Re: tables and borders

On Thu, 04 Sep 2003 04:09:54 GMT, Brian wrote:

Gerhard Fiedler wrote:

has anybody a pointer to a good tutorial about borders in tables? I'm
especially interested in the relationship between the border attribute
and the border style in the various table elements, how they interact,
how they are similar or different, what's weird, what's normal... you
get the idea.

Have you RTFM?
http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/
I'd start there.

actually, the place that talks about tables is
http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/tables.html

that's the stardard. it seems to me, however, that most of the
knowledge necessary to write useful styles has to do with knowing what
works well over a more or less broad range of browsers. rather than
finding it all out by myself -- which has probably been done a
gazillion times by now --, I thought someone might know some good
places that have some collected experiences published.

On Thu, 04 Sep 2003 13:18:13 +0200, John W. wrote:

Gerhard Fiedler <nospam (AT) globo (DOT) com.REMOVE>:

actually, the place that talks about tables is
http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/tables.html

that's the stardard. it seems to me, however, that most of the
knowledge necessary to write useful styles has to do with knowing what
works well over a more or less broad range of browsers. rather than
finding it all out by myself -- which has probably been done a
gazillion times by now --, I thought someone might know some good
places that have some collected experiences published.

Try
http://www.blooberry.com/indexdot/html/supportkey/a.htm
If you read German
http://selfhtml.teamone.de/

Thanks, John!

On Thu, 04 Sep 2003 16:32:40 GMT, Brian wrote:

I thought someone might know some good
places that have some collected experiences published.

It sounds like what you want is a compatibility chart more than a
tutorial:

yes and no. i've seen tutorials that mix it quite effectively in that
they show how to do common things in a way that's more compatible than
others. which can save a lot of time, and be a very good starting
point for looking into the compatibility charts for additions,
adaptations, enhancements, ...

http://macedition.com/cb/resources/a...sssupport.html
http://devedge.netscape.com/library/...3/css-support/

But if you want a tutorial, you might like
http://www.ericmeyeroncss.com/

interesting links. thanks a lot.

On Thu, 04 Sep 2003 16:32:40 GMT, Brian wrote:

I thought someone might know some good
places that have some collected experiences published.

It sounds like what you want is a compatibility chart more than a
tutorial:

yes and no. i've seen tutorials that mix it quite effectively in that
they show how to do common things in a way that's more compatible than
others. which can save a lot of time, and be a very good starting
point for looking into the compatibility charts for additions,
adaptations, enhancements, ...

http://macedition.com/cb/resources/a...sssupport.html
http://devedge.netscape.com/library/...3/css-support/

But if you want a tutorial, you might like
http://www.ericmeyeroncss.com/

interesting links. thanks a lot.