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**cbeaudin** · 12-18-2006, 07:01 AM

I am having a table problem, basically setting sizes, its hard to explain without a diagram lol, here is a very basic version of the code.

HTML Code:

<table width=100>
<tr>
<td hight=20>Cell 1</td>
<td rowspan=2>Cell 2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cell 3</td>
</tr>
</table>

The goal is to have cell 2 as any hight (will expand depending on the text in that cell). I also need cell 3 to be the only cell that changes hight with it. That probably sounds complicated without being able to see it.

Cell 1 needs to be the same hight no matter what. but if i add alot of information to cell 2 (on the right) it expands both the other cells.. I also cannot set the hight in cell three because the information will change in cell 2 using php. Can anyone help?

**blackhawkpowers** · 12-18-2006, 08:59 AM

you need to have2 different tables if you're going to do it with tables... you should start using css instead of tables though but for your table answer

HTML Code:

<html>
<body>
<table>
<tr>
<td> cell1 </td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr>
<td> cell 2 </td>
<td> cell 3 </td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>

**parusa619** · 12-18-2006, 11:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cbeaudin

I am having a table problem, basically setting sizes, its hard to explain without a diagram lol, here is a very basic version of the code.

HTML Code:

<table width=100>
<tr>
<td hight=20>Cell 1</td>
<td rowspan=2>Cell 2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cell 3</td>
</tr>
</table>

The goal is to have cell 2 as any hight (will expand depending on the text in that cell). I also need cell 3 to be the only cell that changes hight with it. That probably sounds complicated without being able to see it.

Cell 1 needs to be the same hight no matter what. but if i add alot of information to cell 2 (on the right) it expands both the other cells.. I also cannot set the hight in cell three because the information will change in cell 2 using php. Can anyone help?

Hmmm, try editting your site with Dreamweaver, if you want to edit the height, use CSS

**theblt** · 12-18-2006, 12:26 PM

Well if you're going for a table instead of using CSS, your solution does work (if I read your description right). The only problem with it was you spelled height wrong.

Code:

<table width="500" border="1">
<tr>
<td height="50" width="100">Cell 1</td>
<td rowspan="2">
	Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Phasellus tellus enim, convallis sit amet, posuere vehicula, lobortis ac, quam. Suspendisse ipsum. Quisque ipsum. Proin est mauris, imperdiet vitae, tempor consequat, vestibulum in, lorem. Class aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent per conubia nostra, per inceptos hymenaeos. Sed iaculis massa in eros. Praesent a neque. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Vivamus ultricies pellentesque lectus. Proin imperdiet ornare neque. Pellentesque ac elit ut nisi placerat commodo. Integer tristique, turpis a pharetra nonummy, lorem purus facilisis dolor, vitae pulvinar odio nulla ut erat. Aliquam dictum tortor id augue. Mauris pede.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cell 3</td>
</tr>
</table>

**cbeaudin** · 12-19-2006, 12:21 AM

Okay so i have taken the advice of blackhawkpowers and put the information into two seperate tables and floated them to the left. This is working alot better than it was before, Thank you for the advice.

Now however i am having a very slight problem with the floating.

I am at work right now so i cannot upload the files to show you, but hopefully you know what im talking about, and i will get it online within 3 or 4 hours.

When i float the two tables together, even though i set the margins to 0, it still leaves a slight space between the two tables which causes a problem as it is a graphic intensive website. The main logo (which is sliced into both tables) has a line through it of about 1px as the background color. Is there any way to fix that or is that as close as i will get the two tables?

Thanks for your time.

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