HTML n00b

[Wilier]

OK, so Im getting to grips with learning HTML, I know I should be using Frontpage or something, but I cant install it on my pc at work!!)

Trouble Im having is setting a table so that I can have a bunch of links down the left side with another table down the middle.
Ive got it so that the middle table lines up with the 1st link on the left, but then the subsequent links go under and to the left of the main table.

Im sure this is a pretty basic skill, which I really should learn for myself, but Im a leech, and this might be quicker.

 

[Shocko]

How are you doing it? You should have 3 tables, one being the "Whole page", which contains everything. It needs 2 collums, and one row.

<table><tr>
    <td> 
           <table>
               Navigation links
           </table>

    </td>


    <td>

           <table>
               Content
           </table>
    <td>
</table>

 

[Wilier]

Will that put the links to the side of the main page??

 

[Wilier]

Gahhhh, too many td's and tr's.

Sussed it now, thanks Alberto.

 

[Shocko]

Yes, but if you got it working, nm

The trick to fixing table woes, is to always use BOARDER="1", in your table tags. That way, you can clearly see what everything is up to, and you can just do a find/replace, to set all your tables to boarderless afterwards.

Mozilla has an interesting functionablity, which means ctrl-mouse1 clicking, on a page, highlights the table element that you clicked in.

 

[old.Scarenius]

You know I've downloaded Mozilla 3 times and I always seem to delete it before I get to really use it. At least I'm not using IE... Heck my site isn't even really compatable in IE....

 

[Tempy_Incursion]

Is Mozilla standalone better than using Netscape 6.x then?
Can't say I've ever designed a site to specifically meet Netscape/Mozilla specifications.......