Question

How to make table border

Asked by: uron6342

hello-

can someone explain to me how they make the table border on the stock module at

   http://www.excite.com/


when i view the html i see the table border being set to 0.

thanks - u

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2001-06-07 at 21:31:18ID20131753
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Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)

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Answers

 

by: DreamMasterPosted on 2001-06-08 at 00:24:48ID: 6166732

They put a table around with a background color and cellpadding of 1...

Max.

 

by: DreamMasterPosted on 2001-06-08 at 00:25:28ID: 6166734

That is...as far as I can see in the messy code that they have... (probably generated....)

 

by: nimaigPosted on 2001-06-08 at 02:03:36ID: 6166957

Try this :
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body >
<form>

     <table border=0 cellspacing=1 cellpadding=0 bgcolor="#cccccc">
          <tr bgcolor="#ffffff">
               <td >Testing</td>
               <td>Testing</td>
               <td>Testing</td>
               <td>Testing</td>
          </tr>
          <tr bgcolor="#ffffff">
               <td>Testing</td>
               <td>Testing</td>
               <td>Testing</td>
               <td>Testing</td>
          </tr>
          <tr bgcolor="#ffffff">
               <td>Testing</td>
               <td>Testing</td>
               <td>Testing</td>
               <td>Testing</td>
          </tr>
          <tr bgcolor="#ffffff">
               <td>Testing</td>
               <td>Testing</td>
               <td>Testing</td>
               <td>Testing</td>
          </tr>
         
     </table>
     
</form>
</body>

</html>


 

by: DreamMasterPosted on 2001-06-08 at 02:14:26ID: 6166973

nimaig > What do you mean try this? He was asking how they do it....nothing else...

Max.

 

by: edemcsPosted on 2001-06-08 at 05:39:34ID: 6167494

just set your borderColor equal to gray.  Those borders which look like Microsoft windows are images that they created.
<Table BorderColor=Gray>

I'm not sure if this works in Netscape, but I'm sure Netscape can do it also.

 

by: edemcsPosted on 2001-06-08 at 05:40:28ID: 6167498

I may not have read your question correctly, oh well.  Hope that helps anyway.

 

by: klykkenPosted on 2001-06-08 at 06:36:27ID: 6167724

edemcs,
No, netscape will _not_ do bordercolor.
--
klykken

 

by: klykkenPosted on 2001-06-08 at 06:40:08ID: 6167740

uron6342,
Dreamaster gave you the correct answer, a quick look at the source showed that.
--
klykken

 

by: DreamMasterPosted on 2001-06-08 at 06:43:23ID: 6167754

Thank you klykken... :-)

Max.

 

by: edemcsPosted on 2001-06-08 at 06:52:22ID: 6167796

nimaig,
   EE is for people to exchange ideas, and your contribution is just as good as anyone else's.  I don't know how new you are to this, but I am, and I've come across some egotistical computer geeks like DreamMaster that get a little cocky sometimes.  Thanks for your input.

 

by: DreamMasterPosted on 2001-06-08 at 06:56:08ID: 6167806

Excuse me????

I was just asking why he did what he did...nothing else...

Max.

 

by: nimaigPosted on 2001-06-08 at 07:07:09ID: 6167848

Execuse me DreamMaster ... don't be so violent ... I am just contributing my ideas ... let uron6342 decide what he wants ... :)

Thanks edemcs !!! for supporting me ... :)

 

by: DreamMasterPosted on 2001-06-08 at 07:10:38ID: 6167861

How would you react nimaig if you would just have been called egotistical???

Sorry if I offended anyone I can't see that I did....but there was no need for edemcs to respond to this the way he did...

Offcourse I let uron6342 decide what he wants...if I didn't I would have locked the question...

Max.

