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In 1996 the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) introduced CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) to establish the difference between representation i.e. Layout, fonts, colors, backgrounds etc and actual content within the page such as written copy, images and multimedia. Another important aim is to improve user accessibility.

CSS will tell the HTML page how to display its content and can be stored as an external file so it is sometimes referred to as external style sheets. In earlier web development days, styling and page layout was defined using tables. After some dynamic technological advances a new concept is followed for web designing known as table-less CSS design.

Presently there is still uncertainty regarding the superiority of table-less CSS designing over the older table-based design techniques. Here are some of the benefits of CSS design and reasons why it is preferred in modern web development;

• Designers have more freedom & flexibility over creative layout and themes.
• CSS design helps improve search engine rankings due to crawling ease.
• External CSS files can be a central point of design and easily maintained.
• A website’s look & feel can be completely altered by simply adjusting the CSS file.
• CSS designs help reduce the size of the HTML files thus making them load faster.
• CSS website design improves accessibility significantly.
• CSS designing allows you to have different layouts and designs for different media types.

It is observed that by using CSS tableless design a website can be more usable and accessible as well as helping us improve search engine rankings.

Faster page loading, elegant designs and simplified maintenance achieved.