Posted by dorayme on 10/14/05 02:56

> From: ric <ric.1wuady@no-mx.forums.yourdomain.com.au>
> Organization: HighDots Forums
> Newsgroups: alt.html
> Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 12:14:07 +0200
> Subject: Re: Question about DIV instead of Table
>
>
> I have a problem, and I suspect DIV is the way to solve it, but I don't
> know enough about it.
>
> +--------+---------+---+---+---+---+
> | | | th|umb|nai|ls |
> | | +---+---+---+---+
> | | | | | | |
> | | +---+---+---+---+
> | long | long | |
> | image | image | changing |
> | | | image when |
> | | | thumbnails |
> | | | rolled over |
> | | | |
> +--------+---------+---------------+
> | |
> | wide bottom image |
> | |
> +----------------------------------+
>
>
> (Have a feeling the diagram won't format correctly, if so it can be
> found 'here' (http://www.slunglow.org/image29.html).)
>
> I started trying to use tables to structure the page above (each box a
> separate image), but as the content is graphical and gaps between
> images are not acceptable, using tables (even with border="0"
> cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0") seem to leave white space between
> elements (even more worrying is the fact that IE and Firefox seem to do
> different things).
>
> But if I don't use a table, then the page ends up with the 2 long
> images and the first row of 4 thumbnails in the right place, but then
> the <BR> tag starts the second row of 4 thumbnails beneath the long
> images. And it all looks wrong from there...
>
> I'm obviously not asking any of you helpful people to code my page for
> me (that would be laziness!), but can you point me in the right
> direction - is it DIV that I should be investigating?


Your asci appeared nicely on my email program (well done!). I
think you should give a URL of your attempts to "table" the
show. It may be that someone can help you improve it, someone
who might not have time or inclination to write a markup from
your asci diagram instructions... With the right styling,
tables might well do it. I would want to see your (unhappy)
effort first. Doubtless there would also be non table ways to do
it...

dorayme

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