Layout with CSS can now be substituted for tables in today's standards-aware browser environment. Many people have worked towards this goal, here is some of their work.
- Advanced CSS Layouts
- Learn how to create complex table-like layouts with CSS. In this article, Rogelio Vizcaino Lizaola and Andrew King show how they replicated WebReference.com's front page using only CSS and lots of iterations.
- CSS Floats 2
- Our own Stephanos Piperoglou has a series of tutorials on CSS and layouts.
- Evolution of a Home Page
- Andy King and Kwon Ekstrom show in March 2001 that CSS is not just for text anymore.
Other Resources
- A List Apart
- Regular table-free wisdom from JZ.
- Cascading Style Sheets
- Tutorials and information from the W3C.
- CSS Validator
- From the W3C.
- CSS Work
- From Eric Meyer, of O'Reilly's CSS Definitive Reference fame.
- Glish: CSS Layout Techniques
- Elvis Costello's compendium of CSS 2-3 etc. column layout techniques.
- The Layout Reservoir (BlueRobot)
- By Rob Chandanais.
- Practical CSS Layout Tips, Tricks, & Techniques
- A List Apart's real-world CSS tips including table-like forms, and left/right-aligned nav bars.
- Style Sheet Reference
- WebReview.com's Style Sheet Reference Guide, by Eric Meyer.
- The Web Standards Project
- Zeldman and co's holy jihad again non-compliance.
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