Trouble with tables

[Fred]

I'm producing pages with FP2002 using tables. The problem is that they look
great until I either preview or publish them where they then look squashed
up (different width). Looking at the html it shows the width as a percentage
(74%) on all but one page where it shows it as a true measurement in pixels
(width="647"). The page with the width show in pixels previews and publishes
ok but I'm not sure how this was set up as I didn't do anything different
when creating this page in tables. Is there a right & wrong way to create
pages using tables? Fred

 

[Andrew Murray]

You need to make sure then, that you're using % to specify the widths. I
think FP defaults to "pixels" to define the width, and you have to actually
change the radio button in the table properties dialogue to %.

Do it as you go, then you won't need to go back after. BTW if you then
adjust the width by dragging the table narrower or wider with the mouse, it
automatically goes back to pixels, rather than staying as a percent.

 

[Stefan B Rusynko]

% widths are a % of the users browser screen width (in px) or the html container width
- a 74% width table in a 74% table cell will display ~ 55% of the screen size
- a top level 74% width table in a 800px browser window displays at ~ 592 px wide

Using fixed px width will render the table width a consistent size
(unless the table content forces the table to be larger - all width are minimums)




| I'm producing pages with FP2002 using tables. The problem is that they look
| great until I either preview or publish them where they then look squashed
| up (different width). Looking at the html it shows the width as a percentage
| (74%) on all but one page where it shows it as a true measurement in pixels
| (width="647"). The page with the width show in pixels previews and publishes
| ok but I'm not sure how this was set up as I didn't do anything different
| when creating this page in tables. Is there a right & wrong way to create
| pages using tables? Fred
|
|

 

[Fred]

Hi, Many thanks for your help on this tricky problem. I've tried doing the
percentage % route but it kept missing off the right of the table. What I'm
trying to achieve is a constant iframe containing the images. If you could
be so kind to take a look at
http://www.book-holidays-direct.com/Bulgaria.htm you will see that I'm part
of the way there. My BIG concern in using pixels is that all the box may not
show up on various browsers yet when I tried the % route it missed off the
blue link buttons to the right. Any help on this matter would be most
appreciated. Fred