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wushu chik
10-28-2002, 07:09 PM
Uh, can someone PLEASE explain to me how to use tables?? I'd really TRULY appreciate it!!

~Wen~
Royal Dragon
10-28-2002, 07:17 PM
I'd love to help you Chickie poo, but as you can see by my website, my hacking skills ara about as good as my Kingdom conquerig skills.:eek:
wushu chik
10-28-2002, 07:19 PM
Uh, good point RD ;)......

HELP!!

~Wen~
FatherDog
10-28-2002, 07:35 PM
I've coded every webpage I've ever made in vi....





except the ones where I had to use tables. They're such an unreasonable pain in the ass, I just use Netscape Composer or Dreamweaver to put the tables in, and then do the rest of the page in vi. I suggest you do the same; it'll be way quicker than someone trying to explain tables to you.
SevenStar
10-28-2002, 07:37 PM
agreed. Table nesting can get complicated.
wushu chik
10-28-2002, 07:41 PM
Thanks guys, i pretty much said screw it after i looked up some tutorials online :). That makes better sense though.....i'll check and see if i can figure DW out with the tables...if not...oh well, no worries!! Thanks again!

~Wen~
Neurotic
10-28-2002, 08:37 PM
Wushu Chik -

Tables are dead easy.

I code all mine by hand no worries.

If you can - get yourself a copy of HomeSite - its a really good tool for writing HTML by hand!

(None of this DW stuff)

Tables are this simple... (I'm not going to bother explaining each attribute however)



<table>
<tr>
<td>
</td>
</tr>
</table>


table - that is your table tag
tr - denotes a single row..
td - denotes a column

so to have 2 columns in a row is simply:



<table>
<tr>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
</tr>
</table>


to have 2 rows, both with 1 column



<table>
<tr>
<td>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
</td>
</tr>
</table>


etc tec

then you start getting into the attributes of them.

For your HTML reference - http://www.w3c.org

For good tutorials, and a even better mailing list
http://www.wdvl.com

Also - make sure you tabe each of your rows and columns. It makes organising them a whole lot easier.

Hope that helps you out.

Neurotic
wushu chik
10-28-2002, 08:46 PM
Thanks Neurotic~
I really appreciate it! I've been playing with it a bit, but still having mad probs....i guess i am just gonna have to really read up on it!! Thanks for the website on the tutorials and such!! You were a great help!

Thanks again,
Wen
TkdWarrior
10-28-2002, 09:05 PM
Hey wen u can try this link
http://tkd-india.tripod.com
it's not complete site...
i hav used tables extensively :)
-TkdWarrior-
TaoBoy
10-28-2002, 09:20 PM
Wen,

I'd agree that using a tool like DreamWeaver or HomePage or (God save us) FrontPage is best for users who aren't really html-savvy. Neurotic's short tutorial is great but when it comes to funky, nested tables it can get scary.

What are you trying to do?
What tool are you using?

Cheers,
Adam
Ryu
10-28-2002, 09:48 PM
Originally posted by wushu chik


HELP!!

~Wen~



:eek: This sexy cry for help cannot go unanswered! Wendy, I'm here to rescue you! I'll brave the most horrid mountains, slay the most vile of villians, and topple the most hostile situations to win the pure heart of my lady fair who............ ??

What? :confused: Computer questions?? :(

Sorry, M'Lady, tis a battle not even Ryu can win.


Ryu
wushu chik
10-28-2002, 10:10 PM
Originally posted by Ryu
:eek: This sexy cry for help cannot go unanswered! Wendy, I'm here to rescue you! I'll brave the most horrid mountains, slay the most vile of villians, and topple the most hostile situations to win the pure heart of my lady fair who............ ??

What? :confused: Computer questions?? :(

Sorry, M'Lady, tis a battle not even Ryu can win.


Ryu

Tis ok Ryu....I understand....but thank you for coming to my aide anyway...i've missed the Ryu that's always by my side!!

~Wen~
Ryu
10-28-2002, 10:53 PM
"i've missed the Ryu that's always by my side!! "

;) How could I ever leave?

{@} -------//-------
GGL
10-28-2002, 10:59 PM
Homesite bought out by Macromedia and is now integreated with Dreamweaver MX

I use this almost on a daily basis to do my ASP and PHP coding.. I guess if you are a die hard.. use notepad.. but I guess nobody reinvents the wheel

But then again I'm a lazy f@ck

:D :D
wushu chik
10-29-2002, 12:01 AM
Originally posted by Ryu
"i've missed the Ryu that's always by my side!! "

;) How could I ever leave?

{@} -------//-------

What do you mean how could you ever leave? Your clothes are ALL over the house, you told me you'd be back in ONE HOUR and it's been 3 WEEKS. :eek: :o

Thank you for the beautiful rose!! I've missed ya!!

~Wen~
Neurotic
10-29-2002, 12:19 AM
Wen -

If you are having hardcore probs.. is there a webpage where we can see the offending code and make suggestions?

(anything to distract me from completing my Honours research project)

Neurotic
wushu chik
10-29-2002, 12:29 AM
That's the prob...i can't get it right, and won't upload it until it is.....I am just scrwed!! Thanks though....

~Wen~
SevenStar
10-29-2002, 01:48 AM
okay, let's try this...

1. what are you trying to make the tables do?
2. does it show properly in one browser, but not right in another?
Neurotic
10-29-2002, 03:43 AM
You can't even upload it to a special temporary area where only us that are helping you out can see?

Would make life SO much easier?

Or at the very least, post some of the code here?

Neurotic
TkdWarrior
10-29-2002, 05:11 AM
hmm how about uploading in any free services like geocities , tripod...
try it...upload there n give us a link then we'll see..
-TkdWarrior-
ewallace
10-29-2002, 08:03 AM
Nested tables are made much easier when...as you should be doing already...use comments.

<!-- Begin main table : -->
<table>
&nbsp;<tr>
&nbsp;&nbsp;<td>
&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- Begin nested table 1: -->
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<table>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<tr>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<td>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</tr>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</table>
&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- End nested table 1. -->
&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
&nbsp;</tr>
</table>
<!-- End main table. -->
ewallace
10-29-2002, 08:09 AM
A tip that makes sizing tables much easier...only place cell width attributes on the first row. Ex:

<table>
&nbsp;<tr>
&nbsp;&nbsp;<td width="50" align="right">Blahblahblah</td>
&nbsp;&nbsp;<td width="100" align="left">Blahblahblahblah</td>
&nbsp;</tr>
&nbsp;<tr>
&nbsp;&nbsp;<td align="right">whatever</td>
&nbsp;&nbsp;<td align="left">whateverwhatever</td>
&nbsp;</tr>
</table>

Otherwise each time you need more room you have to go row by row to increase or decrease the size of the column.

Dreamweaver is acceptable...especially to beginners. But you have to know the code eventually.