A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....06-07-05....Mission: Possible!

Billie

[Billie]

A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day

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Mission Impossible

Good morning, Finest Readers - your mission for today, should you choose to accept it, is to *set a pretty table* by making at least one post using the html *table* text I have provided below. Just follow these instructions, and it should be quite interesting - and fun for all!

• There are SIX examples to choose from.

• Copy and paste only one example/group of html text into a comment post. You will have to preview it to see the backgrounds and borders.

• After you choose the one you like, please type a story, a joke, a poem, or whatever *into the space you will have when you delete THIS sentence*: "Delete this whole sentence and put your post here instead."

• A word of caution - if you use more than one paragraph for your post, DO NOT USE THE <P>!!!!! Use <BR><BR> between the paragraphs instead!

• Additionally, if you want to illustrate your post with a graphic, please use only one, and place it above any of your text.

One more thing about the graphics - for this *pretty table* to work right, please make sure your graphic is no wider than 400 pixels, or it will stretch all the backgrounds. If you don't know how to find the width of a graphic, right-click on the graphic you're using, choose "properties" and it will give you the diminsions, width first. It is always good to include the width and height of graphics in your img src command when you post them, too. If you don't include the width and height in your command, as we are reading, the text jumps around and we lose our place when the graphics begin to open from that little tiny square!

OK! Ready? Choose from these SIX!

Remember, it takes *all* the text between each divider for one *post*!

<center>
<table background="http://d21c.com/billie/backgrounds/aquamauvecirclebg.jpg" cellpadding=10 border=8>
<tr><td><center>
<table background="http://d21c.com/billie/backgrounds/aquaturquoisbg.jpg" cellpadding=40 border=1>
<tr><td><center>
<table background="http://d21c.com/billie/backgrounds/aquamauvecirclebg.jpg" cellpadding=4 border=1>
<tr><td><center>
<table background="http://d21c.com/billie/backgrounds/aquasolidtexturebg.jpg" cellpadding=30 border=1 width=450>
<tr><td>
<center>
<img src="http://d21c.com/billie/banners/tealscrollbar.gif" width=400 height=50>
</center>
<br><br>
<font color=EOFFFF>
Delete this whole sentence and put your post here instead.
</font>
<br><br>
</td></tr></table></center>
</td></tr></table></center>
</td></tr></table></center>
</td></tr></table></center>

<center>
<table bgcolor=black cellpadding=20>
<tr><td><center>
<table background="http://www.d21c.com/billie/banners/animulticolorbar.gif" cellpadding=3>
<tr><td><center>
<table bgcolor=black cellpadding=55>
<tr><td><center>
<table background="http://www.d21c.com/billie/banners/multicolorbar.jpg" cellpadding=4>
<tr><td><center>
<table bgcolor=black cellpadding=30 width=450>
<tr><td>
<center>
<img src="http://www.d21c.com/billie/banners/coloredsmilebar.gif" width=384 height=33>
</center>
<br><br>
<font color=red>
Delete this whole sentence and put your post here instead.
</font>
<br><br>
</td></tr></table></center>
</td></tr></table></center>
</td></tr></table></center>
</td></tr></table></center>
</td></tr></table></center>

<center>
<table background="http://d21c.com/billie/backgrounds/dkburgandyplaidbg.gif" cellpadding=20 border=1>
<tr><td><center>
<table background="http://d21c.com/billie/backgrounds/redcorduroygradient.jpg" cellpadding=10 border=1>
<tr><td><center>
<table background="http://d21c.com/billie/backgrounds/dkburgandyplaidbg.gif" cellpadding=20 border=1>
<tr><td><center>
<table background="http://d21c.com/billie/backgrounds/redcorduroygradient.jpg" cellpadding=4 border=1>
<tr><td><center>
<table background="http://d21c.com/billie/backgrounds/AuntBredbg1.jpg" cellpadding=30 border=1 width=450>
<tr><td>
<center>
<img src="http://www.d21c.com/billie/backgrounds/dkburgandyplaidbar.jpg" width=400 height=58>
</center>
<br><br>
<font color=ffcccc>
Delete this whole sentence and put your post here instead.
</font>
<br><br>
</td></tr></table></center>
</td></tr></table></center>
</td></tr></table></center>
</td></tr></table></center>
</td></tr></table></center>

