bbPress Support Forums » Topic: theme without table ?

ryanhellyer on "theme without table ?"

ryanhellyer — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 05:54:18 +0000

Creating a theme without a table is easy enough, just remove the tables from the theme. However the question you need to ask is "why?".

The default phpBB3 theme ProSilver uses a table-less layout and instead use definition lists to achieve a 'table-like' look, but most HTML/accessibility experts consider this to be an abuse of definition lists and do not recommend it. Tables are for tabular data and most people consider things like a board index to be in fact tabular, hence tables are typically used.

kevinjohngallagher on "theme without table ?"

kevinjohngallagher — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:23:58 +0000

http://www.kevinjohngallagher.com/___alpha/bbpress_as_phpbb/

Released last October/November time mate

Detective on "theme without table ?"

Detective — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:19:15 +0000

http://bbshowcase.org/forums/?bbtheme=genealogias-bb

I'll upload a new version in a few weeks if you're interested. Right now I have it installed in http://foros.ryuuko.cl (but adapted for the Thesis theme in WordPress).

dragunoff on "theme without table ?"

dragunoff — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:57:34 +0000

It is possible to make a theme that does not use tables. bbPress is very flexible with themes. I am not aware if there exists one though...

But it uses tables by default because the list of topics and forums is in fact tabular data. I think it has nothing to do with table-based web-design of the 90's (if that's your concern).

Marcomail on "theme without table ?"

Marcomail — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:48:37 +0000

is there a theme that use only css ? I see kakumei use also the table..