[Wylug-help] Tables in WordPress

[Roger]

Anne Wilson wrote:
> Sometimes I need to include a table in a blog, and I'm finding that I spend 
> ages trying to get it to display reasonably well - and it's not brilliant even 
> when I've finished.  There has to be some way of doing this, but I can't find 
> it.
<snip>
> Maybe I could find an html/tables tutorial (my html expertise is primitive) 
> and embed it directly into the code?


It all depends on the data, but basically:

<table>     <!--  lots of attributes possible but defaults often ok  -->
   <tr>      <!--  Table Row  -->
     <th>    <!--  Table Header - for the head of each column  -->
        Header text
     </th>   <!--  close header for column 1 -->
     <th>
        repeat for all columns
     </th>
   </tr>     <!--  close header row  -->
   <tr>      <!--  first row of data  -->
     <td>    <!--  first datum in column 1 -->
       datum one
     </td>   <!--  close row 2, column 1  ->>
     <td>
       repeat for all columns
     </td>
   </tr>     <!--  close row 2  -->
   <tr>      <!--  open row 3  -->
     <td>
       Repeat for all columns within all rows
     </td>
   </tr>
</table>

The w3schools reference for tables is at:
  http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_tables.asp
where you'll find all the stuff about attributes for each tag, but the 
defaults (no attributes) are often fine and render adequately in all 
browsers.

Hope that helps,

R

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