[Tutorial] Expanding Tables (My Way)

[Kieran]

I know exactly how to code using slices. Every single layout i code uses slices and expanding tables.

Im so sick of people on this forum lately.

[Mentor]

I know exactly how to code using slices. Every single layout i code uses slices and expanding tables.

Im so sick of people on this forum lately.

Ive never sliced a layout .. mainly as a result of learning html, not using things like fireworks/photoshop to do it for me. Its a poor way to code, and creates a poor standard of layout.
I updated from table based layouts to css ones for the same reason. I dont really get what your point is though? the only conclusion i can draw is that every layout you code is poorly coded? which doesn't really change my point at all does it?

Sliceing = Bad, imo.

ps. Lately? ive been like this for years?

[F32]

Ive never sliced a layout .. mainly as a result of learning html, not using things like fireworks/photoshop to do it for me. Its a poor way to code, and creates a poor standard of layout.
I updated from table based layouts to css ones for the same reason. I dont really get what your point is though? the only conclusion i can draw is that every layout you code is poorly coded? which doesn't really change my point at all does it?

Sliceing = Bad, imo.

In practicality, the get parts of the original layout you'd have to slice anyway?

[Mentor]

In practicality, the get parts of the original layout you'd have to slice anyway?

Useing the word correctly yes, useing it in its buzzword incarnation no. Buzzword is sliceing, where you get a program, draw a few lines, and it generates a page of incomprehensibly bad html tables and produces some poorly cut images.
Properly, as in cutting out an image, then save-as-ing to a directory is fine, and as you said kinda essential. although i usually refer to it simply as cutting out as opposed to slicing which carrys conotations of the program driven layout mangling.

Although this is only when coding other peoples layouts, in my own i dont slice at all, since i dont work from an image based layout, i make my images for the layout, not make a layout for the images, although its just my preference when working rather than haveing any advantages over other ways.

[F32]

Mhmm true.

Just a contradiction of a word really.

You still have to 'cut' to produce either tabled or xhtml/css expanding layouts either way.

But tables is a bad idea.

[Mentor]

Mhmm true.

Just a contradiction of a word really.

You still have to 'cut' to produce either tabled or xhtml/css expanding layouts either way.

But tables is a bad idea.

Well in say photoshop, i use the cuting tools, not the slicing ones for example. the two words carry different meanings now days, in the same way gay no long is taken useually to mean happy, although technically still does.

[F32]

Marquee tools.

I guess, slicing does mean actually selected pieces of an image and exporting them - like everyone does to start off with.

You do make a good point