Converting HTML tables to a CSS layout. Any Programs?

[Toronto Web Designer]

Heya,

I'm curious to know if there are any programs that convert HTML tables to a
CSS layout. I already have a good handle on CSS but I'm always on the
lookout for other ways of doing things. :-)

Cheers.

[Andrew Thompson]

On Sun, 23 May 2004 19:51:27 -0400, Toronto Web Designer wrote:

Heya,

Heya.. Just 'cos you change the title,
does not make it a new post -
...'HTML to CSS conversion program?'

Please do not multi-post..
<http://www.physci.org/codes/javafaq.jsp#xpo st>

[ OK sure, that link is to a Java FAQ, but
the principal is essentially the same, it
just says it 'nicer' than you are likely to
told here, ..or on c.i.w.a.sd ]

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[Lauri Raittila]

Toronto Web Designer wrote:

Heya,

I'm curious to know if there are any programs that convert HTML tables to a
CSS layout. I already have a good handle on CSS but I'm always on the
lookout for other ways of doing things. :-)

Do not multipost. If there is such software, it is guarenteed to make
your pages worse.

http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/usenet/xpost.html

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[Toronto Web Designer]

"Andrew Thompson" <Se********@www .invalid> wrote in message
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On Sun, 23 May 2004 19:51:27 -0400, Toronto Web Designer wrote:

Heya,
Heya.. Just 'cos you change the title,
does not make it a new post -

..'HTML to CSS conversion program?'

Please do not multi-post..
<http://www.physci.org/codes/javafaq.jsp#xpo st> [ OK sure, that link is to a Java FAQ, but
the principal is essentially the same, it
just says it 'nicer' than you are likely to
told here, ..or on c.i.w.a.sd ]

Too many judgmental people I tell ya! lol I _incorrectly_ posted to the
other group (the two groups are right next to each other in my newsreader).
Wouldn't you say this group is more applicable than the other group? hmmmm.
:-) It WAS an honest mistake. Those happen, don't they?

As for cross posting, it's *suggested* that one cross post sparingly; it's
been said that up to five newsgroups, if applicable, is acceptable. Also,
unless it's in a newsgroups charter, one is not limited to only posting in
ONE newsgroup per original posting.

Now that you have finished tapping my wrists for perceived slights, do you
have a solution to my question?

[Toronto Web Designer]

"Lauri Raittila" <la***@raittila .cjb.net> wrote in message
news:MP******** *************** *@news.individu al.net...

Toronto Web Designer wrote:

Heya,

I'm curious to know if there are any programs that convert HTML tables to a CSS layout. I already have a good handle on CSS but I'm always on the
lookout for other ways of doing things. :-)

Do not multipost.

lol

[Andrew Thompson]

On Mon, 24 May 2004 02:09:42 -0400, Toronto Web Designer wrote:

"Andrew Thompson" <Se********@www .invalid> wrote in message .... Now that you have finished tapping my wrists for perceived slights,
Working to increase the S/N ratio. :)
..do you
have a solution to my question?

Sure, stop wasting your time.

Rip the content straight out of the tables
and start fresh. You will find that once
you start working with CSS positioning,
you start thinking about page layout
differently. By the time you 'adapt' a
table based layout (poorly) to CSS, it is
slower than starting fresh (and less reliable).

HTH

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[Matthias Gutfeldt]

Toronto Web Designer wrote:

Heya,

I'm curious to know if there are any programs that convert HTML tables to a
CSS layout. I already have a good handle on CSS but I'm always on the
lookout for other ways of doing things. :-)

Sure. M+y Dreamweaver has this option, "Convert table to layers" and
vice versa. DW replaces each table cell with an absolutely positioned
DIV, writing the style rule into the DIV's style attribute. Anybody with
a good handle on CSS (that means you<g>) can do better than that.
Matthias

[Stan Brown]

"Toronto Web Designer" <to************ ****@yahoo.ca.i nvalid> wrote
in comp.infosystem s.www.authoring.stylesheets:

I'm curious to know if there are any programs that convert HTML tables to a
CSS layout. I already have a good handle on CSS but I'm always on the
lookout for other ways of doing things. :-)

Here ya go:

http://smjg.port5.com/faqs/usenet/xpost.html

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validator: http://validator.w3.org/
CSS 2 spec: http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/
2.1 changes: http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/changes.html
validator: http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/

[Stan Brown]

"Toronto Web Designer" <to************ ****@yahoo.ca.i nvalid> wrote
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"Lauri Raittila" <la***@raittila .cjb.net> wrote in message
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Do not multipost.

lol

Since you find the idea of courtesy amusing, I am sure we all know
how much help to give you with your queries.

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validator: http://validator.w3.org/
CSS 2 spec: http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/
2.1 changes: http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/changes.html
validator: http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/

[Toronto Web Designer]

"Stan Brown" <th************ @fastmail.fm> wrote in message
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"Toronto Web Designer" <to************ ****@yahoo.ca.i nvalid> wrote
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"Lauri Raittila" <la***@raittila .cjb.net> wrote in message
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Do not multipost.

lol

Since you find the idea of courtesy amusing, I am sure we all know
how much help to give you with your queries.

I wish you and others would stop judging so much. A simple lol could imply
A LOT. It's better to phrase your response in a way that might indicate
other possibilities. I don't think the idea of being courteous is amusing -
that's silly.

I'm quite polite, thank you very much. But my mother taught me that it was
important to question how I react to people whom were NOT polite or to
consider NOT sucking it up to someone's words that made no sense. That sort
of means that I respect myself as much as I can respect someone else, ya
know?! I am NOT a newbie but I'm open to learning new things and/or being
corrected. :-)

As for not helping me, well that could end up in two situations: a) I could
just change my name and write differenty :-) and/or b) I could just ignore
the people who only offer noise like a puffed up chicken. Your comment
sounds childish to me, that doesn't mean you are childish.

Bottom line, two posts are NOT considered a multposting in the sense that it
was implied. Also, it's OK for me to multipost. I'm laughing at the
judgemental silliness and the attempt to control me beyond standard
etiquette conventions, not that I think being courteous and polite is a
joke. But either way I'm polite because I want to be, not because I have to
be. One can't force people to behave in a certain way (unless there are
legal conventions that say otherwise), if we could - Usenet would be a much
safer place. Get my drift?

Now, I'm not going to argue reasons for my behaviour any further. If you or
anyone else has some more noise to add, I will ignore it and I wish you fun.
(grin)