I've recently had a couple of members ask me for html help so I thought I'd start a tutorial for it in case there was anybody else out there who was too shy to ask
any tips you can give me on how to format this damn posted book list would be great! Mine isn't all lovely and aligned like the A List and its driving me bananas
The first thing you must know is that you have to use the 'table' code which is as follows:
[table]
[tr]
[td][/td]
[/tr]
[/table]
'table' goes at the very beginning and end, 'tr' goes at the beginning and end of each line, and 'td' is entered after every separate entry in that row, as well as inserted to equal tabs/spaces.
Here's a quick lesson:
put the word
table in brackets at the beginning of the area you want to organize and again at the very end with a backslash "/" before the letter 't' in table. This gives you the general guidelines for your table.
you'll also need to use the following table tags: tr and td, both in brackets before/after certain data.
tr= table row
td=table datatable data (td) is used for things like even spaces/tabs between entries, table rows are used like columns when setting it up. For extra spacing use double table data's:
[td][/td][td][/td]
Example:
[tr][td][b][size=13pt]Author[/size][/b][/td] [td][/td][td][/td] [td][b][size=13pt]Book Title (Series #)[/size][/b][/td] [td][/td][td][/td] [td][b][size=13pt]RD[/size][/b][/td] [td][/td][td][/td] [td][size=13pt][b]Found?[/b][/size][/td] [td][/td] [td][size=13pt][b]Thx to[/b][/size][/td][/tr]
here's an example from my Feb S&F thread ( note that the top entry line is the Heading of my table):
[table]
[tr][td][b][size=13pt]Author[/size][/b][/td] [td][/td][td][/td] [td][b][size=13pt]Book Title (Series #)[/size][/b][/td] [td][/td][td][/td] [td][b][size=13pt]RD[/size][/b][/td] [td][/td][td][/td] [td][size=13pt][b]Found?[/b][/size][/td] [td][/td] [td][size=13pt][b]Thx to[/b][/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][b]A[/b]da Adams[/td] [td][/td][td][/td][td]ReVamped[/td] [td][/td][td][/td] [td]Feb 20th[/td] [td][/td][td][/td] [td][center]No[/center][/td] [td][/td] [td][color=lawngreen][b][/color][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Aimee Laine[/td] [td][/td][td][/td][td]Hide & Seek (Games of Zeus #1) [/td] [td][/td][td][/td] [td]Feb 20th[/td] [td][/td][td][/td] [td][center]No[/center][/td] [td][/td] [td][color=olivedrab][/color][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Amy Cross[/td] [td][/td][td][/td][td]Lupine Howl Volume 1[/td] [td][/td][td][/td] [td]Feb 21st[/td] [td][/td][td][/td] [td][center]Pg 12[/center][/td] [td][/td] [td][color=olivedrab]snoopy06[/color][/td][/tr]
[/table]
...and here is what members see when they look at it:
Author | | | Book Title (Series #) | | | RD | | | Found? | | Thx to |
Ada Adams | | | ReVamped | | | Feb 20th | | | No | | |
Aimee Laine | | | Hide & Seek (Games of Zeus #1) | | | Feb 20th | | | No | | |
Amy Cross | | | Lupine Howl Volume 1 | | | Feb 21st | | | Pg 12 | | snoopy06 |
*It also helps if you 'center' the Page # entries because if not it will automatically left align it. Here's a quick example of a non-centered and a centered entry:
Non-CenteredAuthor | | | Book Title (Series #) | | | RD | | | Found? | | Thx to |
Ada Adams | | | ReVamped | | | Feb 20th | | | No | | |
[tr][td][b][size=13pt]Author[/size][/b][/td] [td][/td][td][/td] [td][b][size=13pt]Book Title (Series #)[/size][/b][/td] [td][/td][td][/td] [td][b][size=13pt]RD[/size][/b][/td] [td][/td][td][/td] [td][size=13pt][b]Found?[/b][/size][/td] [td][/td] [td][size=13pt][b]Thx to[/b][/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][b]A[/b]da Adams[/td] [td][/td][td][/td][td]ReVamped[/td] [td][/td][td][/td] [td]Feb 20th[/td] [td][/td][td][/td] [td]No[/td] [td][/td] [td][color=lawngreen][b][/color][/td][/tr]
Centered:Author | | | Book Title (Series #) | | | RD | | | Found? | | Thx to |
Ada Adams | | | ReVamped | | | Feb 20th | | | No | | |
[tr][td][b][size=13pt]Author[/size][/b][/td] [td][/td][td][/td] [td][b][size=13pt]Book Title (Series #)[/size][/b][/td] [td][/td][td][/td] [td][b][size=13pt]RD[/size][/b][/td] [td][/td][td][/td] [td][size=13pt][b]Found?[/b][/size][/td] [td][/td] [td][size=13pt][b]Thx to[/b][/size][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][b]A[/b]da Adams[/td] [td][/td][td][/td][td][center]ReVamped[/center][/td] [td][/td][td][/td] [td]Feb 20th[/td] [td][/td][td][/td] [td][center]No[/center][/td] [td][/td] [td][color=lawngreen][b][/color][/td][/tr]
**I also centered the book/series title in the above entry so you could see how it looks
You can easily copy/paste the info from any of the coded entries I provided and just change the fields. If you have any questions, need help or have something to add please leave a post
A HUGE Thank You goes to Filouke who taught me how to properly use a table not too long ago.....