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Tables are the basic construct of your webpage. They can be postioned anywhere on your page right down to the exact pixel setting if you wish. They are great for placing and organizing your page. Here is the most basic table:
Now, let's have a look at the code. <TABLE ALIGN="CENTER" BORDER="1"> <TR> <TD>Your text here</TD> </TR></TABLE> OK, this could be a bit overwhelming. Let's break it down. In order to build your table, you must start by telling your browser that's what you want to do. You would then start with: <TABLE> Your browser now knows you want to start a table. Now tables all have rows and cells. The table construct requires that you open a row first, and then you can start with data cells. To open a row, simply type: <TR>. This tells your browser that you are opening the table row inside the table. Your next step is to open a data cell. <TD> Now you have the table open, a row and a cell. At this point, you would then insert your data. Remember, you have to close everything you open. Also, you have to close before your reopen. That means that if you want to do another data cell or row, you must first close the previous one. Yes, you can put tables inside of tables inside of tables inside of tables and so on and so on. Now you can make a basic table. Check out all the different options you can incorporate in your tables. |