Dreamweaver - Re: Multi-columnar and row table flys apart when inserting images!

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Re: Multi-columnar and row table flys apart when inserting images!

Win Day

2006-02-12, 6:26 pm

On Tue, 7 Feb 2006 22:14:45 +0000 (UTC), "Garek007"
<webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote:

>Hi,
>
> I've been doing some web for a while now, nothing to heavy. I usually get my
>pages to work, but before I do I go crazy dealing with tables. Let me give you
>a scenario:
>
> I have a 8 column, 8 row table. I merge the top 8 columns in the first row to
>insert one 800px image. In the second row I insert a 149px image in TD1, a
>20px image in TD2, I merge TD3 and insert a 117px image and then go to insert a
>514px image in the remaining cells which I merged into one.
>
> When I insert that last image the entire table goes apeshit and flies apart!
>It stretches past my screen. I've always been taught that if you want tables
>to work don't use any specified widths or heights. I think the person that
>taught me that must have left something out. But to be sure I went to clear
>table widths and heights and it does nothing.
>
> I always thought tables were supposed to collapse in on any images put in,
>what's the deal? I thought I was doing it right by using spacer gifs to spread
>out the table, why does it get bigger than 800px?
>
> Please help, TIA
> Stan

Without seeing your page it's impossible to tell. Can you upload it
and post a URL?

Win
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Win Day

2006-02-12, 6:31 pm

On Wed, 8 Feb 2006 16:47:24 +0000 (UTC), "Garek007"
<webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote:

>Sorry, I thought it might be a common problem that was easily identifiable. Here is a link
>
>http://www.dahlingroup.com/Boranda/index.html

No DOCTYPE. No closing HEAD tag. No BODY tag at all! I'm amazed a
browser displays anything at all.

Do yourself a favour: create a new, clean, file and let DW write its
standard new page code. Then copy and paste your code into the
appropriate places.

Then at least you stand a chance of seeing what's blowing the table
apart.

Win
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.: Nadia :. *TMM*

2006-02-12, 6:35 pm

You won't do better than reading this table tutorial - you'll learn about
using nested tables corrected, so that your designs don't break apart....
http://www.dwfaq.com/Tutorials/Tabl...ible_tables.asp

You may want to have a read of this too - about the use / misuse of col and
row spans
http://apptools.com/rants/spans.php

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> Thanks Tim, that is EXACTLY what I was looking for. I did get it to work
> with
> nested tables, but I wanted to verify that others use the same practice.
> So it
> sounds like the flyaway effect is normal.