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!

[tuliptree76]

*applauds*

[tuliptree76]

Nice presentation of Bob's poem, Amy.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Howdy everybody.

There is a funny western song with lyrics something about .... spiders and snakes. :)

Here you are, Amy.

click on it

[Victoria Delsoul]

Your bad poem is pretty good, lol.

[JustAmy]

Excellent .... I knew you would know where to find it. :)

[NicknamedBob]

Rats!

[Victoria Delsoul]

Don't say that. I hate rats, LOL.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Got lucky. ;-)

[NicknamedBob]

Haven't you learned yet not to make such suggestions?

To me?

[Victoria Delsoul]

I guess not. Wanna teach me?

[NicknamedBob]

That was a Charlie Brown "Rats!"

Pretty strong language for Mr. Schultz, just edging out "Good Grief!"

I haven't written a poem about rats, but I recall that someone else did, and it was I who found an illustration to go along with it!

That certainly was a "tables turned" day!

[Victoria Delsoul]

Oh, pretty interesting.

That certainly was a "tables turned" day!

Looks like it worked just fine.

[Kitty Mittens]

Your Poem, "Bob's Bad Poem" is so Good, NicknamedBob! When I was Reading it, I was just Amazed at how you are able to Write these! Your Work is absolutely Fantastic!

[NicknamedBob]

You might like these which were written last year in a Patriotic mood.

http://www.wtv-zone.com/coplove/pg2/ComingHome.html

http://www.wtv-zone.com/coplove/pg2/Nfold.html

[jaycee]

Hope everyone is having a wonderful day.

Billie, I just put that sentence in, thats all!

[Billie]

Yes, but THAT is a start, jaycee! What you do to "save" these commands is to make a new folder and title it HTML or something. You can put TEXT files in there - those are done in NOTEPAD. The html commands that you copied to post this table (where you typed the new sentence) is a .txt file. If you copied it and wanted to paste it somewhere, you would open Notepad (it is found in Accessories - go to "Start", "All Programs", "Accessories" and then "Notepad" will be in your "Accessories" folder.

Or you can even bookmark this thread and open it when you have a question or you want to copy the commands. That's a start. We all had to start somewhere. :)

[jaycee]

[jaycee]

I put the baby gif. in your pretty pink and plaid. I was wondering where to file the codes. Didn’t know if I could file in email Keepers file. Then I noticed your note ‘from exactly one year ago, isn’t that strange’? I’ve only used notepad for typing letters or documents, etc. Guess I could learn how to file there....I have noticed several have mentioned in the past that they used notepad.

Gotta run now. I have tried several of your tables this morning. Its easy to copy codes but I will tell you I don’t know if I could ever make one myself. Took me long enough to have confidence enough to try this again. Its fun when you just have to copy the codes.....LOL! By the way, the rosebuds in the baby’s sweater,etc. matched your rosebud. And also, this gif. I had already put that little white frame on it....