taff — Thu, 21 Nov 2002 20:41:46 +0000

Validate it - there is a slew of coding errors.

Suzanne — Thu, 21 Nov 2002 20:31:11 +0000

define the problem please?

Timewell — Thu, 21 Nov 2002 19:09:23 +0000

I have been given this code by someone but it doesn't work properly. Can you see why?

<html> 

<head> 
<title>CM Director</title> 


<style TYPE="text/css"> 

BODY, TD { 
font-family : verdana ; 
font-size : 12px; 
color: black; 
} 

A { 
text-decoration: none; 
color: blue; 
} 

A:Hover { 
text-decoration: underline; 
color: blue; 
} 

</style> 


</head> 

<body bgcolor="#eeeeee"> 
<div align="right"> 
  <table width="90%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="55" align="center"> 
    <tr> 
      <td width="93%" height="70" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">&nbsp;</td> 
      <td rowspan="3" width="7%"> 
        <table width="115" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" height="19"> 
          <tr> 
            <td valign="right" height="20"> 
              <p align="left"><font face="Chicago" size="2">Reviews - 1</font> 
            </td> 
          </tr> 
          <tr> 
            <td valign="right" height="20"> <font face="Chicago" size="2">Players 
              - 86 </font> </td> 
          </tr> 
          <tr> 
            <td valign="right" height="20"> <font face="Chicago" size="2">Tactics 
              - 8</font> </td> 
          </tr> 
          <tr> 
            <td valign="right" height="20"> <font face="Chicago" size="2">Screenshots 
              - 10</font> </td> 
          </tr> 
          <tr> 
            <td valign="right" height="20"> <font face="Chicago" size="2">Menubars 
              - 9</font> </td> 
          </tr> 
          <tr> 
            <td valign="right" height="20"> <font face="Chicago" size="2">Guides 
              - 1</font> </td> 
          </tr> 
          <tr> 
            <td valign="right" height="20"> </td> 
          </tr> 
          <tr> 
            <td valign="right" width="113" height="19"></td> 
          </tr> 
        </table> 
      </td> 
    </tr> 
    <tr> 
      <td width="93%" height="86" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">&nbsp;</td> 
    </tr> 
    <tr> 
      <td width="93%" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">&nbsp;</td> 
    </tr> 
  </table> 
  
</div> 
<tr> 

<td> 


<table width="560" height="79" valign="top" align="center" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 
<tr width="560" height="79" valign="top" align="center"> 
<td width="560" height="79" valign="top" align="center"> 
<a href=""><img src="banner.gif" border="0"></a> 
<td width="98" valign="top" height="235"> 
</td> 
</td> 
</tr> 
</table> 

<table width="560" valign="top" align="center" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="0"> 
<tr width="560" valign="top"> 
<td width="560" valign="top" bgcolor="#E6E6E6"> 

&nbsp;&nbsp; 

&lt;script language="javascript"&gt; 
<!-- 
Today = new Date(); 
TodayDay = Today.getDate(); 
TodayMon = Today.getMonth(); 
TodayYear = Today.getYear(); 
if (TodayYear < 2000) TodayYear += 1900; 

if (TodayMon == 0) { TodayMonth = "January"; } 
else if (TodayMon == 1) { TodayMonth = "February"; } 
else if (TodayMon == 2) { TodayMonth = "March"; } 
else if (TodayMon == 3) { TodayMonth = "April"; } 
else if (TodayMon == 4) { TodayMonth = "May"; } 
else if (TodayMon == 5) { TodayMonth = "June"; } 
else if (TodayMon == 6) { TodayMonth = "July"; } 
else if (TodayMon == 7) { TodayMonth = "August"; } 
else if (TodayMon == 8) { TodayMonth = "September"; } 
else if (TodayMon == 9) { TodayMonth = "October"; } 
else if (TodayMon == 10) { TodayMonth = "November"; } 
else if (TodayMon == 11) { TodayMonth = "December"; } 
else { TodayMonth = TodayMon; } 

document.write(TodayMonth + " " + TodayDay + ", " + TodayYear); 

--> 
&lt;/script&gt; 

