Re: Table Spacing

Hi John:

You wrote:

> I have a table spacing problem.
>  
>  I have a two column table that is an itinerary for a tour group.  In the 
>  first column is the "Day" and the second column is the corresponding 
>  events.  The day and events line up great in Internet Explorer, however, 
>  it's off one line in Netscape Navigator. 
>  If I correct it for NN, then it's off one line in IE.  
>  Any suggestions?  

The two columns are not the problem - what you've done is you've placed all 
of your "Days" in one column/one cell separated by breaks down the page.  
Then you moved over a cell, and placed all of your descriptive info also 
separated by breaks all the way down the page.

Pretty hard to control the lineup that way. Also, what happens if you try to 
correct any descriptions?  You have to count down the column to the proper 
copy, hope you've got the right one as it applies to the right date, and then 
make your correction.

Try this:

Each "Day" and each description should be in its own two cell row:

<.tr>
<.td> Day 1 <./td>  <.td> Fly from Boston to Paris<./td>
</.tr>

<.tr>
<.td> Day 2 <./td>  <.td>Arrival in Paris.....<./td>
<./tr>

And so on and so forth. Align all your <.td> data to the top so everything 
sits even.

Your copy will line up and your code will also be easier to decipher. Can 
also act as a template for later itineraries.

Make sure also that you set your cellspacing to "0" - you already have 
cellpadding - and it wouldn't hurt to include margin commands in your body 
tag. Set borders to "0" while yer at it....

Waddya think?  :-)

- Jeff K.

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