Web pages are normally divided into three or four vertical columns. Before the advent of browsers that were capable of fully understanding CSS, page columns were created by using tables; this practice has now been deprecated (made obsolete and unacceptable). In fact, the inventors of HTML never intended that tables should be used for page layout. Tables are strictly for presenting data. Page layout and columns should always be produced by using CSS and tags that create divisions. The opening and closing tags for the simplest division of a web page are as you ...
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4. Create Web Pages with Three Columns Using CSS
Adrian W. West1
(1)Colyton, UK
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