Subject: RE: HTML Tables From: Bill D Date: 26 Feb 01 - 07:00 PM this picture? ...looks fine as is to me..(that free beer has hidden costs) |
Subject: RE: HTML Tables From: Mary in Kentucky Date: 26 Feb 01 - 05:08 PM I like this tutorial for tables. here (http://www.pagetutor.com/pagetutor/tables/) Also, as Jon says, the cells often take on the width of the data in them if there are no line breaks. Two tricks I've found very useful are the non breaking space (nbsp;) to enter something in a cell to hold it in place, and also the clear single pixel gif trick. You can also specify horizontal and vertical spacings. It's always just best to view your HTML, especially tables, in different browsers and different screen resolutions. Now if I had time, I'd do something with that picture above. I think I could just call it from the Mudcat server and add some text decorations...but just use your imaginations! |
Subject: RE: HTML Practice Thread....again From: Roger in Sheffield Date: 25 Feb 01 - 02:22 PM way beyond what I need right now, but could it be saved to a thread that won't be deleted in case I (or somebody) needs it later?? |
Subject: RE: HTML Practice Thread....again From: MudGuard Date: 25 Feb 01 - 12:13 PM colspan is an attribute of the td tag. It allows a table cell to span some columns. See table 1
You can also use rowspan (see table 1).
Or combine both (see table 3)
cellpadding controls the distance between a cell's border and the content. For the first table I set it to 0, for the second to 20.
cellspacing controls the distance between borders. (table 4 uses 0, table 5 uses 20)
To control column width you can either set width within the td tag or insert a colgroup tag: |
Subject: RE: HTML Practice Thread....again From: katlaughing Date: 25 Feb 01 - 08:49 AM Wow, way kewl, Jeri, thanks! Joe, you really went to town!! I'll be baaaaaccckkkk! Thanks! |
Subject: RE: HTML Practice Thread....again From: Jeri Date: 25 Feb 01 - 08:33 AM Aw shucks - Joe called me "Sweetie," and I can't really offer any better advice than those tutorials. Kat,
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Subject: RE: HTML Practice Thread....again From: GUEST,re:TD and Screen W Date: 25 Feb 01 - 02:56 AM If you have Netscape up to V 4.7 it is easy to set Td W to a percentage rather than naming the width. In that way, no matter whether the Viewer/Client has a 20" or 13" Monitor you get the best result. The Table Options Menu that it includes is the best I have used so far. The Distro is still available and free. |
Subject: RE: HTML Practice Thread....again From: Joe Offer Date: 25 Feb 01 - 12:29 AM That's a totally terrific tutorial, toadette! - especially this page (click) A lot of people use HTML editors to do all the work. As a result, their HTML has a lot of unneeded characters. This can be especially bad when making tables, because tables use so much HTML. I use Excel for making tables, because I can insert a column of HTML tags right where I need it. I put the text in first, and then insert columns for the HTML tags
You don't need the "align" settings most of the time, since the defaults work pretty well. My initial tag is
-Joe- |
Subject: RE: HTML Practice Thread....again From: Joe Offer Date: 24 Feb 01 - 10:15 PM Well, Jon - as you can see, the tutorial taught me the tricks. It didn't teach me anything about aesthetic values, but I learned some cool stuff. -Joe Offer- |
Subject: RE: HTML Practice Thread....again From: Jon Freeman Date: 24 Feb 01 - 10:04 PM Joe, you can use width="xxx" in the <TD> to adjust the width of cells in a table but as far as I can make out, it only specifies a mimimum width - a long word or link (something with no spaces to allow a line to break)will cause this width to be exceeded. Jon |
Subject: RE: HTML Practice Thread....again From: toadette Date: 24 Feb 01 - 09:48 PM Joe.....the BEST HTML tutorial I've ever found is a freebie, from a really neat person.....I met him on eBay.. and here's his link.... http://www.eobcards.com/tutorial3.htm#2ct I printed off his entire website !!! Hope this helps !!!
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Subject: RE: HTML Practice Thread....again From: Joe Offer Date: 24 Feb 01 - 09:37 PM I'll have to look at George's page, Kat. I found a good tables tutorial at http://htmlgoodies.earthweb.com/tutors/table.html. G'nite. -Joe Offer- |
Subject: RE: HTML Practice Thread....again From: katlaughing Date: 24 Feb 01 - 08:58 PM I have to go, for now, Joe, but you might take a look at Georse Seto's page on making tables at http://www.telalink.net/~carl/htmlguide/tables.html. I will be back later. Thanks, this is fun! |
Subject: HTML - tables From: Joe Offer Date: 24 Feb 01 - 08:20 PM Well, Kat, this is what I know so far about creating tables:
Jeri? Jeri, Sweetie??? -Joe Offer- |
Subject: RE: HTML Practice Thread....again From: katlaughing Date: 24 Feb 01 - 08:00 PM Sorry, Joe, I cannot see any difference in anything. Was just playing around with the values you had entered. So the tables are the actual boxes and the columns are what? the actual space the text occupies? Sorry, I am on a learning curve, here:-) |
Subject: RE: HTML Practice Thread....again From: Joe Offer Date: 24 Feb 01 - 07:57 PM Well, that controls the width of the table, Kat - but why are the three columns different sizes - what controls that?? -Joe- |
Subject: RE: HTML Practice Thread....again From: katlaughing Date: 24 Feb 01 - 07:48 PM |
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Subject: RE: HTML Practice Thread....again From: Joe Offer Date: 24 Feb 01 - 07:39 PM OK, so what sets the width of the columns? -Joe Offer- |
Subject: HTML Practice Thread....again From: Joe Offer Date: 24 Feb 01 - 07:10 PM
What is set by "cellpadding" and "colspan"?? |
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