(Shelly Cashman Series) Gary B. Shelly, H. Albert Napier, Ollie N. Rivers-Web design_ introductory concepts and techniques -Cengage Learning (2008)

110 Chapter 4 Planning a Successful Web Site: Part 2
layout
grid
grid
options
Figure 4-10 Using a WYSIWYG editor layout grid makes it easy to position
content precisely and to have elements snap to the closest
gridline.
DESIGN
TIP
Use a layout grid to position page content that consistently appears on all pages,
for example, the logo, site publisher’s name, images, and major links. Then
carefully add other page content that generates interest and variety while
maintaining visual consistency.
TABLES A table is an arrangement of columns and rows; the intersection of a table
column and a row is called a cell. You might be familiar with using tables in word-processing
software, such as Microsoft Word, or spreadsheet software, such as Microsoft Excel. A Web
page HTML table can be used in the same way as a table in a word-processing document or
in a spreadsheet — as a data table that organizes text or numbers. Figure 4-11 illustrates a
formatted, empty HTML data table on a Web page in development.
three-column,
multirow data
table with an
outside border
Figure 4-11 A Web page data table is used to organize text and numbers.