Table-based design - content loads first | table hack

Table-based designs are extremely easy and flexible. This table hack makes the middle column with content come before the sidebars (with menues, ads and the like) in the source code, which is good for Search Engine Optimization (SEO).

	1 Content is the first to load. Good for SEO! Columns are always equal in height :)	2 The second sidebar
3 First sidebar

The code for the Table Hack is very simple:

As you see, the real left sidebar is the last one in the source code. That's the hack known as the table hack!

Oh, and by the way: An easy and neat way to show HTML code in a HTML page is to use "textarea", as I have done here (view the source code).

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