Inside a HTML FRAMESET or TABLE

[Pyralis_Ryu]

Hi Everyone

A question around HTML:

Is there a reason for using framesets and tables (and what would be the difference in using the two options)

I'm looking at so many different flash sites, and see that everyone uses a different approach - some just use the publishing settings within Flash, and others got all out with FRAMESETS or Tables.

Is there a diffrence and what are the reasons?

Thanks

Ryu

[jaybee]

tables are good for laying out simple pages, laying out your movie relative to other page elements, maybe putting it in the centre of the page with some html above and below or whatever. There's not too much you can do just from the publish settings in flash so if your movie isn't on its own on the page you will need to consider how it fits in with the rest of your html........its better and more precise to use CSS to lay out your pages though - you have more control over what people will actually see and many more options etc etc.

Framesets are a different kettle of fish - use them when you have related but independent pages you want to display at same time, so frinstance a frame with your site navigation in it and a succession of content swfs in a frame alongside it - never use them just to lay out a page, but they're handy when you need them - iframes are neater though if you don't need to worry about older browsers.