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!

[JustAmy]

Nite, Billie.

[JustAmy]

I love it!!

May I save it to use with a graphic someday?

Oh please; I have copies of the rest. :)

[tuliptree76]

Okay...I decided to try to make the poem pretty. I hope it turns out okay.

Spiders

I know you don’t like spiders. I think we all agree.
Nature’s wonders are all great, some things I need not see.
Like spiders in the bathroom! Some folks deny the fact,
But traces show they’ve been around, them and their trapeze act!

You may not see a spider, but proof remains behind.
Their spiderwebs displaying dust, in corners and aligned.
They are not there to prove to you your dusting could improve,
But only that some tiny bugs have been upon the move.

Spiders are exterminators, no need to give a call,
They show up anytime you’ve got those bugs there on your wall.
They’ll clean up all those crawly pests, but if they miss a guest,
They’ll lay some eggs down so their young will dine upon the rest.

NicknamedBob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 13, 2005

[JustAmy]

Very good. Thank you for doing that.

It looks good in the table.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Hiya Amy!!! It's been hot here too, but not as hot as in CA.

Yeah, I get the last 2 weeks of August, and I start teaching Spanish in September.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Hey!

[tuliptree76]

Thanks. I wanted to try one more table tonight, but I didn't have anything to put in one - until I saw the poem. :-)

[JustAmy]

((((( Bro )))))

I haven't been able to spend as much time as I would like to but it is nice to be back.

Marissa starts to school 8-15. I should have a little more time then.

"Love those piggies."

Errr ...... Uhhhh ..... hope you didn't have ham for dinner or a BLT for lunch. :)

[JustAmy]

I'll bet you are looking forward to that.

Will you be going anywhere? Maybe back to Vancouver?

Too bad you can't take some time off around September 10th so you can come to the picnic this year.

[JustAmy]

You did good.

[tuliptree76]

Thanks. It's really difficult to get everything lined up just right.

[Victoria Delsoul]

I don't know yet, but I'll be enjoying my couple of weeks as much as I possibly can.

My classes start the first week of September.

[JustAmy]

Don't blame you. Plan something fun to do.

[tuliptree76]

It's my bedtime. Goodnight!

[JustAmy]

There have been some that I quit working on. I couldn't get them to work so I did something else.

At the other place, if I took forever making a table, everyone would be gone by the time I finally got it ready to post. :)

[JustAmy]

Night, Tulip. Sweet dreams.

See you tomorrow.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Getting late for me, too.

Nighty night, everybody. Sweet dreams.

[JustAmy]

Sweet dreams to you, Victoria.

Have a terrific Thursday. See you tomorrow.

[dutchess]

It's Thursday, and that means another JohnHuang2 tell it like it is commentary!!! Please join us HERE

[ST.LOUIE1]

Marissa starts to school 8-15. I should have a little more time then.

How wonderful. Marissa will probably really enjoy school. And she'll be telling you 'everything' that happens everyday. You think she talks a lot now.....LOL

"Love those piggies."

Errr ...... Uhhhh ..... hope you didn't have ham for dinner or a BLT for lunch. :)

Too late for the warning. Tasty little rascals. LOL