A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....07-12,13-05....Ready ~ Set Tables ~ GO!

Billie

[Billie]

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

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Well, not that kind of table...but html tables. Continuing our theme of a few weeks ago, today's thread is devoted to having more fun with tables. If you missed it earlier and need the text for the table templates, please go to the Mission: Possible! thread. There are six different ready-to-copy-and-paste templates there from which to choose!

Your challenge today is to use these templates as a guide and create your own combination by replacing my urls with yours in the examples. Google is your friend. (Search Google Web, not Images, for Background sets:) Some of you are already doing this - it's fun, isn't it?)

Now that you have some templates to work with in setting up your multiple background tables, let's dress up the graphics the same way. A photo can be just placed on a page alone, or you can use tables to make a frame for the photo in a number of ways.

Below, I've posted one photo three ways: first without a frame/border, and then a very basic one, and finally multiple table borders.

Plain..No Border..Nada

I can hardly post a plain graphic on a colored background anymore - it just looks nekkid! Don't you think? :)

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Simple Table Border

This has the most basic of all tables; the command could hardly be more simple, and yet it finishes this little gif quite nicely. This is the text for this plain little border:

<center> <table border=4> <tr><td>
<img src="http://d21c.com/billie/logos/billielittlegirl.gif" width=160 height=180 align=middle>
</td></tr></table></center>

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Multiple Table Borders

Probably a little too fancy-smancy for this gif, but just wanted to show you more of what you can do with tables and pictures. There are four sets of tables surrounding the picture, and effects can be changed simply by increasing or decreasing the cellpadding and/or border numbers.

When building the tables, start with the outer table first, and work inward. Finish by adding the image.

Text for the above framework:

<center> <table background="http://d21c.com/billie/
backgrounds/goldpatternbg.jpg" cellpadding=4
cellspacing=0 border=14>
<tr><td><center>
<table background="http://d21c.com/billie/
backgrounds/periwinklewatercolorribbon.jpg"
cellpadding=0 border=11>
<tr><td><center>
<table background="http://d21c.com/billie/
backgrounds/periwinklesolidbg.jpg" cellspacing=0
border=3><tr><td><center>
<table cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 border=2>
<tr><td><img src="http://d21c.com/billie/
logos/billielittlegirl.gif" width=160 height=180 align=middle>
</td></tr></table></center>
</td></tr></table></center>
</td></tr></table></center>
</td></tr></table></center>

To create a pleasing set of table backgrounds, you should usually have at least three small background images (they will tile to fill whatever table size you specify):   a pattern of some kind, a coordinated gradient ribbon, and a solid texture for the top/main "palette" to place your text and images on. You can also match your font color to one of those background colors, instead of the standard black, white, red, blue, etc.

Here are a couple of links you might find helpful in making *your* tables pretty and fun!

Gradient Ribbon Colors

HTML Color Codes

*NOTE*:   Another thing you should know is that you can also use the html colors for your backgrounds instead of a background jpeg or gif. Anywhere in the table command where it says <table background="http://rest of the url/filename.jpg" cellpadding=10 border=6>, remove background="http://...../filename.jpg" and replace it with bgcolor=2f4f4f or any of the color codes above, so that it would look like this: <table bgcolor=2f4f4f cellpadding=10 border=6>

The templates and instructions that I've posted are only a small sampling of what can be done using tables, and certainly not the only way. You can find many other ways to make multiple background tables, but hopefully, this will get you started.

* BONUS! *

Here is a very simple example using three backgrounds: a blue gradient, a pink plaid, and a pink rose on pink for the inside. I used the same font color as in the rest of the post. (Font color="2f4f4f")

Below are the html commands (it will be wider than this, and grow longer as you add text and a picture.)

