Title: Table not working properly
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Table not working properly

 *  Resolved [txie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/txie/)
 * (@txie)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/table-not-working-properly/)
 * Hi!
 * I´m using a table on a page, without any plugins, only the html code.
    I have
   an image on the left and some text on the right. The editor shows me exactly 
   what I want, but when I publish the page the text appears in it´s column but 
   below the image. Does anyone knos how to make my table work?
 * Also I don´t want to use the wrapping text around image thing, I can´t make it
   work on my template.
 * Thanks a lot!

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 *  [Michelle Langston](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chellycat/)
 * (@chellycat)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/table-not-working-properly/#post-1671799)
 * Post a URL to the page, please.
 *  [ronmerk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ronmerk/)
 * (@ronmerk)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/table-not-working-properly/#post-1671810)
 * Hi Txie:
 * Almost always this is the result of setting the width of the table larger than
   the column (defined by your theme template)that the table is sitting in.
 * So as an example, if your main column is 600 pixels, then make your table overall
   width 550 with centre justification. This will keep all the columns in your table
   in perspective to the area the table resides in.
 * Here’s an example:
 *     ```
       <TABLE border=1 cellSpacing=2 cellPadding=1 width=550>
         </TABLE>
       ```
   
 * Hope that helps
 * Ron
 *  Thread Starter [txie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/txie/)
 * (@txie)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/table-not-working-properly/#post-1671975)
 * This worked:
 * tbody th {
    background:none; padding:8px 2px 8px 10px; text-align:left; }
 * tbody td {
    padding:8px 2px 8px 10px; vertical-align: top }
 * Thanks!

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 * Last reply from: [txie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/txie/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/table-not-working-properly/#post-1671975)
 * Status: resolved

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