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Xko · Nov 22nd, 2004, 8:53 AM

Ok,

this is kinda driving me nuts now but you see this page here i cannot (for the life of me) work out where the big chunk of extra space above Blme Atricles is coming fromas all the pages you the same template.

I think it's something i've missed somewhere but could someone please point it out for me?

Thanks

alunw · Nov 22nd, 2004, 9:23 AM

You don't have a valign="top" on the table containing the text, so it is vertically centered. The third column of the table is really deep.
You could have worked this out by changing background colours of elements causing problems to see how much space they take up.

I attach "corrected" version of this bit of your page
<table border=0 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0 width=600><tr><td valign="top">

Blme Articles

<u>Spyware</u>

Personally, I think all this nested table stuff and spacer gifs is old fashioned. W3C certainly wouldn't approve. Use stylesheets more. Use proper headings. You are not using

tag properly either -

is supposed to be beginning of paragraph not end.

Your site looks good, but I'd recommend increasing the font size - it's hard to read right now.

Xko · Nov 22nd, 2004, 9:32 AM

Thankyou!!! - Man that was driving me insane.

The template isn't mine (as you probably noticed) as my 'design' skills are somewhat limited, but i will look into what you mentioned and see what i can do at a later stage.

Thanks again!

kurifu · Nov 22nd, 2004, 9:51 PM

As a general rule of thumb, tables always seek to align them selves at the center of the vertical access when the cell is larger than the text, unless you specify otherwise

BlazingWolf · Nov 23rd, 2004, 8:36 PM

So basically you almost always want you use valign="top".

Ooble · Nov 24th, 2004, 11:07 AM

Actually, you want to use:

(Toggle Plain Text)

<style>
tr {
   vertical-align:  top;
}
</style>

Nov 22nd, 2004, 9:51 PM	#4
kurifu Expert Programmer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia (Canada) Posts: 784 Rep Power: 5	As a general rule of thumb, tables always seek to align them selves at the center of the vertical access when the cell is larger than the text, unless you specify otherwise __________________ Clifford Matthew Roche <geek@cliffordroche.com> Web Hosting: http://www.crd-hosting.com Consulting: http://www.crdev-consulting.com

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BlazingWolf Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 207 Rep Power: 5	So basically you almost always want you use valign="top". __________________ _______________________________ BlazingWolf

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Ooble I eat cake for breakfast. Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: In my box. Posts: 4,434 Rep Power: 9	Actually, you want to use: (Toggle Plain Text) <style> tr { vertical-align: top; } </style> <style> tr { vertical-align: top; } </style> __________________ Me :: You :: Them

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Nov 22nd, 2004, 8:53 AM	#1
Xko Newbie Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 18 Rep Power: 0	Ok, this is kinda driving me nuts now but you see this page here i cannot (for the life of me) work out where the big chunk of extra space above Blme Atricles is coming fromas all the pages you the same template. I think it's something i've missed somewhere but could someone please point it out for me? Thanks

Nov 22nd, 2004, 9:23 AM	#2
alunw Newbie Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	You don't have a valign="top" on the table containing the text, so it is vertically centered. The third column of the table is really deep. You could have worked this out by changing background colours of elements causing problems to see how much space they take up. I attach "corrected" version of this bit of your page <table border=0 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0 width=600><tr><td valign="top"> Blme Articles <u>Spyware</u> Personally, I think all this nested table stuff and spacer gifs is old fashioned. W3C certainly wouldn't approve. Use stylesheets more. Use proper headings. You are not using tag properly either - is supposed to be beginning of paragraph not end. Your site looks good, but I'd recommend increasing the font size - it's hard to read right now.

Nov 22nd, 2004, 9:32 AM	#3
Xko Newbie Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 18 Rep Power: 0	Thankyou!!! - Man that was driving me insane. The template isn't mine (as you probably noticed) as my 'design' skills are somewhat limited, but i will look into what you mentioned and see what i can do at a later stage. Thanks again!

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