Need Some HTML Help

Folks -

I'm in the process of completing a project with my wife. Unfortunately, I'm having some trouble with some HTML issues. I will be the *first* to admit I am *not* an HTML expert.

You can see the website in question by visiting http://www.tarheelmama.com. (Note: Please don't try any of the order links since they are not working yet. Also, other links may or may not be working as well. I'm asking for help here because I need help in getting these issues fixed before I can rollout the product.)

1. I would like to move the copy to the left so it's closer to the left background image. Yet every time I try to do so, it seems I hose the table alignments.

2. I would also like to move the links in the left nav bar so that the link copy is centered in the nav bar. Again, every time I try to adjust it, I hose the table alignments.

3. I'm trying to add some additional tables to handle the forms and buttons for the payments. Yet every time I do, I hose the table alignments. (Do we see a pattern here? (g) ) Those tables and the associated Javascript would go where the "name your price stuff here" is now. I don't have it in there because it hosed it like I said. I suppose I could have commented it out but I just removed it. I can e-mail it to you if you need it.

TIA,

Rick Smith, "The Net Guerrilla"

Hi Rick!

I took a look at your source code. One thing that will help you is to use CSS.

Also, one of the problems is that it is not "holding" the cell size on the left.

If you want me to to adjust it for you, let me know and I'll have you e-mail me your source files.

Tam

> Folks -

> I'm in the process of completing a project
> with my wife. Unfortunately, I'm having some
> trouble with some HTML issues. I will be the
> *first* to admit I am *not* an HTML expert.

> You can see the website in question by
> visiting http://www.tarheelmama.com .
> (Note: Please don't try any of the order
> links since they are not working yet. Also,
> other links may or may not be working as
> well. I'm asking for help here because I
> need help in getting these issues fixed
> before I can rollout the product.)

> 1. I would like to move the copy to the left
> so it's closer to the left background image.
> Yet every time I try to do so, it seems I
> hose the table alignments.

> 2. I would also like to move the links in
> the left nav bar so that the link copy is
> centered in the nav bar. Again, every time I
> try to adjust it, I hose the table
> alignments.

> 3. I'm trying to add some additional tables
> to handle the forms and buttons for the
> payments. Yet every time I do, I hose the
> table alignments. (Do we see a pattern here?
> (g) ) Those tables and the associated
> Javascript would go where the "name
> your price stuff here" is now. I don't
> have it in there because it hosed it like I
> said. I suppose I could have commented it
> out but I just removed it. I can e-mail it
> to you if you need it.

> TIA,

> Rick Smith, "The Net Guerrilla"

Hi Rick,


Use whatever image program you have to cut out the background image of the flower. You don't need the white part. You've already specified this in you BODY element: bgcolor="#FFFFFF"


When you cut out the image of the flower from your background... you're left with an image about 105 pixels. You have the TD cell set for 180 instead of 105... and that's why your text is over-flowing past the image. The text is centering at 180 pixels not 105.


Then let's simplify the table markup a little:



(table align="center" width="734" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="3" border="0")
(tr)(td valign="top" align="center" colspan="2")your banner at the top(/td)(/tr)
(tr)
(td valign="top" background="NEWdogwoodbg.jpg")left hand navigation column(/td)
(td valign="top")main content(/td)
(/tr)
(/table)



Best Regards,
Steve MacLellan


homebusiness-websites.com

Whoop...

The left hand TD should be:

(td valign="top" background="NEWdogwoodbg.jpg" width="105")left hand navigation column(/td)

Regards,
Steve

Steve -

> Whoop...

> The left hand TD should be:

> (td valign="top"
> background="NEWdogwoodbg.jpg"
> width="105")left hand navigation
> column(/td)

Thanks. I'll send you an e-mail.

Rick Smith, "The Net Guerrilla"