<center>
<table background="http://d21c.com/billie/backgrounds/stormyweatherbg2.jpg" cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0 border=2>
<tr><td><center>
<table background="http://d21c.com/billie/backgrounds/Pinkplaidbg.gif" cellpadding=20 cellspacing=0 border=2>
<tr><td><center>
<table background="http://d21c.com/billie/backgrounds/stormyweatherbg2.jpg" cellpadding=2>
<tr><td><center>
<table background="http://www.d21c.com/billie/backgrounds/pinkrosebg.jpg" width=500 cellpadding=30>
<tr><td>
<center>
<img src="http://d21c.com/billie/backgrounds/PinkplaidRosebar.gif" width=288 height=44>
</center> <font color=2f4f4f>
Delete this whole sentence and put your post here instead. </td></tr></table></center>
</td></tr></table></center>
</td></tr></table></center>
</td></tr></table></center>

Now that you are armed and dangerous, FReepers, go get those templates, go get those backgrounds, and

06-28-05 ~ Hall of Fame #12

THIS WEEK'S THREADS 07-11-05 Military Monday

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

[Mrs.Nooseman]

Good Morning Billie!

FR sure is slow and it is hard to post,because it takes so long.:(

I love your thread and I am in the process of finding more Backgrounds!

Thanks for teaching all of us how to do borders and frames.

[Mrs.Nooseman]

Let me get a pen and a paper,so I can write this valuable info down.;)

Thanks for the help!

BRB with a new one!

[Billie]

This is the extent of my abilities this morning. Pain meds have me so loopy the rest might as well be Greek.

Hi, Gabz! But see how nice the table looks at the wider size. Hope you get over *loopy* very soon - at least the meds take the edge off any pain.

[Mrs.Nooseman]

How is this Billie?

[Billie]

Thank you, Dolly, and a Happy Birthday to your mom.

I'm going to leave again for a while - my patience is running out - you think FR is slow on cable or DSL - HA! It's the pits right now with a dialup connection. I'll be back, and hopefully the Real FR will, too. :(

[Mrs.Nooseman]

How is this Billie?

[Gabz]

FR sure is slow and it is hard to post,because it takes so long.:(

That, my FRiend is an absolute understatement.

[Mrs.Nooseman]

Sorry for the double post!

I feel the same way as you do Billie!

It took me ten minutes to post my last post and then it double posted.

This is the pits.:(

[Gabz]

LOL!!!!!!!!!!

You said a mouthful about the lag on dial up - it's driving me crazy!

[Billie]

How is this Billie?

Much better! Don't you think?

I would like to see you use that "greenlace" for the MAIN table as well as the outside one. And the little narrow one around the main table, use a gradient ribbon (go to my link and try that "redcorduroygradient" for that table - I think it will be perfect). And next, the turquoise 'bar' should come out - find a pretty soft pink/green graphic - and put a table border around it. OK? I'm going to leave for a little while, but will be back!

[Mrs.Nooseman]

Hi Gabz!

I am on cable and it is driving me insane,because it takes between 5 and 10 minutes before a page will load this is nuts and some times it'll tell me that the page is not available,that is even more worrisome.:(

Hope FR won't go down again.

[Mrs.Nooseman]

Thanks Billie!

I will take your advise!

I might leave for a spell,since FR is crawling and I am beginning to get frustrated.:(

I'll be back though to show off what I learned today.

[Gabz]

Morning Mrs. N.

I hope FR doesn't go down again either.........It has taken me more than 10 minutes at times this morning just to get the post page open, let alone post anything :)

[DollyCali]

Happy Birthday # 87 Eleanor
DollyCali's Mom

[DollyCali]

Happy Birthday # 87 Eleanor
DollyCali's Mom

[Guffman]

Beautiful message, Mayor!

[tuliptree76]

On this day in 1854, George Eastman was born. Mr. Eastman is the inventor of the Kodak camera. He also developed dry plates, film with flexible backing, roll holders for the flexible film, and an amateur motion-picture camera.

[MEG33]

Thank you you ,Billie! Hello to the Finest

[tuliptree76]

Happy birthday to your mom!

[dutchess]

Hi sistah! Great thread...but FR is SO SLOW (and I'm DSL!) Hopefully it will speed up when I get home from work as I'M READY TO PLAY!!!! ((((billie)))))