<center>
<table background="http://d21c.com/billie/backgrounds/HappyFaceNarrowBar.jpg" cellpadding=10 border=0>
<tr><td><center>
<table background="http://d21c.com/billie/backgrounds/HappyFaceNarrowBar.jpg" cellpadding=10 border=1>
<tr><td><center>
<table background="http://d21c.com/billie/backgrounds/HappyFaceBorderbg.jpg" border=1 width=575>
<tr><td>
<table table align=right cellpadding=30 width=450>
<tr><td>
<center>
<img src="http://d21c.com/billie/backgrounds/HappyFaceBar.jpg" width=375>
</center>
<br><br>
<font color=336600><b>
Delete this whole sentence and put your post here instead.
</font>
<br><br>
</td></tr></table>
</td></tr></table></center>
</td></tr></table></center>
</td></tr></table></center>

<center>
<table background="http://d21c.com/billie/backgrounds/classicnavyribbon1.jpg" cellpadding=10 border=2>
<tr><td><center>
<table background="http://d21c.com/billie/backgrounds/redblackgradientbg.jpg" cellpadding=2>
<tr><td><center>
<table background="http://d21c.com/billie/backgrounds/libertycapitolblueonoffwhitebg.jpg" cellpadding=40 border=0>
<tr><td><center>
<table background="http://d21c.com/billie/backgrounds/redblackgradientbg.jpg" cellpadding=2>
<tr><td><center>
<table background="http://d21c.com/billie/backgrounds/Navytexturebg.jpg" cellpadding=30 border=1 width=500>
<tr><td>
<center>
<img src="http://www.d21c.com/billie/backgrounds/LibertyUSAbar.jpg" width=450 height=90>
</center>
<br><br>
<font color=fffafo>
Delete this whole sentence and put your post here instead.
</font>
<br><br>
</td></tr></table></center>
</td></tr></table></center>
</td></tr></table></center>
</td></tr></table></center>
</td></tr></table></center>

<center>
<table background="http://d21c.com/billie/backgrounds/darkbrowngradientbg.jpg" cellpadding=4>
<tr><td><center>
<table background="http://d21c.com/billie/backgrounds/brownplaidbg.gif" cellpadding=20 border=2> <tr><td><center>
<table background="http://d21c.com/billie/backgrounds/cowboybg1.jpg" cellpadding=40 border=1>
<tr><td><center>
<table background="http://d21c.com/billie/backgrounds/darkbrowngradientbg.jpg" cellpadding=4>
<tr><td><center>
<table background="http://d21c.com/billie/backgrounds/beigetexturesolidbg.jpg" cellpadding=30 border=1 width=450>
<tr><td>
<center>
<img src="http://d21c.com/billie/backgrounds/barbedwirebar.jpg" width=400 height=26>
</center>
<br><br>
<font color=33000>
Delete this whole sentence and put your post here instead.
</font>
<br><br>
</td></tr></table></center>
</td></tr></table></center>
</td></tr></table></center>
</td></tr></table></center>
</td></tr></table></center>

Unlike the *real* Mission: Impossible, this thread will *not* self-destruct in five seconds, so let's have some fun with it. If you'd like to try some other backgrounds/borders, you can do that, too. Change the urls, and you get a whole different look! (Sistahs, please feel free to do your own thing with a layout of *your* choice!)

Now the question is: "Who's going to be first to set their table?"

illie lue

03-29-05 ~ Hall of Fame #11

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Opinions by our own 'King of Ping' Every Thursday at the Finest The guy's good, folks!

[Texagirl4W]

200 post today. Hooray !!!!!

[Mrs.Nooseman]

LOL.

I take the discount ;)!!!

I know my hubby can do the same thing to me!LOL.

Sorry to hear you couldn't get any more veggie plants,but I am sure they will get another shipment in!

Have fun playing in your garden!

