Many concepts from the printed page like grids, balance, flow, negative space are useful in Web work. Yet in many respects the Web differs strongly from print. Scrolling a display window is not the same as turning a printed page. Web client programs allow important elements of page design, such as width of display and font selection, to vary from machine to machine and user to user. And of course hypertext links change the reading experience in crucial ways.
Some Web designers find their design to happen by itself as they solve a communication problem.
The design of your pages will depend on your audience as well. When tables are used in print, we think of them as a way to present information in a viewable, reabable, and understandable format. A table may contain headings, data in rows and columns, and captions. The tags for tables are here . Tables on printed pages are usually associated with numbers, but tables on Web pages more commonly support complex page layouts.