TABLETAGS
<TABLE> </TABLE>
opens and closes the table borders. The default table has no visible borders.
You can make visible borders see BORDER below.
<TR></TR>
Is Table Row. This pair of tags is required for each row in the table.
The number of pairs with define the number of rows. You can add the ALIGN
and VALIGN commands to this tag and make all the cells in the row align
the same. See ALIGN and VALIGN below.
<TD></TD>
Is Table Data cell. This pair of tags appears between the <TR></TR>
tags. Each row does not have to have the same number of cells since a "solid
blank" cell will automatically fill in the row. You can put any of
the normal HTML tags into a cell, including text, graphics and links. The
ALIGN and VALIGN can be used with this pair of tags also. This alignment
overrides any set in the row command. Normally the words contained inside
a cell will "wordwrap" to fill the cell width. This can be overridden
with the command NOWRAP. The font size and color can be changed.
<TH></TH>
Is Table Header. The same as <TD> except the font is BOLD and it
is automatically aligned center.
<CAPTION></CAPTION>
Is the Title or Caption of the table. This pair of tags are between the
<table></table> tags but outside of any row or cell. Any normal
HTML tag can be used. Captions usually "wordwrap" and center
themselves over the table.
BORDER This command
appears with the TABLE tag inside the same brackets. <TABLE BORDER=1></TABLE>
If this command is not present then the borders around the table will be
invisible (which is a nice affect). Remember, the border is STILL there
you just can't see it, so making the table without visible borders will
not reduce the size. You can make the border width any size you want by
increasing the number. A table with a BORDER=10 will appear a little like
a 3D frame. By changing the color of your page background you can change
the color of your border.
ALIGN This command
when placed inside a CAPTION will control whether the CAPTION appears above
or below the table. The values are TOP or BOTTOM. The default is TOP.
If you put it inside TR, TH, or TD it will control where the text or graphic
inside the table cell or cells will be placed. The values are LEFT, CENTER,
RIGHT.
VALIGN This command
is place inside TR, TH, TD, and it controls the vertical placement of text
or graphics. The values are TOP, MIDDLE, BOTTOM, BASELINE.
NOWRAP This is
placed with the TH or TD tag and it prevents any lines of text within a
cell from being broken and "wordwrapped". Caution: this could
cause you table to be too wide for the browser screen.
COLSPAN You put
this with a TH or TD tag and it will make the cell span the specified number
of columns in the table. The default is 1.
ROWSPAN This is
used the same as COLSPAN except it controls how many rows the cell will
span. The default is 1. The cell will not span beyond the last TR.
