse,
and Dreamweaver automatically creates a borderless, content-ready table.
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