Table Troubles :(

[Kaula]

heck i dont even know if they are called tables. but what im trying to do is make this box here

 

www.kaulaiscool.us/wtf.html

 

 

so that i can type type type and when im done, the box will have adjusted vertically to fit my text. instead if you look at the source, as it is now, i have to type in a certain a height. is there a way so that it fits to the text???

 

also if anyone knows off the top of their head, if i had say 2 of those boxes on the left side of the page and a large one in the middle. how could i make it so i can click a link listed in the smaller boxes to open up text in the larger box/table?

 

 

and lastly how do i align the boxes so that they are next to each other?

 

thanks in advance

[ThumpAZ]

was working on this, and fell asleep at computer. Will get back to it in the AM... I am sure someone else will have answered by then, though.

 

I can think clearly enough to tell you that leaving the height portion out of the cell with your text in it will allow it to grow vertically wouthout problem. Except that it will not automatically word wrap for you.

Can't think of anything for the tables vertical alignment other than anchors.

Getting the pages to open like you want will require some more advanced scripting, frames or simply CSS and template pages

[btrfld]

Getting the boxes to line up horizontally is a matter of using columns in the same table, rather than separate tables.

 

I've rearranged your code a bit:

<TABLE bgcolor=#000000 borderColor=#666666 width="95%" border=1 align="center">

<TR>

<TD WIDTH="15%" align="center">

<FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#003366 size=1>

<STRONG>:. Links</STRONG>

</FONT>

</TD>

<TD align="center" width="85%">

<FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" Color=#003366 size=1>

<STRONG>.: Welcome :.</STRONG>

</FONT>

</TD>

</TR>

<TR>

<TD>

<FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#003366 size=1>

You can put as much stuff as you want in here. The table should expand vertically to contain whatever is in the longest column.

</FONT>

</TD>

<TD> </TD>

</TR>

</TABLE>

 

As TCH-Glenn says, getting links in one column to open different content in another column is a more involved procedure.

 

Perhaps an HTML tutorial would be able to help in a general way. W3Schools is a place to start. There's a ton of useful information there.

[natimage]

Getting the pages to open like you want will require some more advanced scripting, frames or simply CSS and template pages

 

Can you elaborate more on the CSS and template pages method of doing something like this? You don't have to give me all the details...just a summary of what's involved and maybe a place to learn more would be great.

 

Thanks!!

[ThumpAZ]

It has been so long since I have read it anywhere... but the W3schools tutorials are a great resource.

 

Please realize that I really did fall asleep at the keyboard last night... so my thought processes were way outta whack

You would use page templates to form the pages exactly the same and the CSS is used that way as well. However, you would have to create scripts that would load the content from a remote test file with location markers into the target area (table). this would create a seemingly seamless load of the body text for the user.

 

Would use script actions or page actions using php (for TCH servers) for the nav buttons (links) in the left panes to load the body text into the target table.

The trick would be keeping the table sized properly for max text size so it does not resize itself and look jerky. This would not be too hard to do, though, with a web design program (even front page) just to check the table size and set the params at that for your max size encoutnered.