Problems with tables

RainFire · October 8th, 2002, 07:57 AM

I can not seem to figure out what I am doing wrong with the the table on my site that creates a gap when it should be an autostreching table. I am using dreamweaver MX and when I preview it it looks fine at any screen size.

Can someone help please?

The site is http://www.Quicksitehost.com

Thanks for any and all help

RainFire

crouse · October 8th, 2002, 05:56 PM

Which table in particular are u having trouble with....... you have quite a few .......... ????

FritzJohn316 · October 8th, 2002, 06:14 PM

I c what you mean RF.
I have to ask first though. Do you really want it to be 100%? Seems to me your layout would be better served if you just made it a static 800 pxls. The 'strech' thing is nothing but trouble and not considered 'good web design' any longer.
Not cutting you down mind you, just a thought.

Id be happy to take a quick look at your site in Dreamweaver.

Fritz
Art is the demonstration that the ordinary is extraordinary.
Anedee Ozenfant--"Foundations of Modern Art"

crouse · October 8th, 2002, 06:45 PM

The only thing that I see that is out of alignment is the section where you have the redhat logo, ms logo etc....???

The code that looks like this:

Code:

<tr>
                      <td WIDTH="579" BGCOLOR="#ffffff" COLSPAN="2">
                        <p ALIGN=RIGHT><table WIDTH="370" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0"
                        CELLPADDING="4">
                          <tr>
                            <td WIDTH="13%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><img SRC="Resources/paypal_bottom.gif"
                              WIDTH="184" HEIGHT="33" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" NATURALSIZEFLAG="3"></td> 
                            <td WIDTH="12%"><img SRC="Resources/redhat.gif" WIDTH="91" HEIGHT="33"
                              ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" NATURALSIZEFLAG="3"></td> 
                            <td WIDTH="25%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><img SRC="Resources/mysql.gif"
                              WIDTH="91" HEIGHT="33" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" NATURALSIZEFLAG="3"></td> 
                            <td WIDTH="25%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><img SRC="Resources/frontpage.gif"
                              WIDTH="91" HEIGHT="33" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" NATURALSIZEFLAG="3"></td> 
                          </tr>

Might be better off with this:

Code:

<tr>
                      <td WIDTH="579" BGCOLOR="#ffffff" COLSPAN="2">
                        <p ALIGN=CENTER><table WIDTH="370" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0"
                        CELLPADDING="4">
                          <tr>
                            <td WIDTH="13%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><img SRC="Resources/paypal_bottom.gif"
                              WIDTH="184" HEIGHT="33" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" NATURALSIZEFLAG="3"></td> 
                            <td WIDTH="12%"><img SRC="Resources/redhat.gif" WIDTH="91" HEIGHT="33"
                              ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" NATURALSIZEFLAG="3"></td> 
                            <td WIDTH="25%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><img SRC="Resources/mysql.gif"
                              WIDTH="91" HEIGHT="33" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" NATURALSIZEFLAG="3"></td> 
                            <td WIDTH="25%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><img SRC="Resources/frontpage.gif"
                              WIDTH="91" HEIGHT="33" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" NATURALSIZEFLAG="3"></td> 
                          </tr>

the p align=right has switched to p align=center

you might also need to change the td tags to read align=center ........... just a thought........ I didn't download all your graphics to check this out.

Hope that was what you were refering too......

If not............let us know..... we can try again

crouse · October 8th, 2002, 06:52 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by FritzJohn316
The 'strech' thing is nothing but trouble and not considered 'good web design' any longer.
Not cutting you down mind you, just a thought.

I would have to disagree.

I think that is an opinion, not a fact........

My site stretches......... I consider it pretty good web design......... www.crouse.ws although "most" of mine don't...........this one does.

Alot of sites incorporate "stretching" into their designs.............or they might build a site that remains 800 pixels wide........ or they might use seperate pages for different screen resolutions. None of these options is right or wrong... it usually just depends on the design and individual preferences.

Just imo

thisiszero · October 8th, 2002, 06:59 PM

Awesome site Crouse! I want one just like it

How did you make it?

crouse · October 8th, 2002, 07:01 PM

Thanks!

myphpnuke and alot of spare time

RainFire · October 8th, 2002, 07:18 PM

Yes I must agree Crouse impressive site....

Thanks for the help too by the way...

I am going to be working on that code shortly...

If you are looking for some extra cash in your spare time I might have a couple of projects for you.....

RainFire

FritzJohn316 · October 9th, 2002, 12:11 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by crouse

I would have to disagree.

I think that is an opinion, not a fact........

Agreed Crouse, but it is an educated opinion with 18 years of design and 7 years of web design experience as to what works and what dosent.
Preference is an issue for sure. But you have to look at who your audience is and what they expect from your site.

Streching works for your site ok but it isnt a consumer site. The site in question is more a consumer site and there are lots of other variables to consider. Your site is guided by an audience that is programmer based, as such, most of those coming to your site will have the best of everything as far as computer equip.

Besides, there are web sites that are Designed...
and there are web sites that are "programmed"

There is usually a difference.

IMHO

**Whir** · October 9th, 2002, 12:51 AM

Also, it probably isn't affecting the site at all, but you might want to look into that table only adding up to 75% width. It'll get rendered 100% regardless, just might not look exactly like you want.