Design with tables?

It is possible, but seriously, why not learn CSS?
https://www.hotdesign.com/seybold/

The answer is, yes. All you need is The Loop. The Loop is the part of WP’s index.php which displays WP’s posts. All you have to do is plug that into your table-based design. https://codex.www.ads-software.com/The_Loop

Thanks for the responses. I read the Seybold article, but am concerned that my patience will run out before I am able to do all my positioning through CSS. I’m a designer, not a developer and I’ve always been more of a WYSISWYG-kinda guy than a airtight code-type. I’m not interested in becoming a CSS expert, but if I can get something up and running fairly easily, I could learn as I go. Here’s my initial design — look do-able in CSS? Any other good instructional sites you can refer me to? Thanks again.

Oh, and I will concurrently look into using “the Loop.” Thanks for that.

Your initial design looks very doable in CSS. It is basically a two-column layout, similar to one of my sites: https://stijlstek.nl/greek2me/

I don’t understand how to “plug the loop into my table design” because I did it and it won’t work.

Here is my blog: https://findingrainbows.colour-dreams.net.

I hate CSS because it can’t look right on all browsers. And with the blog scripts, I can’t seem to convert them to tables, it’s so strange. It takes a lot of work, and someone helped me do it to my original blog, and I can’t remember it.

I did it to another Word Press blog, but it’s just not working now.

I need 3 columns, because one column should be a picture.

Why is there talk of the loop like it’s some big deal? It’s just code. Why does it have it’s own web site? Sorry. :-\

And.. jmetter, your design is SO awesome!

The Loop is the WordPress engine. Without it, you can’t pull anything out of your database. It is the most important part of any WP-powered site. Without it, there is no connection between the site and the database where all of your information is stored.

I hate CSS because it can’t look right on all browsers.

CSS gives you the power to make it look right in a wide variety of browsers, contrary to your assertion. ??

I’m trying the css. Ha. I just want this up, so no one posts a comment to my old one and I have to move it. I will check it on Netscape, but my firefox wouldn’t work for me the last time, I will try it again, though. I hope it works.

Oh, yes. I understand about the Loop importance as what it was. The way I read it spoken about was just odd to me and i thought it was something else.

Anyway, my site looks great. So far only checked Netscape and IE. Yay. It’s CSS. ??

Aaand.. here is the simplest way to learn the css layout.. (I know it’s supposed to be for kids, but that’s alright..) https://lissaexplains.com/css3.shtml

Yep css is the way to go. Jmetter, your initial design is VERY doable in css. Just need to splice the image, that’s all. Besides, using web standard such as css layout will help a lot when your page is viewed in PDA, screenreader and other type of browsers.

If you are a designer, you should really learn css, its where the web design is heading right now(actually its been a while).

But it leaves browsers looking different from each other. Mozilla and Netscape look slightly different than IE because they treat pixel size differently. I find it odd that everyone just doesn’t base it on images.. isn’t a pixel a pixel? But things always look wonky in Netscape when I try to do anything with widths.

And, Nuclear Moose, you cheated and edited your post after I posted my last one.

Oh, and I don’t know how to change my profile link, but I’d like to show you how I’ve finally mended ways with css (can I say that?) with this layout: https://findingrainbows.colour-dreams.net

I’ve created a design in Dreamweaver using tables. Learning CSS means another 24 hours of my time. I’m happy with what I’ve got so I’m going to try implementing WP using “The Loop”. I hope its easy, but I’m guessing it’s not!

“Learning CSS means another 24 hours of my time.”

Holy Mother Of Moose! I wish I could learn CSS that fast! LOL!

it was a guess! ??

umm, ive followed the instructions on here:
https://codex.www.ads-software.com/The_Loop

I had a basic HTML page, I’ve renamed it to PHP and inserted the following code.

<?php /* Don’t remove this line. */ require(‘./wp-blog-header.php’); ?>

At the top, then this on the page:

<?php if ($posts) : foreach ($posts as $post) : start_wp(); ?>
<?php endforeach; else: ?>
<?php _e(‘Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.’); ?>
<?php endif; ?>

But when I load the indexxx.php page the usual page comes up without the WP posts.

Any ideas?

Joecuk,
How about a link to your site?