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so i'm a novice at html and need to create a table that has 3 columns and 1 row (in order to display information on a webpage that has different information sitting next to each other, from left to right).
the CMS site i'm using to create the webpage is www.portfoliobox.net so i have to use a table to accomplish this (no fancy CSS, etc). code that i need help with and how it's appearing is attached. that's not how i want it to look.
what i am trying to achieve is this: all the CONTENTS of the table needs to be aligned top left. but at the moment, the text and images are all aligning all over the place (center, etc).
i've searched on the net on how to use valign tags, etc and it's confusing and nothing is working.
please help!
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the CMS site i'm using to create the webpage is www.portfoliobox.net so i have to use a table to accomplish this (no fancy CSS, etc). code that i need help with and how it's appearing is attached. that's not how i want it to look.
what i am trying to achieve is this: all the CONTENTS of the table needs to be aligned top left. but at the moment, the text and images are all aligning all over the place (center, etc).
i've searched on the net on how to use valign tags, etc and it's confusing and nothing is working.
please help!
Screen-Shot-2013-06-26-at-10.30..png
Screen-Shot-2013-06-26-at-10.30..png
Valign is used in the <td> tag like so - <td valign="top">
You should not need to specify left alignment as that is the default.
You can use CSS (in a non-fancy way) in your table by specifying it in the HTML tags like so - <td style="vertical-align:top;
You should not need to specify left alignment as that is the default.
You can use CSS (in a non-fancy way) in your table by specifying it in the HTML tags like so - <td style="vertical-align:top;
I am guessing your column widths are not what you are expecting because you have only specified the width of the whole table; You would think that the text would cause the image column to to shrink to fit the width of the image, but html tables don't render that way.
You can still specify the width of the table, but to control the width of the columns, you can do so by adding to the <td> tag -
Column 1 <td> might be <td width="150px">
Column 2 <td> might be <td width="200px">
Column 3 <td> SHOULD BE <td width="*"> so that the third colum is whatever width is required to make the table the required 900px wide.
You can still specify the width of the table, but to control the width of the columns, you can do so by adding to the <td> tag -
Column 1 <td> might be <td width="150px">
Column 2 <td> might be <td width="200px">
Column 3 <td> SHOULD BE <td width="*"> so that the third colum is whatever width is required to make the table the required 900px wide.
Can you post a link to the page, there is probably CSS being applied to the contents that we cannot see from the screenshot.
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i added the following and it's still not working:
<td align="LEFT" valign="TOP">
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<td align="LEFT" valign="TOP">
Screen-Shot-2013-06-26-at-11.01..png
ASKER
here is the code:
<table border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="width: 900px;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="LEFT" valign="TOP">
<img src="http://dvqlxo2m2q99q.cloudfront.net/000_clients/73148/file/7314813164Ag8b.png" style="width: 150px; height: 165px;" /></td>
<td align="LEFT" valign="TOP">
<p style="text-align: left;">
nice to meet you. i'm sumi —<br />
design enthusiast. management ninja. idea entrepreneur. music fiend.<br />
avid linguist. faux wine pro. grammar nazi. star gazer. amateur<br />
gastronomist. positive realist. secret optimist.<br />
design inspirations deiter rams, tim brown, shepard fairey, lotta<br />
jansdotter, barbara kruger, richard seymour, milton glaser, richard<br />
branson, banksy, zuzana licko... among others</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">
things that make me tick good humor, typography, wanderlust, color,<br />
unconventional combinations, activism, thunderstorms, music, children,<br />
minimalism, innovation, vocabulary, sunsets, flaws, wisdom, positivity,<br />
dissonance, t.e.d. talks, collaboration, documentaries</p>
</td>
<td align="LEFT" valign="TOP">
Experience<br />
brand analysis, development, management<br />
ideation // copywriting<br />
team leadership<br />
user-centered design<br />
information architecture<br />
wireframing<br />
prototyping<br />
industry research // trend hunting & reporting<br />
relationship management<br />
internal + client process analysis<br />
Inspired by<br />
business model design<br />
user experience<br />
service design<br />
experience design<br />
cross-discipline collaboration</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>
</p>
<table border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="width: 900px;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="LEFT" valign="TOP">
<img src="http://dvqlxo2m2q99q.cloudfront.net/000_clients/73148/file/7314813164Ag8b.png" style="width: 150px; height: 165px;" /></td>
<td align="LEFT" valign="TOP">
<p style="text-align: left;">
nice to meet you. i'm sumi —<br />
design enthusiast. management ninja. idea entrepreneur. music fiend.<br />
avid linguist. faux wine pro. grammar nazi. star gazer. amateur<br />
gastronomist. positive realist. secret optimist.<br />
design inspirations deiter rams, tim brown, shepard fairey, lotta<br />
jansdotter, barbara kruger, richard seymour, milton glaser, richard<br />
branson, banksy, zuzana licko... among others</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">
things that make me tick good humor, typography, wanderlust, color,<br />
unconventional combinations, activism, thunderstorms, music, children,<br />
minimalism, innovation, vocabulary, sunsets, flaws, wisdom, positivity,<br />
dissonance, t.e.d. talks, collaboration, documentaries</p>
</td>
<td align="LEFT" valign="TOP">
Experience<br />
brand analysis, development, management<br />
ideation // copywriting<br />
team leadership<br />
user-centered design<br />
information architecture<br />
wireframing<br />
prototyping<br />
industry research // trend hunting & reporting<br />
relationship management<br />
internal + client process analysis<br />
Inspired by<br />
business model design<br />
user experience<br />
service design<br />
experience design<br />
cross-discipline collaboration</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>
</p>
ASKER
can someone write the correct code for me? i'm so confused!!
ASKER
if you copy and paste the code i've provided into a text editor and write in the correct code, that would be amazing!! :)
i've increased the point value for the question too because of this extra work :) thank you, amazing coding people!! :)
i've increased the point value for the question too because of this extra work :) thank you, amazing coding people!! :)
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Assuming you can edit your HTML and add some basic CSS, you need to do the following: Add an ID to your table, something like:
<table id="myTable" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="width:900px;">#myTable td { vertical-align:top; }ASKER
Duttcomm, this worked!! Thank you thank you thank you - also for doing the extra work for me. You're a lifesaver.
Thanks to everyone else for your comments and smarts too!! You guys are great here!
Thanks to everyone else for your comments and smarts too!! You guys are great here!
ASKER
<table border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="width: 900px; text-align:left; vertical-align:top">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>