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css table help

Hello,

i am trying to write CSS where i have items that are all in 1 row and i would like to place items side by side in a 3 column approach with CSS. i have not examples yet as i have no ideal how to make this happen.

Chris Jones

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here is my code i am trying to do this with

<h1>ROAR Newsletter</h1>
*|FEEDBLOCK:http://74.208.153.195/Proxy.ashx?u=http://74.208.153.195/mailrss.xml|*<br />
*|FEEDITEMS:[$count=5]|*<br />
*|FEEDITEM:IMAGE|*
<table style="width:70%">
	<tbody>
		<tr>
			<td>*|FEEDITEM:TITLE|*</td>
			<td>*|RSSITEM:DATE|*</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>
*|FEEDITEM:CONTENT_TEXT|*

<table style="width:70%">
	<tbody>
		<tr>
			<td>*|FACEBOOK:LIKE|*</td>
			<td>*|TWITTER:TWEET|*</td>
			<td>*|TUMBLR:SHARE|*</td>
			<td>*|GOOGLE:PLUSONE|*</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>
*|END:FEEDITEMS|*<br />
*|END:FEEDBLOCK|*

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Alexandre Simões

This is a very simple way to show how to do that:
http://jsfiddle.net/AlexCode/xmykg5xt/

If you want to get more "responsive" I would suggest using one of the grid systems available.
Bootstrap
Foundation
960

.cols-3 {
    width: 100%;
    overflow: hidden;
}

.cols-3 > div{
    float: left;
    width: 33.333%;
    box-sizing: border-box;
    border: 1px dashed #000;
}

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Chris Jones

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Hello,

i am having issues with the column example you gave me can you give me a bit of help everything is falling on a new line.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css"> 
.newspaper {
    -webkit-column-count: 2; /* Chrome, Safari, Opera */
    -moz-column-count: 2; /* Firefox */
    column-count: 2;   
}


div.columns {
    column-width: 400px;
    -moz-column-width:400px;
    -webkit-column-width: 400px;
 }
 div.keeptogether {
    display: inline-block;
    width: 300px;
 
 }
.timg img{
 height: 300px;
 width: 300px;
}
 
.timg{
 height: 300px;
 width: 300px;
}


</style>
</head>
<body>
<hr>
<div class="columns">
*|FEEDBLOCK:http://74.208.153.195/Proxy.ashx?u=https://ems.tamuc.edu/MasterCalendar/RSSFeeds.aspx?data=3O4bL1MF%2bEvmo4ssXvqg4VIdJVQ7Ikut|* *|FEEDITEMS:[$count=10]|*
<div class="keeptogether">
<table>
<tr>
   <td class="timg">
  		*|FEEDITEM:IMAGE|*
   </td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>
	<tbody>
		<tr>  
			<td>*|FEEDITEM:TITLE|*</td>
		</tr>
        	<tr>
			<td>*|RSSITEM:DATE|*</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>

<table class="timg">
<tr>
   <td>

  		*|FEEDITEM:CONTENT_TEXT|*
   </td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>
	<tbody>
		<tr>
			<td>*|FACEBOOK:LIKE|*</td>
			<td>*|TWITTER:TWEET|*</td>
			<td>*|TUMBLR:SHARE|*</td>
			<td>*|GOOGLE:PLUSONE|*</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>
</div>
*|END:FEEDITEMS|*
*|END:FEEDBLOCK|*
</div>

