Help for a Newbie

Jr. Norfleet · Sep 16, 2005

Hey Folks,
I'm new to html, and I'm having a problem with a table. The problem is that
I am getting a "<" just above the caption. Can someone point me in the
right direction? Here's the part of the code I'm having the issue. Please
forgive the brashness of the code - I'm just getting started!!
Thanks,
Jr


<table border=1 body bgcolor="ffff00" width="23%" height="100%"
align="right">
<caption> Nextel Cup Points
Standings</CAPTION>
<TR>
<TH>Driver</TH>
<TH>Points</TH>
</TR>

Paul Watt · Sep 16, 2005

Jr. Norfleet said:
Hey Folks,
I'm new to html, and I'm having a problem with a table. The problem is
that I am getting a "<" just above the caption. Can someone point me in
the right direction? Here's the part of the code I'm having the issue.
Please forgive the brashness of the code - I'm just getting started!!
Thanks,
Jr


<table border=1 body bgcolor="ffff00" width="23%" height="100%"
align="right">
<caption> Nextel Cup Points
Standings</CAPTION>
<TR>
<TH>Driver</TH>
<TH>Points</TH>
</TR>

Hi,
I cant see where the ">" is but i'm wondering why you have "body" in the
table tag?

Paul

Rincewind · Sep 16, 2005

I'm new to html, and I'm having a problem with a table. The problem is that
I am getting a "<" just above the caption. Can someone point me in the
right direction? Here's the part of the code I'm having the issue.

No your problem is Not with this bit of code.

saz · Sep 16, 2005

Hey Folks,
I'm new to html, and I'm having a problem with a table. The problem is that
I am getting a "<" just above the caption. Can someone point me in the
right direction? Here's the part of the code I'm having the issue. Please
forgive the brashness of the code - I'm just getting started!!
Thanks,
Jr


<table border=1 body bgcolor="ffff00" width="23%" height="100%"
align="right">
<caption> Nextel Cup Points
Standings</CAPTION>
<TR>
<TH>Driver</TH>
<TH>Points</TH>
</TR>

Excatly where do you want the "<"?

The <body> tag should not be in a table.

Put quotes on all attributes. <table border=1> should be <table
border="1">, should be .

Beauregard T. Shagnasty · Sep 16, 2005

saz said:
Put quotes on all attributes. <table border=1> should be <table
border="1">, should be .

Been a long time since I've used inline styles, but shouldn't that be:

Jonathan N. Little · Sep 16, 2005

Beauregard said:
Been a long time since I've used inline styles, but shouldn't that be:

better yet dump the deprecated FONT element and style it!

..mycaption { font-size: %80; color: #0000cc; }

....

<caption class="mycaption">Blah blah blah</caption>

....

Beauregard T. Shagnasty · Sep 16, 2005

Jonathan said:
better yet dump the deprecated FONT element and style it!

Of course. I was pointing out the error in the above statement.

.mycaption { font-size: %80; color: #0000cc; }

..mycaption { font-size: 80%; color: #0000cc; }

Though after moving the percent sign, I would pick a size that was
readable. <g>

Jonathan N. Little · Sep 16, 2005

Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:

Of course. I was pointing out the error in the above statement.

.mycaption { font-size: 80%; color: #0000cc; }

Though after moving the percent sign, I would pick a size that was
readable. <g>

Agreed, but I was trying to match OP's settings,

<caption> Nextel Cup Points

Oops I guess it should have been
..mycaption { font-size: %80; color: #ff6600; }

Although for a mere caption small text may not be an issue, not like
being confronted with a full page of minuscule text!

Beauregard T. Shagnasty · Sep 16, 2005

Jonathan said:
Agreed, but I was trying to match OP's settings,

The -1, if contained within a block of size="4" for example, would be
about a 3, right? So 80% could be nowhere near an old-style 3.

Oops I guess it should have been
.mycaption { font-size: %80; color: #ff6600; }

No, the percent sign goes after the number.

Although for a mere caption small text may not be an issue, not
like being confronted with a full page of minuscule text!

You could get away with that... though I would still pick at least 90%.

Jonathan N. Little · Sep 16, 2005

Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:

The -1, if contained within a block of size="4" for example, would be
about a 3, right? So 80% could be nowhere near an old-style 3.

No, the percent sign goes after the number.

You could get away with that... though I would still pick at least 90%.

No, I believe size -1 is an absolute value from default not calculated
from immediate container like CSS percentages...see for yourself

small outside
Big small inside
small by CSS

saz · Sep 16, 2005

Been a long time since I've used inline styles, but shouldn't that be:

My mistake. I was typing too fast.

Beauregard T. Shagnasty · Sep 16, 2005

Jonathan said:
No, I believe size -1 is an absolute value from default not
calculated from immediate container like CSS percentages...see for
yourself

Maybe it works if a basefont is specified. Not sure; it's been eons
since I set a size with a font element. Maybe several eons...

Jr. Norfleet · Sep 17, 2005

Thanks everyone for the advice.
JR

saz said:
My mistake. I was typing too fast.

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Jr. Norfleet

Paul Watt

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saz

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