thank you sam - the table man

Hi gurus

I often work with tables and I found that I am confused on where I should be
placing the following elements:

width
height
valign

could I put all of them in the TD tag and leave the TABLE and TR tag blank?

Thank you

Nicolaas

In article <kKXQc.10001$N77.474499 (AT) news (DOT) xtra.co.nz>, access (AT) ngaru (DOT) com
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I often work with tables and I found that I am confused on where I should be
placing the following elements:
width
height
valign
could I put all of them in the TD tag and leave the TABLE and TR tag blank?

Well ignoring the naming issues, the answer is none of the above.
Use CSS
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Dear WebcastMaker

There are two reasons that I put it in the html:

1. browsers that do not support css can still read it and make sense of
things (or in case for some reason the css does not load properly).

2. it is easier to edit the pages if you know in the html how big the cells
are and the like, it is this ease of editing that I use more than anything
(my sites are completely database driven - but someone still has to write
the templates).

Thank you. still keen to find out the answer.

"WindAndWaves" <access (AT) ngaru (DOT) com> wrote:

width
height
valign

Height does not belong in tables. Check out the specs and validate your
designs ...

The Doormouse

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so how do you specify a table to have a certain height????

can you use <TD HEIGHT=20>? or <TR HEIGHT=20>???

"WindAndWaves" <access (AT) ngaru (DOT) com> wrote:

so how do you specify a table to have a certain height????

can you use <TD HEIGHT=20>? or <TR HEIGHT=20>???

No, you don't specify it. At best, you could put a spacer GIF in there
somewhere. Or, use CSS to specify it.

The Doormouse

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Sorry to bother Doormouse, but why don't you specify it, is there any
specific reason for that?

In article <srYQc.10033$N77.474700 (AT) news (DOT) xtra.co.nz>, WindAndWaves
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so how do you specify a table to have a certain height????

can you use <TD HEIGHT=20>? or <TR HEIGHT=20>???

Are you replying to something? This will help
http://www.allmyfaqs.com/faq.pl?How_to_post


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In article <kYXQc.10008$N77.474590 (AT) news (DOT) xtra.co.nz>, access (AT) ngaru (DOT) com
says...

There are two reasons that I put it in the html:
Both reasons are invalid.

Thank you. still keen to find out the answer.
You have your answer. Notice how everyone gave your the same answer?

Use CSS. You just don't like the answer.

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Dear webcastmaker,

I hope you are enjoying your day. I am actually changing my site. Thank
you for your answer.