 

by: uron6342Posted on 2001-06-08 at 08:20:43ID: 6168159

sigh...i think you all helped me. i dont want anyone to be mad at me. ill give dreammaster and nimaig 50 points each if you wish. nimaig, i will make a dummy question for you if you reply. thanks all - u

 

by: klykkenPosted on 2001-06-08 at 08:29:27ID: 6168200

uron,
you might want to check nimags solution first.
It is a IE solution only, and does not work with netscape, the same problem as was with edemcs solution.

dreamaster was the first to answer and the only one who have given you a solution that (1) follows html standard and (2) works crossbrowser at the same time.

I think your'e all set :)
--
klykken

 

by: uron6342Posted on 2001-06-08 at 09:11:48ID: 6168344

hello again.

i guess i am still a bit confused. i got it to work in ie but not ns. i dont understand why the border doesnt appear in ns. the source is below. thanks = )

       
<html>

        <head>
                <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
                <title>My Stocks</title>
        </head>

        <body bgcolor="#ffffff">

                <form action="Stock.asp" method=post name=frmThis>
       
       
       
       
                        <table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" width="100%" bgColor="#999999">
                                <tr bgColor="#dddddd">
                                        <td width="33%">
                                                <p align="center"><b><font face="Arial">Symbol</font></b></p>
                                        </td>
                                        <td width="33%">
                                                <p align="center"><b><font face="Arial">Price</font></b></p>
                                        </td>
                                        <td width="34%">
                                                <p align="center"><b><font face="Arial">Change</font></b></p>
                                        </td>
                                </tr>
                               
                                <tr bgColor='#ffffff'>
<td align='left'> ^DJI</td>
<td align='right'>10984.69</td>
<td align='right'><font color='#FF0000'>-106.05 (-0.96%)</font></td>
</tr>
<tr bgColor='#ffffff'>
<td align='left'> ^IXIC</td>
<td align='right'>2212.88</td>
<td align='right'><font color='#FF0000'>-51.12 (-2.26%)</font></td>
</tr>
<tr bgColor='#ffffff'>
<td align='left'> ^SPX</td>
<td align='right'>1267.04</td>
<td align='right'><font color='#FF0000'>-9.92 (-0.78%)</font></td>
</tr>
<tr bgColor='#ffffff'>
<td align='left'> asdasd</td>
<td align='right'>No such ticker symbol.</td>
<td align='right'>No such ticker symbol.</td>
</tr>
<tr bgColor='#ffffff'>
<td align='left'> xrx</td>
<td align='right'>8.51</td>
<td align='right'><font color='#FF0000'>-0.64 (-6.99%)</font></td>
</tr>
               
                               
                        </table>
                       
                        <table cellSpacing="1" cellPadding="1" width="100%" border="0">
                                <tr>
                                        <td style="WIDTH: 75%" align=left width="75%"><p><font size='2'>Last updated Fri Jun 08 12:05:35 2001 </font></p></td>
                                        <td style="WIDTH: 25%" align=right width="25%"><input type="submit" value="Edit Stocks" name="btnSubmit"></td>
                                </tr>
                        </table>
                       
                        </form>


        </body>

</html>

 

by: ampPosted on 2001-06-08 at 10:09:56ID: 6168623

Hi uron6342:

I apologize for the non-professional behavior of the experts in this thread.

Thanks for your patience with it and glad you got it resolved.

amp
Community Support Moderator
Experts Exchange

 

by: uron6342Posted on 2001-06-08 at 10:25:31ID: 6168681

ok, i got this all worked out. in order for it to work in netscape with white cells, you need to wrap the inner table in an outer table with the background to gray and the cellspacing and cellpadding set to 0.

 

by: klykkenPosted on 2001-06-08 at 10:45:34ID: 6168756

uron good you got it all worked out :)
This is almost teh same as in the first comment you got. It said (as I interpret it) to put  a table outside the table you were talking about. That would give you only the grey border around the table in both browsers, while the one you found in addition will give you bordercolor in between the cells as well :)
--
klykken

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