table inside table and colspans?

steve · Joined: 20 May 2004 Posts: 1 Location: Texas

first timer; the 4 images that are supposed to surround the inner table won't come in right. the top and left images come in correctly, but the right image falls below and to the left, with the bottom below the "right" image.

<table [no spaces] width="535" height="844" align="center">
<br><br><br>
<th [no spaces] colspan="3" width="535"></th><img "top" [535x180]>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="40" align="left"></td> <img "left" [40X625]>
<td colspan="1" width="455"></td> [spacer]
<td colspan="1" width="40" align="right"></td> <img "right" [40X625]>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<table...blah blah blah

Question

tried same thing without a header, same results...anybody shed me some light?.

mjpliv · Joined: 11 May 2004 Posts: 406 Location: Nova Scotia

It would help if you left in all the code or perhaps even give us the URL for the page if it is live somewhere.

What are the contents of the table header tag?

Is the table header part of the table? If so, you are missing the table row tag if you want it to appear at the top of the table and the image tag would require a table data tag to appear within that table row.

With colspan=3 in the table header tag and another table data tag for the image, this would be a total of 4 columns. Is this what you had in mind?

You do not have to encase all of the tag modifier values with double quotes.

colpan=40 instead of calspan="40"
align=center instead of align="center"
Generally, only those values that require processing have to be encased in double quotes (ie width="50%")

colspan=1 is not required as a single column is the default

Try setting your cellpadding to 0 in the table tag or reducing image widths by a few pixels to give yourself some breathing room unless you need a seamless joint.

Have a look through http://www.htmlcodetutorial.com/ for more detailed information on working with tables.