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reric
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RE: Tables are driving me crazy, please help - 7/28/2004 8:04:00
The problem with the link you gave out here is that this site uses a lot of tables and that is not a good idea at all. You beef up the code and will always slow down the transfer to the visitors computer. What it looks like you would use is a table 3 colums wide by 4 rows high. The code looks like this
<table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="770" id="AutoNumber1">
<tr>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
</table>
within each "tr" is 3 "td". under the first "tr" and in the 3rd "td" you would add in your search box. if in a case you want to only have 2 "td" in a '"tr" you would remove one td and add in "colspan="2". Hope I am not confusing you too much here
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jwg1800
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RE: Tables are driving me crazy, please help - 7/28/2004 12:26:59
I don't want to use as many tables as they have on their site, I just want to try and make a search box similar to theirs at the top of my page.
The code view was way over my head. Is there an easier way to insert the necessary tables and columns to do what I want?
John
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dpf
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RE: Tables are driving me crazy, please help - 7/28/2004 13:02:29
John: Im familiar with fp2002 and 2000. you can just insert table and tel it how many cells : length x width. then you can drag the borders to hshape the cells as you wish and insert what you need into each cell
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jwg1800
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RE: Tables are driving me crazy, please help - 7/28/2004 13:07:12
dan,
thanks, I thought I posted it earlier but maybe not, I upgraded to 2003, does that make a difference?
I'll try draggaing and shapping again, but earlier I wouldn't do whatever I wanted with the table
John
Have I mentioned how much I appreciate all this help?
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dpf
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RE: Tables are driving me crazy, please help - 7/28/2004 13:10:53
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I upgraded to 2003, does that make a difference?
it shouldnt
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Have I mentioned how much I appreciate all this help?
you did and you are welcome...we enjoy it
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jwg1800
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RE: Tables are driving me crazy, please help - 7/28/2004 13:57:21
Dan,
Here's where I'm at right now. I inserted the table for the search box (within my topmost table) but I would like to position it about 1 inch to the left of the top table border. Make sense? For some reason I can't move it over, it either goes to the far right, left or center depending what I set for the allignment. Also I'm haveing trouble centering it vertically within the top table.
One more thing, I tried to insert my logo in the topmost table and the pic gets inserted above the table I'm trying to put it in? Does all this make sense?
this forum is truly fantastic
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Larry M.
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RE: Tables are driving me crazy, please help - 7/28/2004 14:07:39
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One more thing, I tried to insert my logo in the topmost table and the pic gets inserted above the table I'm trying to put it in? Does all this make sense?
John,
I'm surprised no one (including myself) hasn't asked you for a URL before now. We're flying blind here and can't realistically help you further without looking at your site's code. Don't be concerned about what the site looks like, we're just trying to help you make it better.
< Message edited by Larry M. -- 7/28/2004 14:19:27 >
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jwg1800
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RE: Tables are driving me crazy, please help - 7/28/2004 14:15:41
good question, I don't have my site up yet. I'll see if I can post it soon
thank you,
John
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jwg1800
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RE: Tables are driving me crazy, please help - 7/29/2004 13:20:14
Hey all,
I want to thank you so very very much for your help over the last few days. I've made much progress and even figured out the placement for my search box that I asked about earlier. I'm sure I'll have many more questions in the future. Thank you again.
John
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dpf
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RE: Tables are driving me crazy, please help - 7/29/2004 15:25:03
John
As you study tables, pay some attention to the cellpadding and cellspacing attributes. cellspacing incrementally increases space between cells and cell padding incrementally increases space within cells, i.e.. between cell walls and content. These attributes can be useful in tweaking the layout.
Dan
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