Ever since I decided to hand-code my site rather than utilise a template (although using them isn't a bad thing!), the main bodies of every single one of my pages has been made of tables. Somehow, I thought it was easiter to use tables than it was to use divs.
I was incredibly wrong!
Divs are now my new best friend; friendship with tables has been dissolved.
I would say that I'm not entirely sure what put me off using divs for so long but I do know. It was (funnily enough) the template that I was using before!
I think most of you are familiar with the Sadgrl Layout Builder. It was a godsend in the sense that I actually felt compelled to update my website when I was using it, and it offers a wide range of customisation options. BUT it got me so so so so so confused when it came time for me to actually decide that I wanted to use divs.
This confusion is probably a me issue. I do find it easier to extrapolate how code works when I see it in action, but it hurts my head less if I see things chunked up. Having an entire website layout right in front of me was difficult to get my head around and I couldn't seem to make my own layouts just by using the builder as a jump-off point.
That's when I decided on tables. Don't do this. They're absolute bastards to work with.
So I took the time the other day to sit down and use different resources in order to understand div elements.
They're rather intuitive AND I can round the corners of everything! It also means I can stick things to the sides of the pages without it fucking up the rest of the layout (tables would keep shifting and the layout would be thrown out of wack).
They're so customisable and beautiful I kinda wish I took the plundge earlier.