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Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML
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Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML

by Elisabeth Robson, Eric Freeman
December 2005
Beginner
704 pages
17h 10m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Chapter 13. Tables and More Lists: Getting Tabular

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If it walks like a table and talks like a table... There comes a time in life when we have to deal with the dreaded tabular data. Whether you need to create a page representing your company’s inventory over the last year or a catalog of your Beanie Babies collection (don’t worry, we won’t tell), you know you need to do it in XHTML; but how? Well, have we got a deal for you: order now and in a single chapter we’ll reveal the secrets that will allow you to put your very own data right inside XHTML tables. But there’s more: with every order we’ll throw in our exclusive guide to styling XHTML tables. And, if you act now, as a special bonus, we’ll throw in our guide to styling XHTML lists. Don’t hesitate, call now!

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How do you make tables with XHTML?

Tony’s right; you really haven’t seen a good way of using XHTML to represent his table, at least not yet. While you might think there’s a way to use CSS and <div>s to create tables, XHTML has a <table> element to take care of all your tabular needs. Before we dive into the <table> element, let’s first get an idea of what goes into a table:

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