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I wish to make a table 3 rows and 3 columns
and in each insert an image to create a link to a page. As a pest info page
So I have made my image 150x150 which consists of a pest and its name beneath made in gimp.
When I format my table and try to make each cell 150 x 150 so as all the images and names will line up it doesnt seem to work.
does the cell size relate to PX as per the image or something else help that makes sense
I am trying to create something like this:-
http://www.bmspest.co.uk/info/info.html
But with the images closer together, I have made both the image and text with a transparent background so they sit/float on the page like the rat on my home page.
Hugh
Instant pro
www.guardianpestcontrol.co.uk
and in each insert an image to create a link to a page. As a pest info page
So I have made my image 150x150 which consists of a pest and its name beneath made in gimp.
When I format my table and try to make each cell 150 x 150 so as all the images and names will line up it doesnt seem to work.
does the cell size relate to PX as per the image or something else help that makes sense
I am trying to create something like this:-
http://www.bmspest.co.uk/info/info.html
But with the images closer together, I have made both the image and text with a transparent background so they sit/float on the page like the rat on my home page.
Hugh
Instant pro
www.guardianpestcontrol.co.uk
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LukeM wrote:
>
>Still if your creating from scratch do not bother
> with tables. Obviously this is an InstantPro however, tables are
> most probably more suited within this environment, or at least a
> lot easier.
Tables were and and still are (in my view) simple to work with once you get the general idea. They are still extremely viable in 'todays' web-building experience as they ever were. Hand-coding a site gives so much more of an insight into the nuances of the web than ever a 'purpose-built build your own web site in minutes' extravangza does - and I'm not downing InstantPro here at all.
Well, well .... a site such as Freeola still uses tables within its code :-)
>
>Still if your creating from scratch do not bother
> with tables. Obviously this is an InstantPro however, tables are
> most probably more suited within this environment, or at least a
> lot easier.
Tables were and and still are (in my view) simple to work with once you get the general idea. They are still extremely viable in 'todays' web-building experience as they ever were. Hand-coding a site gives so much more of an insight into the nuances of the web than ever a 'purpose-built build your own web site in minutes' extravangza does - and I'm not downing InstantPro here at all.
Well, well .... a site such as Freeola still uses tables within its code :-)
Hmmm... wrote:
> Dograt wrote:
> Yes thats exactly what I want it like
>
> I had thought of the point about the text but when trying to do
> it with the instant pro I could not get the images and the text
> to line up in the rows and it looked a bit all over the place.
>
>
> Hi Dograt,
> I'm not sure if you are replying to my earlier post or the
> 'Staffies'?
>
> For my example, the image I happened to grab was smaller than
> the cell - this can be a good thing. If you try to get too
> accurate then padding etc. can trip you up and spoil things.
>
> I lined my images and text up just by using the alignment
> options in the tool bar, I also used the return key to start a
> new paragraph/row for the text.
>
>
>
>
>
Yes sorry it was your post I was replying to, sorry seem to have posts all over the place ! all getting a bit confusing so going to ask another one on separate post.
> Dograt wrote:
> Yes thats exactly what I want it like
>
> I had thought of the point about the text but when trying to do
> it with the instant pro I could not get the images and the text
> to line up in the rows and it looked a bit all over the place.
>
>
> Hi Dograt,
> I'm not sure if you are replying to my earlier post or the
> 'Staffies'?
>
> For my example, the image I happened to grab was smaller than
> the cell - this can be a good thing. If you try to get too
> accurate then padding etc. can trip you up and spoil things.
>
> I lined my images and text up just by using the alignment
> options in the tool bar, I also used the return key to start a
> new paragraph/row for the text.
>
>
>
>
>
[s]Hmmm...[/s]Yes sorry it was your post I was replying to, sorry seem to have posts all over the place ! all getting a bit confusing so going to ask another one on separate post.
Hmmm... wrote:
> For my example, the image I happened to grab was smaller than
> the cell - this can be a good thing. If you try to get too
> accurate then padding etc. can trip you up and spoil things.
>
> I lined my images and text up just by using the alignment
> options in the tool bar, I also used the return key to start a
> new paragraph/row for the text.
Where as this is probably a nice way of doing it, I did mine differently to avoid the need to align etc. Creating the cell at the start as 150x150, they actually appear smaller until content is added to them. They then stretch to match the image (which is of course 150x150), "formatting" them to the same each time. Ha ha at the technical terms
Sorry for leaving the page live btw Dog, fixed shortly after >_<
> For my example, the image I happened to grab was smaller than
> the cell - this can be a good thing. If you try to get too
> accurate then padding etc. can trip you up and spoil things.
>
> I lined my images and text up just by using the alignment
> options in the tool bar, I also used the return key to start a
> new paragraph/row for the text.
Where as this is probably a nice way of doing it, I did mine differently to avoid the need to align etc. Creating the cell at the start as 150x150, they actually appear smaller until content is added to them. They then stretch to match the image (which is of course 150x150), "formatting" them to the same each time. Ha ha at the technical terms
Sorry for leaving the page live btw Dog, fixed shortly after >_<
Dograt wrote:
> Yes thats exactly what I want it like
>
> I had thought of the point about the text but when trying to do
> it with the instant pro I could not get the images and the text
> to line up in the rows and it looked a bit all over the place.
