Tables are used to control the positioning of elements within an HTML page. Using tables we can force a vertical image map to appear on the side of our webpage, the content to appear next to it and ensure that the logo and a banner remain in their assigned positions.



Tables are divided into rows and cells (a.k.a. TDs or Table Data). Each table row (TR) will contain one or more TDs.



Tables can be very complex:



or very simple:



Tables may contain other tables within their TDs:



The next few tutorials will cover the various table tags and attributes.