Re: SOS... tables are making me crazy!

by "MomJ" <momj(at)capecodmouse.com>

Date:	Fri, 4 Jun 1999 22:27:34 -0400
To:	"Lonna Poland" <lonna(at)granbury.com>, <hwg-graphics(at)hwg.org>
	todo: View Thread, Original

Lonna,

I think you definitely have major HTML knowledge gaps causing your
headaches.  When one uses invalid code. You are even more at the mercy of
browser differences as they try to decipher what you have written.

First off. Basic document structure calls for ONE body tag not 3. Also the
space around the = in background (in your 3rd tag is wrong) from your page:
<BODY>
<!--COLOR-->
<BODY  bgcolor="#ffffff" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000ff" VLINK="#8c008c">
<!--BODY-->
<body background = "greenedgeback5.gif">

These should be combined into ONE tag (on one line, no carriage return):
<BODY  bgcolor="#ffffff" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000ff" VLINK="#8c008c"
background="greenedgeback5.gif">

Second what is this tag?  </br>
Do you mean a line break? <br>

Others have pointed out some table basics as well. I think you would do well
to learn basic Table tags and attributes (forget the colgroup).  Open and
close your tags properly and use align attributes for each cell.

Writing valid HTML is the best way to get your page to work in all major
browsers, even if they may display it slightly different.

MomJ






-----Original Message-----
From: Lonna Poland <lonna(at)granbury.com>
To: hwg-graphics(at)hwg.org <hwg-graphics(at)hwg.org>
Date: Friday, June 04, 1999 6:32 PM
Subject: SOS... tables are making me crazy!


>Have any of you worked for hours all day on a layout, only to find out it
>lines up perfectly in Internet Explorer... .but in Netscape it's all out of
>whack?
>
>Help!  I'm so frustrated I could scream!
>
>I don't understand why I have to use different coding to line up the first
>bio next to the navigation buttons, and a different coding for the other
>three!  I have tried percents... I have tried exact measurements... I have
>tried combinations and all of the above.  But when I get the top bio lined
>up and it finally looks ok in IE... I load Netscape and I want to cry!
>
>The lower 3 bios arrange nicely in both browsers at 10%, 20% and 35%
>respectively, but when I try to do the top bio and navigation buttons at
>these settings it just won't work.
>I have a feeling if I knew how to use the "colgroup" tag correctly that I
>could get it to work.  But maybe I'm way off base because I'm so tired.
>Thanks for any help to prevent any further hair tearing.
>
>http://www.granbury.com/~wpike/about.html
>
>Lonna
>
>

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