Title: adding a table
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# adding a table

 *  Resolved [dutchguru](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dutchguru/)
 * (@dutchguru)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-table/)
 * Because the default editor (Tinymce) has no table facility, I’ve setup a table
   in the html part like this :
    ———> <table style=”border-right: 3px outset orange;
   border-bottom: 3px outset orange; width: 220px; float: left; margin-right: 10px;
   font-size: 9pt; border-collapse: collapse;” border=”0″ summary=”measure-table”
   > <tbody> <tr style=”background-color:#FDF9F1;”> <td style=”width: 20%; font-
   size: 9pt;”>xxs</td> <td style=”width: 40%; font-size: 8pt;”>M 70-78</td> <td
   style=”width: 40%; font-size: 8pt;”>V 66-74</td> </tr> <tr style=”background-
   color:#CCCCCC;”> <td style=”width: 20%; font-size: 9pt;”>xs</td> <td style=”width:
   40%; font-size: 8pt;”>M 78-86</td> <td style=”width: 40%; font-size: 8pt;”>V 
   74-82</td> </tr> <tr style=”background-color:#FDF9F1;”> <td style=”width: 20%;
   font-size: 9pt;”>s</td> <td style=”width: 40%; font-size: 8pt;”>M 86-94</td> 
   <td style=”width: 40%; font-size: 8pt;”>V 82-90</td> </tr> <tr style=”background-
   color:#CCCCCC;”> <td style=”width: 20%; font-size: 9pt;”>m</td> <td style=”width:
   40%; font-size: 8pt;”>M 94-102</td> <td style=”width: 40%; font-size: 8pt;”>V
   90-98</td> </tr> <tr style=”background-color:#FDF9F1;”> <td style=”width: 20%;
   font-size: 9pt;”>l</td> <td style=”width: 40%; font-size: 8pt;”>M 102-110</td
   > <td style=”width: 40%; font-size: 8pt;”>V 98-106</td> </tr> <tr style=”background-
   color:#CCCCCC;”> <td style=”width: 20%; font-size: 9pt;”>xl</td> <td style=”width:
   40%; font-size: 8pt;”>M 110-118</td> <td style=”width: 40%; font-size: 8pt;”>
   V 107-119</td> </tr> <tr style=”background-color:#FDF9F1;”> <td style=”width:
   20%; font-size: 9pt;”>xxl</td> <td style=”width: 40%; font-size: 8pt;”>M 118-
   129</td> <td style=”width: 40%; font-size: 8pt;”>V 119-131</td> </tr> <tr style
   =”background-color:#CCCCCC;”> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr style=”
   background-color:#FDF9F1;”> <td style=”width: 20%; font-size: 9pt;”>3xl</td> 
   <td style=”width: 40%; font-size: 8pt;”>M 129-141</td> <td style=”width: 40%;
   font-size: 8pt;”>V 131-143</td> </tr> <tr style=”background-color:#CCCCCC;”> 
   <td style=”width: 20%; font-size: 9pt;”>4xl</td> <td style=”width: 40%; font-
   size: 8pt;”>M 141-154</td> <td style=”width: 40%; font-size: 8pt;”>V 143-155</
   td> </tr> <tr style=”background-color:#FDF9F1;”> <td style=”width: 20%; font-
   size: 9pt;”>5xl</td> <td style=”width: 40%; font-size: 8pt;”>M 154-166</td> <
   td style=”width: 40%; font-size: 8pt;”>V 155-167</td> </tr> </tbody></table> 
   <——–
 * In the WYSIWYG-part of the editor it looks completely correct, every row has 
   it’s own background-color.
    Only displaying after publish : the table has one–
   other – color, each row the same, and only if one moves the mouse over the table,
   hovering the row will result in a specific other color. Has WordPress it’s own
   hidden format for table – layout ???

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 *  [figaro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/figaro/)
 * (@figaro)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-table/#post-1071552)
 * You do have one row with no text entered that’s collapsed, but other than that,
   it seems to be displaying okay here:
 * [http://educhalk.org/blog5/](http://educhalk.org/blog5/)
 *  Thread Starter [dutchguru](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dutchguru/)
 * (@dutchguru)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-table/#post-1071665)
 * Thanks , figaro, for your help. I used this kind of table layout earlier in standard
   html, in the default wordpress editor it looks good, but not in the wordpress
   layout. Your answer and example was reason to check the CSS of the template :
   Arclite template, indeed, table layout was included.
 * I removed it as comment, and the result was > just as in your example.
    That 
   is the solution BUT, normally inline CSS goes over the standard CSS-sheet. **
   Do you have an idea, why in this particular situation, the inline CSS is ignored?**
 * (in my Firefox developer-screen/pagesource all inline-CSS looks good)
 *  [Mark / t31os](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t31os_/)
 * (@t31os_)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-table/#post-1071667)
 * Easiest way to see if the inline CSS is taking priority or not is to add..
 * `!important`
    EXAMPLE `style="color:red!important"`
 * If the inline styling then works, then you know something else is taking priority
   over the inline styling normally..
 *  Thread Starter [dutchguru](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dutchguru/)
 * (@dutchguru)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-table/#post-1071673)
 * Hi t31os_,
 * regarding to CSS in my experience building static (x)html pages, the priority
   is:
    1 – external css sheet 2 – css in the header of the html 3 – inline css 
   where 3 has the highest prio, tested many times in IE and FF.
 * New for me, included in WordPress ( I’m totally new in WordPress) as CMS, is 
   working with layout-templates and database-templates. It’s a matter of understanding
   how it works.
 *  [Mark / t31os](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t31os_/)
 * (@t31os_)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-table/#post-1071674)
 * I’m not totally sure in honesty, but i believe what you have is right…
 * Had a look here, but couldn’t figure out an absolute answer…
 * [http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/present/styles.html](http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/present/styles.html)
 * The !important test will just help determine if the inline styling is working,
   if it does with !important, then something else is over-riding the styling when
   it’s not being used…..
 *  Thread Starter [dutchguru](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dutchguru/)
 * (@dutchguru)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-table/#post-1071676)
 * The !important test > sure, I agree to that.
 * But if……. already the highest prio using, what could overule it?
    It’s my lack
   of knowledge, not understanding the prio’s of templates.
 * Nevertheless, I stumbled upon this page : [cascading-order-and-inheritance-in-css](http://monc.se/kitchen/38/cascading-order-and-inheritance-in-css),
   it might have the solution, have to study on it.
    Thanks for helping.

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