HTML help for a Dummy

[slimjim375]

Hi All,

As my HTML knowledge is on par with a pre-schooler and my spelling isn't much better http://www.trainboard.com/biggrin.gif, I need a little help. I need to move the left hand margin over about 10% on one of my pages. What do I use and where? BTW, it is for text.

TIA,

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Jim Harrawood
Utah Rails (http://www.geocities.com/utahrails/index.html)

[Gats]

You need to tabulate the text. By that, I mean you need to use tr, td, and table width= commands. I had a look at your site and the first thing I noticed was the text sitting left. You have pre-empted me contacting you. http://www.trainboard.com/smile.gif Which page/s are you concerned with? I can check it later and send it to you in an email.
Did you get the problem sorted with the Google link sitting to the left in Netscape? I posted the fix for you in your previous forum (http://www.trainboard.com/Forum63/HTML/000012.html) post.

Gary.

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Gary A. Rose
The Unofficial TC&W page (http://www.pnc.com.au/~audiosat/)
N to the Nth degree!

[This message has been edited by Gats (edited 04 June 2000).]

[slimjim375]

Hi Gary,

I played around with the Google for a while then said the heck with it. As far as the margin goes, I'll probably play with it later. I knew there had to be an easy was to do it. I just didn't think of the table bit. Thanks a lot. May learn how to do this stuff some day http://www.trainboard.com/biggrin.gif

Later,


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Jim Harrawood
Utah Rails (http://www.geocities.com/utahrails/index.html)

[virtual-bird]

everything you need is here...

http://www.warrior.fl.net.au/htmlhelp/

[slimjim375]

V-B,

Hey thanks for the link. All I have to do now is learn to read http://www.trainboard.com/biggrin.gif.



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Jim Harrawood
Utah Rails (http://www.geocities.com/utahrails/index.html)

[slimjim375]

Hey Gary,

I got my TR's and TD's figured out I think. The page I wanted to do it on is http://www.geocities.com/utahrails/utahrails/RRs/DRGW.html
Thanks for the tips.

PS: In fact, I am changing all the pages for the better looking left margin.

Later,



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Jim Harrawood
Utah Rails (http://www.geocities.com/utahrails/index.html)

[Gats]

hey Jim,

I see you have that page under control! I did note you used the cellspacing command to give you the margins. On single column set-ups, that works fine, but you end up with double the spacing between the column when 2 or more are used.
Another path you can follow is specifying the width of the table as a percentage of the the page width and centering it on the page. This is particularly effective where there are 2 or more columns present.

Gary.



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Gary A. Rose
The Unofficial TC&W page (http://www.pnc.com.au/~audiosat/)
N to the Nth degree!

[espee2]

looks good, here is a tutorial for future use on tables...
www.draac.com/tables1.html (http://www.draac.com/tables1.html)



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espee2

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[Gats]

Thanks SP... got that one bookmarked.

Gary.

[Alan]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Gats:
Thanks SP... got that one bookmarked.

Gary.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

So have I http://www.trainboard.com/biggrin.gif



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[friscobob]

Count me as one of the HTML-challenged! http://www.trainboard.com/wink.gif
I've got a site on AOL Hometown, but I want
to add extra pages, animated graphics, links to my model RR club, kids, the Kiamichi Railroad, etc.
I'm ever-so-slowly learning this stuff, and the page you told us about is now posted in my Favorites file.
As I improve, so will my Website!


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