table trouble

  • Thread starter Dave and Lynda Wray
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Dave and Lynda Wray

I am trying to set up a page for a website using Frontpage 2003. I am
trying to place a table across the entire width of the top of the page
to put a title in and then a table down the left side spanning 15% of
the page width in which I want to put a navigation bar to other parts of
the website etc.

I have set up the two tables. No problem there. Now when I try to type
something in the rest of the page area, I am not allowed to click my
cursor in this area. I can only add stuff below the level of the side
table. How can I get around this? I know it must be something simple.


Thanks

Dave
 
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Nicholas Savalas - http://savalas.tv

Dear Dave and Lynda,
If you are using the FrontPage Layers feature, one thing is in 'front'
of another until you you change where it is in the stack (z-index) and
its visibility (visibility: hidden). These are challenging concepts to
learn from a paragraph or two, but it sounds as if you only need one
table with a few cells. For what you describe above, here is just the
table you need (make a new page, switch to 'split' or 'code' view, and
stick the following code between the <body> and the </body> tags:

<table border="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse"
width="100%" height="100%">
<tr>
<td height="100" colspan="2" valign="top">
<p align="center">top banner</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="15%" valign="top">left side</td>
<td valign="top">main section</td>
</tr>
</table>


By the way, 15% is not a good way to go when using a cell for, say, a
navigation bar. 15% means 15% of the browser width: on a maximized
800x600 screen, that's 120 pixels - on a 1280x1024 screen, its 192
pixels. Instead, specify a width in pixels (as wide as your widest
image in the nav bar, say 120 pixels) and set the adjacent cell to 100%
(of what's left). Find the "15%" above and replace it with "120". To
learn tables quickly, leave that "Layout Tables and Cells" feature
alone at first. Make tables by clicking (on the menu bar at top) Tables
-> Insert... Table. That is simple, and produces very clean and easily
adjustable tables. Don't make a zillion tables - right click inside the
table and select 'Split Cells' or, to undo, 'Merge Cells'. Good luck
you guys - keep us posted.

Nicholas Savalas - http://savalas.tv
 

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