Chapter 12: Setting Up Tables

Links: Learning More About Tables

• W3C Tables Specification
  From the HTML 4.0 specification.
• Tables
  From Netscape's HTML Tag Reference.
• Webmonkey on Tables
  Very basics; advanced techniques; coloring table cells.

Links: Some Sites That Do It Well

• IRS
  The front page uses tables to make a newsletter-style layout that looks darn spiffy.
• Yahoo!
  Their world-famous index, and all its subsequent variations.
Also along these lines: The TOC of Brunching Shuttlecocks.
• CNN
  They fit an awful lot of information on the front page by using tables well.
• gURL
  Too many animated GIFs for my taste, but a very un-dry table design.
• The Boring Gallery
  An argument against the CNET-style sidebar layout.