            <center>

                <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" id="canspamBarWrapper" style="background-color:#FFFFFF; border-top:1px solid #E5E5E5;">
                    <tr>
                        <td align="center" valign="top" style="padding-top:20px; padding-bottom:20px;">
                            <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="canspamBar">
                                <tr>
                                    <td align="center" valign="top" style="color:#606060; font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size:11px; line-height:150%; padding-right:20px; padding-bottom:5px; padding-left:20px; text-align:center;">
                                        This email was sent to <a href="mailto:*|EMAIL|*" target="_blank" style="color:#404040 !important;">*|EMAIL|*</a>
                                        <br>
                                        <a href="*|ABOUT_LIST|*" target="_blank" style="color:#404040 !important;"><em>why did I get this?</em></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="*|UNSUB|*" style="color:#404040 !important;">unsubscribe from this list</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="*|UPDATE_PROFILE|*" style="color:#404040 !important;">update subscription preferences</a>
                                        <br>
                                        *|LIST:ADDRESSLINE|*
                                        <br>
                                        <br>
                                        *|REWARDS|*
                                    </td>
                                </tr>
                            </table>
                        </td>
                    </tr>
                </table>
                <style type="text/css">
                    @media only screen and (max-width: 480px){
                        table[id="canspamBar"] td{font-size:14px !important;}
                        table[id="canspamBar"] td a{display:block !important; margin-top:10px !important;}
                    }
                </style>
            </center></body>
</html>

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Alexandre Simões

From your code I don't understand what you want to achieve.

Are you trying to create a site layout with an header, a content with 3 columns and a footer?

Chris Jones

ASKER

hello yes

i am trying to create the following in the image attached

Alexandre Simões

I would recommend to avoid tables.
if you use the approach on my example or one of the grid systems I're mentioned above, you'll end up with a much better design.

Basically do layouts with divs instead of tables.

I've updated my example to look a bit more with what you want:
http://jsfiddle.net/AlexCode/xmykg5xt/

Chris Jones

ASKER

ok here is what i have now with your example but i am trying to repeat the column side by side as teh content changes form the RSS.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css"> 

 div.keeptogether {
    display: inline-block;
    width: 300px;
    
.cols-3 {
    width: 200px;
    overflow: hidden;
    margin: 0 0 20px 0;
}

.cols-3 > div{
    float: left;
    width: 100px;
    box-sizing: border-box;
    padding: 5px;
    word-wrap: break-word;
}

img.item-image {
    width: 100%;
}

</style>
</head>
<body>
<hr>

<div class="keeptogether">
*|FEEDBLOCK:http://74.208.153.195/Proxy.ashx?u=https://ems.tamuc.edu/MasterCalendar/RSSFeeds.aspx?data=3O4bL1MF%2bEvmo4ssXvqg4VIdJVQ7Ikut|* *|FEEDITEMS:[$count=10]|*
<div class="cols-3">
    <div>
     	*|FEEDITEM:IMAGE|*<br>
        *|FEEDITEM:TITLE|*<br>
        *|RSSITEM:DATE|*<br>
     	*|FEEDITEM:CONTENT_TEXT|*
    </div>
    *|END:FEEDITEMS|*
*|END:FEEDBLOCK|*
</div>

            <center>

                <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" id="canspamBarWrapper" style="background-color:#FFFFFF; border-top:1px solid #E5E5E5;">
                    <tr>
                        <td align="center" valign="top" style="padding-top:20px; padding-bottom:20px;">
                            <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="canspamBar">
                                <tr>
                                    <td align="center" valign="top" style="color:#606060; font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size:11px; line-height:150%; padding-right:20px; padding-bottom:5px; padding-left:20px; text-align:center;">
                                        This email was sent to <a href="mailto:*|EMAIL|*" target="_blank" style="color:#404040 !important;">*|EMAIL|*</a>
                                        <br>
                                        <a href="*|ABOUT_LIST|*" target="_blank" style="color:#404040 !important;"><em>why did I get this?</em></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="*|UNSUB|*" style="color:#404040 !important;">unsubscribe from this list</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="*|UPDATE_PROFILE|*" style="color:#404040 !important;">update subscription preferences</a>
                                        <br>
                                        *|LIST:ADDRESSLINE|*
                                        <br>
                                        <br>
                                        *|REWARDS|*
                                    </td>
                                </tr>
                            </table>
                        </td>
                    </tr>
                </table>
                <style type="text/css">
                    @media only screen and (max-width: 480px){
                        table[id="canspamBar"] td{font-size:14px !important;}
                        table[id="canspamBar"] td a{display:block !important; margin-top:10px !important;}
                    }
                </style>
            </center></body>
</html>

