Adrian Gans wrote:[color=blue]
> Hi
>
> I've been free-coding html for a couple of years but lack any formal
> training.
> I would be grateful for your help.
>
> I am not comfortable with CSS at the moment so use fixed tables for
> layout. This works fine for me (I know there are 'issues' with it!)
> except for one recurring problem - the first time my pages are browsed
> they can (randomly) appear with images and table cells out of
> position, often stretched out to the right (the site I work on is
> left-aligned in the window and designed for 800x600).
>
> One page refresh later and everything slips back into place.
>
> How can I stop this? Use spacer GIFs to fix column widths and row
> heights?
> Use CSS to assign fixed positions for the key images? Or is there
> another way?[/color]
Use the width and height attributes of the images to tell the browser
how much space to leave for them.
Then go and learn proper HTML/CSS.
http://www.tranchant.freeserve.co.uk...tml-start.html
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