
pages with tables. Then you can add a behavior (also covered in Chapter 9) to your site that determines what browser version each of your visitors is using and directs each one to the appropriate page. This is a pretty cool trick, but you should know that the conversion process is not a perfect science (because you can do things with layers that you cant do with tables), and you add a lot more work to your site development and maintenance. Figure 6-2: Notice that the Properties inspector provides more table editing options in Standard mode. You can create and edit tables in either mode and even switch back and forth between them. Figure 6-1: Table Layout mode enables you to create tables and cells in Dreamweaver with drag-anddrop ease. 156 Part III: Advancing Your Site These steps show how to create a table in Layout mode with a long cell across the top and two smaller cells below it (like the table shown in Figures 6-1 and 6-2): 1. Create a new HTML page (or open an existing page). To create a new page, choose File?New and then select Blank Page from the Category list and HTML from the Basic Page list. 2. Switch to Layout mode by choosing View?Table Mode?Layout Mode. The Table layout options become visible on the Layout Insert bar at the top of the screen, as shown in Figures 6-1 and 6-2. You can also switch to Layout mode using the Layout Insert bar, available from the Insert bar drop-down list at the top of the screen. When you switch to Layout mode, you may see a message describing how to use the Layout Table and Layout Cell buttons when you first select this option. The message has some useful tips, but if you click the