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1. Dot
   Member
   Posted 6 months ago #
   

   Hello,

   I want to present some data in tabular form, but the way it's showing up in the editor is different to the (wonky) way it looks on line!
   How can I get everything to line up please?

   http://deardot.com/?page_id=2019

2. WPyogi
   Volunteer Moderator
   Posted 6 months ago #
   

   Hi Diane :) -- I'm not sure how you are creating your table, but the HTML code is a bit of a mess. Basically, each piece of data needs to be in a separate table "cell" -- that is between td tags. So where you have this:
   

   <tr>
   <td>Who                                             Where based                          Date</td>
   <td></td>
   <td></td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
   <td> <a href="http://www.wolfmagazine.co.uk/">
   </a></td>
   <td></td>
   <td></td>
   </tr>

   It should be like this -- some of the data below is only as an example -- as you were missing some pieces.
   

   <tr>
   <td>Who</td>
   <td>Where based</td>
   <td>Date</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
   <td> <a href="http://www.wolfmagazine.co.uk/"></a></td>
   <td>US</td>
   <td>Dec. 2001</td>
   </tr>

   Don't use multiple spaces or tabs in the cells. If you have empty cells -- i.e. you don't have data to put in there, use   (non-breaking space code) which keeps the table formatting correct.

   Hope that helps...

3. Dot
   Member
   Posted 6 months ago #
   

   Hello Yogi!

   It looks like it ought to be doeable, but I'm a bit patchy on how to go about it; to get what I've got, I just used an option for a table from the TINY ME plug in: If I'm creating one using HTML, would I need to do that in an external syle sheet (php file)please? How did you get to observe the HTML (mess!)please?

4. Andrew Nevins
   Volunteer Moderator
   Posted 6 months ago #
   

   Look at the HTML tab, instead of the VISUAL.

5. Dot
   Member
   Posted 6 months ago #
   

   AH Y - I was just returning here to say I just did: thanks! :?/

6. Andrew Nevins
   Volunteer Moderator
   Posted 6 months ago #
   

   Is your issue resolved?

7. Dot
   Member
   Posted 6 months ago #
   

   Ha ha: that looks much more beautiful: thanks :)

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