Jeff wrote:[color=blue]
> I've been trying for days to figure out why the spacing between the
> rows on the left-most column of my table is screwy. Take a look here:
>
>
http://mypage.iu.edu/~jbeverid/index_new.htm
>
> Right after the graphic link that says "Study Opportunities" the
> spacing between the graphics in the column starts to get wider and
> wider and I can't figure out how to fix it.[/color]
FWIW, they're evenly spaced in Firefox.
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> I COULD create a seperate
> table out of the left column which would probably fix it but I prefer
> not to. My entire purpose in redesigning this page was to simplify it
> by taking out all of the multiple embedded tables, and style sheet
> usage, and simplify it into ONE table structure and not use any CSS
> styles if possible. Is this possible?[/color]
Is this a joke?!
Why on Earth would you not want to use CSS? It's not as if it's going
to be too difficult for such a straightforward page layout.
And if you must insist on using HTML tables for layout, why on Earth
would you not want to use nested tables?! You mention below about
wanting to add items to the menu; by using an un-nested layout table
you're going to be fiddling about with cells and rowspans and whatnot
every time. Doesn't sound like simplicity to me; rather, it sounds
like an exercise in perversity!
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> I suspect that the second column with the large graphic is what is
> throwing off the row spacing in the first column although I have no
> idea why it would do this.[/color]
Discrepancies with margins and padding? Default browser formatting not
being over-written? Table-rendering bug in IE?
[color=blue]
> I also would like to create an empty row
> after the last graphic that says "Links" so I can insert another
> similiar graphic in the future, but I can't get that to work either.
> Any suggestions?[/color]
Certainly, although you're probably not going to like them:
a. use an external stylesheet for your layout and formatting; and
b. turn your menu into an unordered list and style accordingly.
The second of those would allow you to quite happily add, remove, or
otherwise change your menu items without any effect on the rest of the
page. Similarly, it would allow changes to be made to the right-hand
section of the page without screwing up your menu formatting. If
you're really going to insist on using a table layout, having a nested
table for the menu should give you the same benefits, more or less.
Incidentally, the individual clip-art images that make up your
"WELCOME" montage give the impression of being links; you might want to
think about either changing that or turning them into the genuine
article.
--
AGw.
