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Conference terri::web_authoring

Title:Welcome to WEB_AUTHORING
Notice:Before writing, please check for an existing topic
Moderator:VAXCAT::LAURIE
Created:Tue Mar 05 1996
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:186
Total number of notes:1479

95.0. "Tables" by CHEFS::HARRISON () Thu Aug 01 1996 21:22

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95.1VAXCPU::michaudJeff Michaud - ObjectBrokerFri Aug 02 1996 06:1719
95.2LJSRV2::tecotoo.ibg.ljo.dec.com::mayerDanny MayerFri Aug 02 1996 18:214
95.3Sussed itCHEFS::HARRISONTue Aug 06 1996 14:136
95.42954::FOLEYhttp://axel.zko.dec.comWed Apr 02 1997 23:498

	Anyone have any good hints/tips on working with Tables?
	I'm trying to create some pages like those mentioned here
	in Frontpage97. The table editor for this isn't that
	great. Any tips would be welcome.

							mike
95.5VAXCAT::LAURIEDesktop Consultant, Project EnterpriseThu Apr 03 1997 15:518
    IMO, tables are essential to good page design, and a product like
    NetObjects Fusion bases its whole process on them. I tend to hand craft
    mine, but almost any tool, like say, WebEdit, has a table generator,
    which can be handy for roughing up the outline. One can then fill in
    the blanks, so to speak, by hand. It's worth putting some effort into
    understanding them and how they work.
    
    Cheers, Laurie.
95.6www.killersites.com for a killer site!POLAR::SCHILDKRAUTDon't seal home.... Share it!Thu Apr 03 1997 15:588
    I used to be afraid of tables. They never worked for me. Then i found
    http://www.killerwebsites.com. Their site is geared to selling their
    book, but there is a great tables tutorial in the site that is
    definately (imho) worth a look at. 
    
    reg's
    
    al
95.7corrected url in body of -1HNDYMN::MCCARTHYA Quinn Martin ProductionThu Apr 03 1997 16:027
>>                  -< www.killersites.com for a killer site! >-

Is correct.

>>    http://www.killerwebsites.com. Their site is geared to selling their

Is incorrect.  (take web out of it)
95.8tiptoe through the tablesDSNENG::KOLBEWicked Wench of the WebThu Apr 03 1997 20:226
I've just made a standard template for my pages that is a table that fills the page.
Then I can split cells as needed or add a table within a cell. In addition I've added all
the Digital required stuff so my template is ready to go external as soon as I add
data. Now, this is a lot easier using a WYSIWYG editor. I find that when I have to hit
the actual HTML code I have to be very careful because all the table code can be very
easy to misinterpret concerning which cell is which. liesl
95.9Reformatted for 80 columns2954::FOLEYhttp://axel.zko.dec.comThu Apr 03 1997 20:4616
RE: .8

Reformatted for 80 columns so I can read it...


<<< Note 95.8 by DSNENG::KOLBE "Wicked Wench of the Web" >>> -< tiptoe through
the tables >-

I've just made a standard template for my pages that is a table that fills the
page. Then I can split cells as needed or add a table within a cell. In addition
I've added all the Digital required stuff so my template is ready to go external
as soon as I add data. Now, this is a lot easier using a WYSIWYG editor. I find
that when I have to hit the actual HTML code I have to be very careful because
all the table code can be very easy to misinterpret concerning which cell is
which. liesl

95.10table formattingCIM2NI::CROSBYThu Apr 03 1997 23:3417
As most of my audience tends to like to print things (so much for the paperless
office), I format my page tables at a 640- pixel width. Then, I assign columns
percentage widths...20, 40,  40,  etc.

Nested tables I assign 99% width, and so forth.

Give FrontPage a chance.  The only 2 drawbacks I've seen are:

It tends to be a bit buggy when you insert a horizontal line into a cell, and

If you build a table, then change the COLSPAN attribute of a cell to 2,3,etc.,
Frontpage isn't smart enough to discard the leftover cell.  I have to go into the 
html to fix that.

Laurie, that's the first mention in a while regarding Fusion....Good, Bad?

gc
95.11VAXCAT::LAURIEDesktop Consultant, Project EnterpriseFri Apr 04 1997 14:323
    I'll talk about Fusion in the appropriate note.
    
    Cheers, Laurie.
95.12Get HomesiteBOOKIE::KELLERSorry, temporal prime directiveFri Apr 04 1997 18:554
    Get a copy of Homesite v2.5 (www.dexnet.com).  This is a greate editing
    tool and does a great job with tables...
    
    --Geoff