Web Design Tips and Tricks

Nov 23 HTML, Tips and Tricks, Web Design

How to Freshen up HTML Tables with CSS by Kelly Lynn

In the early days of the Internet, programmers and designers tried to use HTML to add style and formatting to their web pages. They were never very successful because HTML was designed to control the layout and structure of web pages, not to make them look attractive. Eventually, Cascading Style Sheets were developed to control the style and formatting of pages. Just learning a few CSS styles can go a long way in making your web pages more presentable. Let’s take a closer look at how you can use styles to drastically improve the look of HTML tables. We’ll start with this plain and boring HTML table: Step 1 – Add a <style> tag in the <head> section of your HTML file. It should look like this: <style type=”text/css”> </style> … Continue reading →