Table Talk

When you have mastered tables you have taken control of where items are placed on your web site. Here at Draac.Com almost everything you see is set within a table.

The only way to learn what table codes can do, is to practice, practice, practice. Experiment with all the attributes that can be assigned to your tables. You'll be amazed at just how much control you have over where items like text, images and other objects are placed on your web site.

Creating tables is logical, it may not seem it at first, but once you get the hang of it, you will see what I meant by saying it is "logical". When you assign an item to be in a certain place for instance, to the right and on the bottom, it will be there. Tables are very powerful in this way and can be the only way, in most cases, to place an item exactly where you would like it to be on your web page.

The first place to begin, if you are new to creating tables, is the Tables Course here at Draac.Com, but before you go there though let me paint a picture in your mind about creating tables. Take a look at at a page I call Visualize Those Tables and get an image in your minds eye of what tables are and what they can do for you.

Below are some table lessons you may find useful once you have learned the basics. You will also find web page layouts created using tables and a generator that you can use to create a basic table with.

So you don't even know what "tables" are ! Here is a course on the basics of tables. Master this simple course, and it will open new ways of creating web pages.

Here is an easy way to create colored lines. You can make vertical or horizontal colored lines.

Create a nice little (or big) box out of two tables one table stacked on top of another to form one box to place text or images in. This method can also can be used to create a whole web page.

Learn how to place text or images within your table cells. Gain more control over where things are placed on your web page.

Once you learn the basics of how to build tables, this lesson will explain how to use the rowspan attribute. This will allow you more control over where items are placed within your tables.

Create a nice little picture frame using tables around your favorite image or photograph.

New Using an image of a picture frame, set your favorite photo into the picture frame with just use of tables.

Create a colorful table borders for your tables. For Internet Explorer only these will not work with Netscape or MSNTV.

Create beautiful tables using the MSNTV only attributes of gradcolor and gradangle. These attributes are for MSNTV only, they can not be viewed with Internet Explorer or Netscape.

A collection of tricks and tips to help you create better tables for your web sites and designs.

Round over those corners in your tables ! A fun way to create eye catching tables for your web pages.

Create a table that looks like a newspaper or use the three column table to divide up your web page.

You can change the background color of a table cell when you mouseover the cell. This is for Internet Explorer only, it will not work at all on Netscape or MSNTV.

You can place text and other items like images on top of an image using tables. An easy way to add text to your images without using a graphics program. This will work with Internet Explorer and MSNTV, it will not work with Netscape.

A time saver if you want to create a calendar on your web site. This is a basic calendar table layout that can be altered to your needs.

Here at Draac.Com we offer many whole web page layouts created using tables. Take a look at them and perhaps you will see a layout that you would like to use for your web site. Copy the html code and paste it to a new html document, then edit the layout to suit your needs.

Use a generator to create a basic table code, then edit the table code to fit into your web design.