Hi Dograt,
I'm not sure if you are replying to my earlier post or the 'Staffies'?
For my example, the image I happened to grab was smaller than the cell - this can be a good thing. If you try to get too accurate then padding etc. can trip you up and spoil things.
I lined my images and text up just by using the alignment options in the tool bar, I also used the return key to start a new paragraph/row for the text.
> Yes thats exactly what I want it like
>
> I had thought of the point about the text but when trying to do
> it with the instant pro I could not get the images and the text
> to line up in the rows and it looked a bit all over the place.
Hi Dograt,
I'm not sure if you are replying to my earlier post or the 'Staffies'?
For my example, the image I happened to grab was smaller than the cell - this can be a good thing. If you try to get too accurate then padding etc. can trip you up and spoil things.
I lined my images and text up just by using the alignment options in the tool bar, I also used the return key to start a new paragraph/row for the text.
[s]Hmmm...[/s] 
Dograt wrote:
> I had read about not using tables can I ask in simple terms whats
> so bad about them ? Am i write in thinking most of the instant
> pro sites are based around tables ?
>
> Dont forget newbie here !!:-)
Ignore me I am over complicating things, use tables with InstantPro.
Reasons for not using tables are reduced bandwidth costs (which does not apply to InstantPro sites since you get unlimited bandwidth for £3.49 per month), cleaner looking HTML code for when going back to your website months later you do not have to decipher the excessive tags used with tables, tables also were contained to hold tabular data rather than laying out a website. But tbh, as I say ignore this unless you are making the website from scratch with HTML.
> I had read about not using tables can I ask in simple terms whats
> so bad about them ? Am i write in thinking most of the instant
> pro sites are based around tables ?
>
> Dont forget newbie here !!:-)
Ignore me I am over complicating things, use tables with InstantPro.
Reasons for not using tables are reduced bandwidth costs (which does not apply to InstantPro sites since you get unlimited bandwidth for £3.49 per month), cleaner looking HTML code for when going back to your website months later you do not have to decipher the excessive tags used with tables, tables also were contained to hold tabular data rather than laying out a website. But tbh, as I say ignore this unless you are making the website from scratch with HTML.
I had read about not using tables can I ask in simple terms whats so bad about them ? Am i write in thinking most of the instant pro sites are based around tables ?
Dont forget newbie here !!:-)
Dont forget newbie here !!:-)
Yes thats exactly what I want it like
I had thought of the point about the text but when trying to do it with the instant pro I could not get the images and the text to line up in the rows and it looked a bit all over the place.
I had thought of the point about the text but when trying to do it with the instant pro I could not get the images and the text to line up in the rows and it looked a bit all over the place.
McLong wrote:
> LukeM wrote:
> **dies at the sight of tables**
>
> **thinks Duke LukeM is over-reacting a little!** ;)
Haha maybe :P Still if your creating from scratch do not bother with tables. Obviously this is an InstantPro however, tables are most probably more suited within this environment, or at least a lot easier. Propaganda.
> LukeM wrote:
> **dies at the sight of tables**
>
> **thinks Duke LukeM is over-reacting a little!** ;)
Haha maybe :P Still if your creating from scratch do not bother with tables. Obviously this is an InstantPro however, tables are most probably more suited within this environment, or at least a lot easier. Propaganda.
LukeM wrote:
> **dies at the sight of tables**
**thinks Duke LukeM is over-reacting a little!** ;)
> **dies at the sight of tables**
**thinks Duke LukeM is over-reacting a little!** ;)
Have looked into this for you. Trying to edit your table was pretty hard going, and I can see what you mean.
I believe it may have been how you created the table, but can not be too specific. I am sure Eccles will be able to explain in more depth if he has a look at this.
For now though I have remade the table in a page called "testSM". I inserted a new table, with by right-clicking and inserting. Assure you chose the cell height and width as 150/150.
This should leave you with 9 cells, which are not 150x150. Insert your image in the top left and as long as the image is 150x150 it should extend the cell to roughly the same size.
Move into the next cell (I did this by pressing the right key rather than clicking as the cells went strange as they had no content in them) Insert your 2nd image, assuring its 150x150.
And so on......
Using this method I created the table in "testSM". Take a look and see if that helps.
Sorry if the post seems like "teaching to suck eggs" or whatever the phrase is, but just wrote as I did it.
EDIT: Notice Hmmm......'s reply now, there were no replies when I started typing. Doh!
I believe it may have been how you created the table, but can not be too specific. I am sure Eccles will be able to explain in more depth if he has a look at this.
For now though I have remade the table in a page called "testSM". I inserted a new table, with by right-clicking and inserting. Assure you chose the cell height and width as 150/150.
This should leave you with 9 cells, which are not 150x150. Insert your image in the top left and as long as the image is 150x150 it should extend the cell to roughly the same size.
Move into the next cell (I did this by pressing the right key rather than clicking as the cells went strange as they had no content in them) Insert your 2nd image, assuring its 150x150.
And so on......
Using this method I created the table in "testSM". Take a look and see if that helps.
Sorry if the post seems like "teaching to suck eggs" or whatever the phrase is, but just wrote as I did it.
EDIT: Notice Hmmm......'s reply now, there were no replies when I started typing. Doh!
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