- Welcome to CM Director  

</td> 
</tr> 
</table> 


<table width="560" valign="top" align="center" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5"> 
<tr width="560" valign="top"> 
<td width="130" valign="top" align="center"> 
<!-- insert nav here --> 

<OBJECT classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/ 
shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=4,0,2,0" width="129" height="169"> 
<PARAM name="movie" value="/includes/Soccer.swf"> 
<PARAM name="quality" value="high"> 
<PARAM name="menu" value="true"> 
<EMBED src="/includes/Soccer.swf" quality="high" menu="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/ 
download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="129" height="169"> 
</EMBED> 
</OBJECT> 

</td> 

<td width="400" valign="top"> 
<table border="0" width="400"> 
  <tr> 
    <td width="400" bgcolor="#E6E6E6"><b>News Section<b></td> 
  </tr> 
</table> 

<table border="0" width="400"> 
  <tr> 
    <td width="100%" background="cm4.jpg" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: fixed; background-position: 15px 

50px;"> 

<a name="newsitemEpFZuAElVpupZRiOtK"></a><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" 

bgcolor="#DDDDDD"><tr><td> 
<table border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" width="100%"> 
<tr bgcolor="#F9F9F9"><td><font size="0"><b>A warm welcome!</b><br>by <a href="mailto:timewell@hotmail.com">RobT</a> on 17 Nov 

'02 0:10 AM</font></td></tr> 
<tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"><td>Hi guys!<br><br>This is a warm welcome from all CM Director staff to our new site! Shuff has sadly left us 

because he doesn't have time for the site anymore and would be welcome back any time!  We do have a new addition though and that is the 

wonderful, Stainy!  He will be designing menubars and stuff like that for the site.  <br><br>What do you reckon of our new design???  Many 

thanks go to Chris from CM Star for designing this and kriko (porn lover!) for helping me set up this brilliant Coranto!<br><br>CM Director 

hopes to bring you brilliant content and plenty of laughs.  So please stick with us!</td></tr> 
</table> 
</td></tr></table><img src="/images/spacer.gif" height="5" width="1"><br> 
</td> 
  </tr> 
</table> 

</td> 
</tr> 
</table> 

<table width="560" valign="top" align="center" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 
<tr width="560" valign="top" align="center"> 
<td width="560" valign="top" align="center"> 
<small><center><font color="green">Site &copy CM Director 2002 unless otherwise stated. Design by Chris Hughes.<br> 
Site optimised for resolutions greater than 800x600 and best viewed in 1024x768.  <br><br></font></center></small> 
</td> 
</tr> 
</table> 

</td> 
</tr> 

</table> 

</body> 
</html> 

Timewell — Tue, 19 Nov 2002 21:42:42 +0000

I have got a bit closer now...just needs that final bit of code to move it...see!?

Suzanne — Tue, 19 Nov 2002 21:31:53 +0000

Yes, using that code, but set border="1" or border="5" or whatever helps you see literally where the cells are.

Busy — Tue, 19 Nov 2002 21:31:50 +0000

to turn on borders, change border="0" to border="1"

Timewell — Tue, 19 Nov 2002 20:23:09 +0000

Quote: Originally posted by Suzanne
You need to close the that the flash navigation is in. (after , put ) There are also a number of other errors. You need to turn on the borders to see that you have two cells (nav and scores), and then the news is in a new row.

Hi! I just wondered what you meant by turn on borders? Do you mean using code like:

<table width="115" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" height="19">'

Or is it something else?

Suzanne — Tue, 19 Nov 2002 19:54:01 +0000

lol, actually I did mean by hand. When I get stuck with tables, I literally draw it out. I start with just the regular squares -- however many rows by however many columns -- and then erase the lines I don't want. Then I can easily see where I need to use rowspan, or colspan to make the table work right and have all the pieces inside it.

You can add rows and columns easily, of course.

You don't have to be a good artist -- usually this is just a big messy pile of lines that I write all over, making notes to myself.

Timewell — Tue, 19 Nov 2002 19:05:29 +0000

When you say draw it...do you mean by hand??? If so I am in DEEP trouble! My drawing is hopeless and, luckily, only I can understand it!

Suzanne — Tue, 19 Nov 2002 18:01:51 +0000

Anything is possible. Draw out your table, then work out the code. You can do it!