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How to Create Tables:

Normal Table | Table Spanned two rows | Table Spanned two columns |
Floating Tables | Colored Table | Borderless Table

 


Normal Table:  > Back > Top

There are a number of attributes that go with the <TABLE>..</TABLE> tags. below are examples of a few of them. This one is just your basic table with 4 cells.

ex:

preview:

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Ack</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<TABLE BORDER>
<TR>
<TD>Data cell 1</TD><TD>Data cell 2</TD>
<TR>
<TD>Data cell 3</TD><TD>Data cell 4</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

</BODY>
</HTML>
Data cell 1Data cell 2
Data cell 3Data cell 4

A Table Spanned two rows:  > Back > Top

This shows you how you can have a row the same size as two rows that are right next to it.

ex:

preview:

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Ack</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<TABLE BORDER>
<TR>
<TD ROWSPAN=2>This cell spans two rows</TD>
<TD>These cells</TD><TD>would</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>contain</TD><TD>other data</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

</BODY>
</HTML>
This cell spans two rows These cellswould
containother data

Table Spanned two columns:  > Back > Top

This table shows you how you can have a column that is as long as two columns that can be either below or above.

ex:

preview:

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Ack</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<TABLE BORDER>
<TR>
<TD>Data cell 1</TD>
<TD COLSPAN=2>This cell spans 2 columns</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>Data cell 2</TD><TD>Data cell 3</TD><TD>Data cell 4</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

</BODY>
</HTML>
Data cell 1 This cell spans 2 colums
Data cell 2Data cell 3Data cell 4

Floating Tables:  > Back > Top

This show you how you can place text on either side of a table.

ex:

preview:

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Ack</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<TABLE ALIGN=left BORDER WIDTH=50%>
<TR>
<TD>This is a two row table</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>It is aligned to the left of the page</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
This text will be to the right of the table, and will fall neatly besides the table
<BR CLEAR=all>
<HR>
<TABLE ALIGN=right BORDER WIDTH=50%>
<TR>
<TD>This is a two row table</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>It is aligned to the right of the page</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
This text will be to the left of the table, and will fall neatly beside the table
<BR CLEAR=all>
<HR>

</BODY>
</HTML>
This is a two row table
It is aligned to the left of the page
This text will be to the right of the table, and will fall neatly besides the table

This is a two row table
It is alighned to the right of the page
This text will be to the left og the table, and will fall neatly beside the table


Colored Table:  > Back > Top

This shows you how you can add some color to your tables.
List of colors

ex:

preview:

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Ack</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<TABLE BORDER BGCOLOR=silver BORDERCOLOR=black WIDTH=50%>
<TR>
<TD>This is the first cell</TD>
<TD>This is the second cell</TD>
</TR>
<TR BORDERCOLOR=red BGCOLOR=green>
<TD>This is the third cell</TD>
<TD>This is the forth cell</TD>
</TR>
<TR BORDERCOLOR=red BGCOLOR=green>
<TD BORDERCOLOR=yellow>This is the fifth cell</TD>
<TD BORDERCOLOR=white>This is the sixth cell</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

</BODY>
</HTML>
This is the first cell This is the second cell
This is the thrid cell This is the forth cell
This is the fifth cell This is the sixth cell

Borderless Table:  > Back > Top

This is an example of how you can create a table without a border, which we use allot throughout this site.

ex:

preview:

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Ack</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<table border="0" cellpadding="2" width="89%">
<tr>
<td width="50%" bgcolor="#0000FF">This is cell 1</td>
<td width="50%" bgcolor="#008080">This is cell 2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50%" bgcolor="#000080">This is cell 3</td>
<td width="50%" bgcolor="#FF0000">This is cell 4</td>
</tr>
</table>

</BODY>
</HTML>
This is cell 1 This is cell 2
This is cell 3 This is cell 4