Re: Tables for Idiots

Hello--

I use left-side borders all the time. I don't know if this is what you're
looking for, but here is how I set up my table. (I do, however, replace the
parentheses with brackets, of course.)

(body background="your_image.gif" text="#color" link="#color" vlink="#color"
alink="#color")
(table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" border="1")
    (tr)
        (td align="center" valign="top" width="however wide the border is,
in a percentage")
        (/td)
        (td align="left" valign="top" width="100% minus the percentage from
your first column")
        Whatever the content of my page is
        (/td)
    (/tr)
(/table)

As the width of the borders I use varies, I usually have to play around with
the widths of the two columns to get it just right. To do this, I usually
set the border attribute of the table at "1" until it's the way I want it.

I have also placed a navigation bar at the left side, either completely
inside the border or extending out beyond the border. If the bar is to be
completely enclosed within the border, I place it within the first column as
set up above. If it is to extend beyond the border, I make the first column
wider to accomodate it. Here is an example, where I didn't actually use a
border image, but set up my table so that the navigation menu runs down the
left side of the page-- http://www.geocities.com/mothers_wisdom/menu.html
(And this site is due for a major overhaul soon, btw.)

Hope this helps.

Dusty

----- Original Message -----
From: "Orthodox Hawai'i" <postmaster(at)orthodoxhawaii.org>
To: <hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 8:02 AM
Subject: Tables for Idiots


> I let myself fall behind and now I am paying for it.  Sigh.  If you are
> using tables and want to use a background on one side of or your page as a
> bar, how do you make that background go all the way past the margin?  Mine
> looks like the background on the side of the page I want to use as a bar
> starts where the text starts.  There is a white margin above it.  Sorry
for
> my ignorance, I should not have let this get away from me.
>
> Thanks for any help of directions to useful information..
>
> Evelyn
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <EdLEvans(at)aol.com>
> To: <hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 9:24 AM
> Subject: data base?
>
>
>  > I would like to build a site to sell books, which will require a
database,
> I
>  > suppose.  Where would I begin, what database program will integrate
well
> with
>  > something like dreamweaver?
>  >
>  > I wonder if their are canned programs for this sort of development?
>  > Thanks,
>  >
>  > Ed Evans
>  >
>

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