[ST.LOUIE1]

Our Finest ladies and gents are soooo talented.

With Billie's help, of course. LOL

[Billie]

(answering Luv's question, but if anyone else 'sorta' is interested, or if any of the hostesses have anything they can add......sorry it is so long)

Luv, you need to have a text file saved somewhere (I always use "My Documents") paste this exact html text there that you used in your posts here to *set your table* LOL, so that you will have it ready to copy and paste into comment posts. You could copy each one of those 6 'examples' into one file and separate them with a line or something between them. My background graphics are stored on my server - you store your graphics at Fotki or somewhere, don't you? What you would do is to save a background image that you like the same way you save other graphics. (maybe set up a separate folder in Fotki named "backgrounds", and upload to that folder.) To CHANGE a background in one of the templates you're going to copy and paste into a text file, you would just delete MY url - http://etc - and replace it with one of yours.

I think you can look at the way it looks when it's posted and look carefully at the text that makes it look that way. You will see that if there is a very narrow 'border', it is usually some sort of a gradient background - or it could even be a solid bgcolor (from an html color code site - search google web for "html color codes".) There is usually some sort of a coordinated pattern that makes a much wider border (this is done with cellpadding - see the html text for that url.) Then there is almost always a solid color for the main part where you put your pics and text. THAT part will/should specify a total width in that command that has the last table background information. (see the text - I think most of those I gave as examples had either width=500 or somewhere about that width)

There ARE background sites that let you choose 3 different backgrounds and 'try' them to see what they look like together before you save any of them.

Luv, it took me the longest time just to understand even *half* what I've mentioned here. What I did was simply just save something someone else had posted, and used it over and over until I was comfortable playing with different widths and stuff. It just takes practice - lots of it. I know that mojo and tonk post table stuff all the time at the canteen - am sure there are many others there. Don't know if anyone mixes and matches as MANY as we do here, but however MANY one uses, it is still basically the same set of commands.

Again, I'm sorry for the length of this post! LOL

[deadhead]

Thank You, Billie :-)

[Billie]

LOL! I had forgotten all about the calendar. Nice to see some familiar faces. : )

Well, not just faces, right, ladies? LOL

[Mrs.Nooseman]

LOL.

Billie gets full credit ,all I did was copy and paste,but I am determined to do it on my own and I am looking for some backgrounds!

[Billie]

I'll be watching for it. :)

[GOPJ]

I feel happy, Oh so happy...

[Billie]

I love that picture, too. You know that Dubya would be petting Lucy for real if he saw her up close. :)

[GOPJ]

Thanks, this is fun.

[luvie]

Thank you so much for that, Billie! It is gonna take me a while to absorb all of it so I will just save this post and read it over and over till it makes sense to a bonehead like me! LOL!

[deadhead]

"You know that Dubya would be petting Lucy for real if he saw her up close"

He sure would :-)

Can I use this background with the pic on my profile page? You are inspiring me to redo my profile page...lol, I will have to figure it all out again, took me forever to do it the first time.

[Billie]

Hi, GOPJ! I'm happy if you're happy. :)

[snugs]

Me too but I will come back to it because I to learn as well

[Diver Dave]

(answering Luv's question, but if anyone else 'sorta' is interested, or if any of the hostesses have anything they can add......sorry it is so long)

Not too long but still Greek to me. I'm still trying to figure out fonts/colors etc. (slapping forehead - doh!

[Billie]

Can I use this background with the pic on my profile page? You are inspiring me to redo my profile page...lol, I will have to figure it all out again, took me forever to do it the first time.

Sure! I try not to delete any backgrounds we've used on our threads. :)

[luvie]

Well, I was impressed that you were already able to change your background style! I can barely post a picture onto the existing format. But, it is totally fun and we WILL learn it!

(((hugs))) to Ms.Billie for giving us this "Mission Possible"!

[deadhead]

I appreciate all that you have taught me. I am sure everyone here agrees that you deserve this award:

[Billie]

Don't feel like you're alone - as hard as it was for me to learn, I know - I've been there - we've ALL been there - ask any one of the hostesses who post these tables like a piece of cake now!