table

[Guest]

I am trying to create a table to layout my site.
If I insert my navigation table in what I call my page table, it moves down
as I enter text. I would like it to remain where it is and have the text wrap
around it like it does when I insert a picture but I can't use a picture. Is
there something I can insert that will work the same way but has links not a
jpg.

XP FP 2003

 

[Murray]

I believe the problem you are having can be simplified if you consider this
example -

Put a 2 row by 2 column table on the page. Merge the two right hand cells
into a single column. Put an image into each left cell, and you will see
that they merge vertically seamlessly. Now begin to add content to the
merged cell on the right and you will see that at some point you will have
forced the two left cells to begin to split apart vertically. The more
content you add to the right, the further apart the two left cells will get.
See what I mean?

To solve the problem, instead of making your page sit in a single table,
have it in several nested tables. You should be able to put a two column
table on the page with a nested table in each column. Put your navigation
in the left nested table, and the
content in the right nested table. Now, changes to either of the inner
table's
structure will not affect either of the inner nested tables.

 

[Guest]

Murray you are a gem.
I tried using tables but it didn't work right.
One of my primary concerns is where it will appear in the code.
There are rumours in the SEO world that the Search Engine bots like the
important information in the beginning. Using nested tables puts the the
navigation first. I would like the text to appear first (after the basic
page layout table description).
I am looking to do the same thing that inserting a picture and use the
picture properties>Appearance>wrapping style>left so the text wraps above, to
the right, and below.
But I don't want a picture. I want my navigation links in that area.
Is it possible?
What is the textarea HTML tag about? Maybe that is what I want?

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

You can do this somewhat with a table, using the float property.

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[Murray]

There are rumours in the SEO world that the Search Engine bots like the

important information in the beginning.

While true, in this case, I doubt it's going to make a big difference. If
your page has good use of semantic markup, with <h#> tags identifying
important keywords, and with those keywords used in page title tag, and in
linked filenames, then rearrnanging the code would be 'lilly gilding' in a
sense.

What is the textarea HTML tag about?

It's a form element that would allow you to enter the above paragraph as a
paragraph instead of just a single line. I don't see how it would be
relevant.

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Murray you are a gem.
I tried using tables but it didn't work right.
One of my primary concerns is where it will appear in the code.

Using nested tables puts the the

 

[Guest]

Lets forget about the reason and the dumb rumors.

I want the first 5 or 6 lines of text to display across any size page
(bannerlike for the clickers). Then I want the remaining information to
narrow down (for the drillers and scrollers) to allow room for the internal
navigation links on the left and external links on the right- the standard 3
column layout. I could insert another table row above that spans the three
columns but it would not wrap as smoothly and creates problems in display in
different size screens (and browsers, perhaps).
Thomas Rowe has suggested using float but I'm discouraged by what I have
seen of it. Absolute positioning is another alternative but I don't know
enough about it yet. Layers (or the DIV tag) may be another but I have been
unable to find enough useable info to figure it out and at this point it
would severely slow down my launching of my site.

The functionality is there somewhere (e.g picture) I'm just trying to find
it.
How does Html deal with the picture but it can't deal with a similar box
that would contain code?

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

See:
http://www.ecom-data.com/Examples/Help/Tables.htm

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[Guest]

I can work with pictures I would like to work with text

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

And using tables you shouldn't have any problems doing so.

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[Guest]

I trid using tables, nested tables, layout tables, float and absolute
positioning.
Text continues to push the nested table on the left down . Why can't I
wrap around it like a picture?

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

Can you put the page online so that we can see what you are doing?

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[Murray]

Shotgun approaches like that in search of a solution are rarely the best
approach....