I’ve often been criticised for using tables in my website. I only really use them where I’ve found it necessary, but never-the-less, one table is often one too many for some. “Bad design”, etc, etc.

Well, I’m working on a re-design of the Copy+ site and have been attempted to banish tables from the site entirely. All looked well as I tested it in IE. Then Firefox. Oh my. It was a real mess. I tried to sort it, I really did, but eventually became stuck.

A post to discussion board yielded the following answer.. “the top menu ‘catches’ on your logo_box DIV.” The answer is to add “clear: both;” to my DIV.

So I asked how I was supposed to know this. The answer…

Same way as me. You do something, it doesn’t work, so you google it!

I use it so often that I have it defined as a constant in my PHP.

The other thing that I have done is that I get so fed up of fudging inconsistencies between browsers that I now detect the user’s browser and give them an appropriate css file, not a jack of all trades with indecipherable hacks in.

The conclusion… I’m not supposed to realise this. Instead I have to hack about to get the DIV’s right, probably losing sleep and hair in the process.

But, if I use tables I can get it right first time, without any of the above. Hmmm. Guess what I’m now doing to the new site??

Back in 2000, I met a young lady named Fiona via the discussion boards on the handbag.com website. We became good friends.

A few months later, she got me together with a friend of hers, Naomi, who I dated for a short while.

Naomi introduced me to a musical theatre group that herself and Fiona were a member of (hence why they knew each others).

At that same group, I become good friends with Luis.

In 2002, Fiona and Luis get married. At their wedding I meet Jennie, a friend of Fionas. Soon after we start dating.

In May this year I married Jennie, with Luis as my best man.

Recently, we have a new member join our musical theatre group. Martin Holtom. He used to be the “big cheese” at…. handbag.com

Now, what are the chances?