Coding Landing Pages

midori

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I've been coding HTML for a long time, so I'm faster at coding tables than at CSS layouts. It makes a difference when you're coding websites, but what about when you're making landing pages? If you're making a CPV lander, do you use CSS or tables?
 


I'm currently enrolled at francis tuttle techonology center for web design and development. I can tell you now that coding with CSS is the best route compared to coding in a table. It simplifies the way you code your web pages with external links. You can view my work at Web Design & Development Student to see what i do with XHTML and CSS.
 
Just get some template at LPdesigner.com or your favorite designer and then update those for your purposes. To answer your original question though, for a landing page I don't really think it matters. As long as it loads quick you should be fine.
 
It really doesn't matter in terms of performance. It is worth your time to learn to code proper XHTML, though. It will make your life a lot easier in the long run.
 
As long as it quickly loads in any browser, you're ok :)

A landing page is a PAGE. Not a site. CSS is the way to go for compactness, maintainability, speed, blah, blah, and is the correct way to do things... but who cares. The goal of a landing page is convert the vistor to a sale. If it does that well, you can have it writen by a monkey with a crayon. Focus on the psycology of the landing page rather than the technical aspects.
 
My 2 cents:

I recently did a few PPV tests which went a little somethin' like this:

Test 1:
LP made in Photoslop, saved as
low-quality image VS. Identical LP made as HTML

I couldn't believe it but the image one performed significantly better.

Test 2:
Low quality image LP
around 30k VS. Identical high-quality image LP around 70k. Winner was the high-quality/slower loading one.


So if you're talking about CSS vs. tables for an LP, just do whichever is quicker because it doesn't matter as long as it shows up correctly in IE and Firefox.
 
My 2 cents:

I recently did a few PPV tests which went a little somethin' like this:

Test 1:
LP made in Photoslop, saved as
low-quality image VS. Identical LP made as HTML

I couldn't believe it but the image one performed significantly better.

Test 2:
Low quality image LP
around 30k VS. Identical high-quality image LP around 70k. Winner was the high-quality/slower loading one.


So if you're talking about CSS vs. tables for an LP, just do whichever is quicker because it doesn't matter as long as it shows up correctly in IE and Firefox.

Great info! +rep
 
Hi Midori,

It depends on your skill sets. CSS can do everything a table can as long as you code it right. To reduce file size and load time, you may want to try CSS.