Displaying a fixed width in table, regardless of the content

jburns131 · Joined: 18 Oct 2005 Posts: 5

I am trying to make a basic webpage layout, a banner/logo on top that streches all the way across the top, under that I want to have 2 sides that are about 20% of the pages width on either side, and I want to have the middle section to have a width of 60%. I think that's a very basic setup, but if I use the following code, the middle and sides only display the width of the content that I place inside it.

Superpetauction · Joined: 07 Oct 2005 Posts: 47 Location: Logansport, Indiana

is this what you are asking?

Corey Bryant · Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 4:28 pm

It seems you are using XHTML? bgcolor is not supported by XHTML. For proper coding - we would need to know what the properties you have applied to the logo table.

jburns131 · Joined: 18 Oct 2005 Posts: 5

Thanks Superpetauction, that's exactly what I was looking for. Smile

And Corey, I'm still learning the differences between html and xhtml, but I don't think the class 'logo' and bgcolor have anything to do with the width of columns (I know, unless I'm using attributes that effect the layout), but I could be wrong. Let me know. And anyways, I want the width to be constant regardless of any attributes/styles I implement (other than layout styles).

And I admit, I have been shying away from css untill I have a better grasp on just basic html/xhtml, is this not a good idea?

Thank you both for the responses, I was racking my brain for hours yesterday trying to get this right.

Corey Bryant · Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 8:29 am

The reason I as asking - I did not know if you had a width / height in the logo class

jburns131 · Joined: 18 Oct 2005 Posts: 5

Cool, that's what I thought. I am using an existing css, but it just defines colors and images, not width / hight. But I will look for those kind of things if using an existing css.

jburns131 · Joined: 18 Oct 2005 Posts: 5

After looking at that code from Superpetauction alittle closer, I'm alittle confused about the last <td>, it has 2 width attributes. Does one override the other? Not sure of the logic that is happening there. Could anyone elaborate? Thanks.

jburns131 · Joined: 18 Oct 2005 Posts: 5

I think I figured it out. I probably need to add another table in the <td> with a width of '100%', and get rid of the width='100%' in the <td> itself. Let me know if I'm right.