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here is what i have now

Chris Jones

ASKER

picture did not attach

Chris Jones

ASKER

the content is going out to email here is the source that is returned from my email

<img class="mc-rss-item-img" src="https://ems.tamuc.edu/MasterCalendar/imagewriter.aspx?imageId=515" height="125" width="200" style="height: 125;width: 200;">
Test 1
Aug 03, 2015 09:00 am
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum.



<img class="mc-rss-item-img" src="https://ems.tamuc.edu/MasterCalendar/imagewriter.aspx?imageId=516" height="122" width="200" style="height: 122;width: 200;">
 Test 2
Aug 03, 2015 09:00 am
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum.



<img class="mc-rss-item-img" src="https://ems.tamuc.edu/MasterCalendar/imagewriter.aspx?imageId=517" height="200" width="154" style="height: 200;width: 154;">
Test 3
Aug 03, 2015 09:00 am
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum.

 

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css"> 

 div.keeptogether {
    display: inline-block;
    width: 200px;
    
.cols-3 {
    width: 200px;
    overflow: hidden;
    margin: 0 0 20px 0;
}

.cols-3 > div{
    float: left;
    width: 100px;
    box-sizing: border-box;
    padding: 5px;
    word-wrap: break-word;
}

</style>
</head>
<body>
<hr>

 


<div class="keeptogether">
	<div class="cols-3">
        <div>
            <img class="mc-rss-item-img" src="https://ems.tamuc.edu/MasterCalendar/imagewriter.aspx?imageId=515" height="125" width="200" style="height: 125;width: 200;"><br>
            Test 1<br>
            Aug 03, 2015 09:00 am<br>
            Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum.
        </div>
	</div>    
</div>

<div class="keeptogether">
	<div class="cols-3">
        <div>
            <img class="mc-rss-item-img" src="https://ems.tamuc.edu/MasterCalendar/imagewriter.aspx?imageId=516" height="122" width="200" style="height: 122;width: 200;"><br>
             Test 2<br>
            Aug 03, 2015 09:00 am<br>
            Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum.
        </div>
	</div>    
</div>

<div class="keeptogether">
	<div class="cols-3">
        <div>
            <img class="mc-rss-item-img" src="https://ems.tamuc.edu/MasterCalendar/imagewriter.aspx?imageId=517" height="200" width="154" style="height: 200;width: 154;"><br>
            Test 3<br>
            Aug 03, 2015 09:00 am<br>
            Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum.
        </div>
	</div>    
</div>





            <center>

                <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" id="canspamBarWrapper" style="background-color:#FFFFFF; border-top:1px solid #E5E5E5;">
                    <tr>
                        <td align="center" valign="top" style="padding-top:20px; padding-bottom:20px;">
                            <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="canspamBar">
                                <tr>
                                    <td align="center" valign="top" style="color:#606060; font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size:11px; line-height:150%; padding-right:20px; padding-bottom:5px; padding-left:20px; text-align:center;">
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                                </tr>
                            </table>
                        </td>
                    </tr>
                </table>
                <style type="text/css">
                    @media only screen and (max-width: 480px){
                        table[id="canspamBar"] td{font-size:14px !important;}
                        table[id="canspamBar"] td a{display:block !important; margin-top:10px !important;}
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Chris Jones

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hello,

here is what i can see from jfiddler but when it makes it to email it ignores the divs

https://jsfiddle.net/xmykg5xt/2/embedded/result/

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Chris Jones

ASKER

ok, i am sure the tool mail chimp i am using does something to teh email it just places everything in a single column still with your example.

Alexandre Simões

The mail chimp test I cannot do.
Here's the same thing but with tables. Let me know if it works well.
https://jsfiddle.net/AlexCode/xmykg5xt/6/