3 Column CSS Table

[wwwproperties]

Hello,

I would like to remove the table on this page http://www.entirefilingbankruptcy.co...cy-exemptions/ and replace it with a css / <div> alignment. Could someone point out how I'd go about making a 3 column table with css as opposed to using a <table> element?

Thanks a lot!

[Ronald Roe]

float:left;

[Jordan Diamond]

That above post pretty much tells you nothing but try something like this

#content {
    background-color: #f2f2f2;
    border: solid 1px #e6e6e6;
    height: auto;
    width: 980px;
    margin-bottom: 10px;
}

#content-left {
    background-color: #f2f2f2;
    border: solid 1px #e6e6e6;
    height: auto;
    width: 300px;
    float: left;
    margin-bottom: 10px;
}

#content-right {
    background-color: #f2f2f2;
    border: solid 1px #e6e6e6;
    height: auto;
    width: 300px;
    float: right;
    margin-bottom: 10px;
}

[wwwproperties]

Thanks Jordan, have a nice day!!

[Andrew Yurlov]

That above post pretty much tells you nothing but try something like this

#content {
    background-color: #f2f2f2;
    border: solid 1px #e6e6e6;
    height: auto;
    width: 980px;
    margin-bottom: 10px;
}

#content-left {
    background-color: #f2f2f2;
    border: solid 1px #e6e6e6;
    height: auto;
    width: 300px;
    float: left;
    margin-bottom: 10px;
}

#content-right {
    background-color: #f2f2f2;
    border: solid 1px #e6e6e6;
    height: auto;
    width: 300px;
    float: right;
    margin-bottom: 10px;
}

That "above post" is the infamous Ronald:devil:

[Ronald Roe]

That "above post" is the infamous Ronald:devil:

How do I have the reputation of Satan smiley? Sometimes, or in fact most times, helping someone means pointing them in the right direction. The guys said he want's to use divs and CSS. Clearly, I don't need to teach him how to use divs in HTML, since he knows to do it. Sizing divs is pretty simple. What else did Jordan do? Float:left; That's about it. He didn't explain what it means, so the OP still has to look up what it means, or worse he won't look it up and will never learn to clear the floats, which Jordan failed to mention. Instead, a quick Google search of Float:left; returns over 54 million results.

So, by dropping 1 line of CSS instead of writing 23 lines that aren't attached to any HTML, I said more than anyone else did.

[Andrew Yurlov]

How do I have the reputation of Satan smiley? Sometimes, or in fact most times, helping someone means pointing them in the right direction. The guys said he want's to use divs and CSS. Clearly, I don't need to teach him how to use divs in HTML, since he knows to do it. Sizing divs is pretty simple. What else did Jordan do? Float:left; That's about it. He didn't explain what it means, so the OP still has to look up what it means, or worse he won't look it up and will never learn to clear the floats, which Jordan failed to mention. Instead, a quick Google search of Float:left; returns over 54 million results.

So, by dropping 1 line of CSS instead of writing 23 lines that aren't attached to any HTML, I said more than anyone else did.

Lol idk about the smiley. It just felt right at the moment to put the Satan smiley

[Jordan Diamond]

Im assuming if he can code a site he is capable of learning these things himself so yes I did just drop a few lines of code with out explanation but I also helped him rather then typing one useless bit of code that will lead him down many different tracks.

[Ronald Roe]

Again, we're talking about 2 different kinds of help here. It's the old "teach a man to fish" adage. I'm all for writing exactly what someone needs if that's what the situation calls for. If you search through my posts, you'll find numerous times where I've done that. Some that took me considerable time to write. However, you have a dude who doesn't know how to make a columnar layout. The code you wrote, which would work more or less, ties someone with little knowledge to a set of CSS rules they likely won't understand, and when they break it, which they will eventually, they'll have no idea how to fix it. On the other hand, instead of spoon-feeding an answer if you point someone off in a direction where they can learn actual concepts, you've helped them far more.

That isn't to say that your approach is always wrong. It's better for higher level concepts and fixing existing broken code. It's better for the "I'm trying to use CSS animations, but it isn't working" situations. It's just not going to work for a situation where someone is trying to learn how to code basic layouts. Maybe you helped him with this one, but the very next one will come along, and he'll have no idea.

And take a second to consider your "useless bit of code" comment. That bit of code is the key to making the whole layout work. There's only one other way to do what he's trying to do right now (until flexbox gets finalized and implemented). And really, there's only one "track" it could lead someone down: learning how floats work. And the majority of that info will pertain to layout anyway.

[Andrew Yurlov]

Again, we're talking about 2 different kinds of help here. It's the old "teach a man to fish" adage. I'm all for writing exactly what someone needs if that's what the situation calls for. If you search through my posts, you'll find numerous times where I've done that. Some that took me considerable time to write. However, you have a dude who doesn't know how to make a columnar layout. The code you wrote, which would work more or less, ties someone with little knowledge to a set of CSS rules they likely won't understand, and when they break it, which they will eventually, they'll have no idea how to fix it. On the other hand, instead of spoon-feeding an answer if you point someone off in a direction where they can learn actual concepts, you've helped them far more.

That isn't to say that your approach is always wrong. It's better for higher level concepts and fixing existing broken code. It's better for the "I'm trying to use CSS animations, but it isn't working" situations. It's just not going to work for a situation where someone is trying to learn how to code basic layouts. Maybe you helped him with this one, but the very next one will come along, and he'll have no idea.

And take a second to consider your "useless bit of code" comment. That bit of code is the key to making the whole layout work. There's only one other way to do what he's trying to do right now (until flexbox gets finalized and implemented). And really, there's only one "track" it could lead someone down: learning how floats work. And the majority of that info will pertain to layout anyway.

You sure your not the one who wrote the "I have a dream" speech?