HTML layout
Web page layout is very important to improve the appearance of the website.
Please design your web page layout carefully.
Web page layout using <div> element
How to use <div> element to add layout.
Webpage layout using <table> element
How to add layout using <table> element.
Website Layout
Most websites arrange content into multiple columns (just like a magazine or newspaper).
Most websites can use the <div> or <table> elements to create multiple columns. CSS is used to position elements or create backgrounds and colorful looks for pages.
 | Although we can use the HTML table tag to design a beautiful layout, the table tag is not recommended to be used as a layout tool - Tables are not layout tools. |
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HTML Layout - Using the <div> element
The div element is a block-level element used to group HTML elements.
The following example uses five div elements to create a multi-column layout:
Example
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>php中文网(php.cn)</title> </head> <body> <div id="container" style="width:500px"> <div id="header" style="background-color:#FFA500;"> <h1 style="margin-bottom:0;">主要的网页标题</h1></div> <div id="menu" style="background-color:#FFD700;height:200px;width:100px;float:left;"> <b>菜单</b><br> HTML<br> CSS<br> JavaScript</div> <div id="content" style="background-color:#EEEEEE;height:200px;width:400px;float:left;"> 内容在这里</div> <div id="footer" style="background-color:#FFA500;clear:both;text-align:center;"> 版权 © php.cn</div> </div> </body> </html>
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The above HTML code will produce the following results:
HTML Layout - Using Tables
Using the HTML <table> tag is an easy way to create layouts.
Most sites can use the <div> or <table> elements to create multiple columns. CSS is used to position elements or create backgrounds and colorful looks for pages.
 | Even though you can use HTML tables to create beautiful layouts, tables are designed to present tabulated data - tables are not layout tools ! |
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The following example uses a table with three rows and two columns - the first and last rows use the colspan attribute to span two columns:
Example
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>php中文网(php.cn)</title> </head> <body> <table width="500" border="0"> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="background-color:#FFA500;"> <h1>主要的网页标题</h1> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFD700;width:100px;"> <b>菜单</b><br> HTML<br> CSS<br> JavaScript </td> <td style="background-color:#eeeeee;height:200px;width:400px;"> 内容在这里</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="background-color:#FFA500;text-align:center;"> 版权 © php.cn</td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>
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The above HTML code will produce the following results:
HTML Layout - Helpful Tips
Tip: The biggest advantage of using CSS is that the site will be easier to maintain if the CSS code is stored in an external style sheet. By editing a single file, you can change the layout of all pages. To learn more about CSS, visit our CSS tutorials.
Tip: Since creating advanced layouts can be time-consuming, using templates is a quick option. There are many free website templates available through search engines (you can use these pre-built website layouts and optimize them).
HTML Layout Tags
| Tag | Description |
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| ## <div> | Define document block, block-level|
| <span> | Define span, used to combine inline elements in the document.
