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!

[Billie]

Well, I am SO GLAD you got here with your pretty pink tables and butterflies and poem before I leave again to cook dinner! Thank you, Amy - I love the pink butterfly bg! Neat poem, Bob! (I think they're coming from Poughkeepsie.) :)Now I'm going to the kitchen! Will be back!

[Mama_Bear]

(hint hint lori...that's the REAL reason for the Marguarita and planeride bribe LOL!)

LOL!!! Well, you don't have to bribe me, but I'll take the Margarita anyway. ;-)

[Billie]

...but I'll take the Margarita anyway. ;-)

Yeah, Uh-huh. We know. LOL

Gone!

[JustAmy]

Thank you, Gabz.

I fooled around with one border forever and finally gave up on it and just posted it. :)

Hopefully Billie will tell me what I did wrong.

[Gabz]

You are so sweet.

I know, intellectually this is really no big deal in the realm of surgery, but I am such a wuss about stuff like this.

As to the narcotics wearing off, that's fine - I'll take what ever pain killer they give me for a day or 2 and then start weaning myself off them. I'm not a big med taker. Even ibuprofen, I rarely take it. I was prescribed 500mg of vicodin every 4 hours from the ER Friday night - I did that on Saturday, I took a grand total of 2 yesterday. I have taken 3 today, only becaise I banged it so bad last night and I've been having to do so much moving today, that I've had a lot of pain.

Thank you so much for your prayers and wishes.

[Aquamarine]

If there is ever anything you need colorized to match a certain background color theme, etc., let me know. It takes very little time to do, now that I know how. :-)

Thanks Lori, I may do that some time.

[Aquamarine]

Missed seeing you snugs, will say a prayer that your Dad has a quick recovery.

[Aquamarine]

Am not sure where I found that divider site now, may have found it on my own Googling. Glad everyone likes it so much.

[tuliptree76]

Hi Billie. Winston is my pet betta fish.

[tuliptree76]

Continued prayers sent for your day. I hope he gets better soon.

[Lakeside]

Thanks, Billie! I've had to be off line a lot lately due to hubby being on call and us having dial-up and one phone line. Then, when I *was* on line I was following the hurricane Dennis thread. I gotta go to Atlanta to the doctor tomorrow so I'll try to be back on the Finest on Friday. "See" everyone then!

[Gabz]

I didn't notice anything wrong.

[tuliptree76]

Good evening, Amy. That's a pretty table.

[JustAmy]

I tried to make the top and bottom border around the butterflies the same size as around the edges but decided that it didn't look bad. :)

Prayers for you and your surgeon. Take care.

[JustAmy]

Thank you, Tulip.

The framed picture of Winston is great. Thanks for posting a picture of him again.

Hope you are having a great week.

[tuliptree76]

Thanks, Amy. My week is going okay. I've just been busy studying.

[JustAmy]

I was sure you were studying again.

I've been busy getting ready for our vacation. Did I tell you that MamaBear, Marissa and I are going to spend a week in Ohio and WV?

We are looking forward to it. We leave a week from tomorrow.

Went in for a perm today but still need to do an inventory of what to pack. LOL

[tuliptree76]

I'm sure you will have a lot of fun on your trip!

[Gabz]

I just saw pretty and wasn't thinking about size or anything else.

Thank you for you prayers, I think the surgeon needs them more than I do - he's dealing with me, after all :)

[Gabz]

That is so GREAT - I am so jealous, you are going to have such a wonderful time.

I bet your perm looks totally awesome!!!!!!!