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To make the thing above I actually used a table. I made a row with a cell ''You type'' and a cell ''You get''. Then I made a new row with a cell for the box with the code in it and a cell with a table inside it (you can put tables inside tables). Using a table was the only way I could have made it look like that. Tables can give you a lot of control over your page. As you can see, the table above does not have and lines between the cells. Read on to see how you can add atributes like this to tables. | To make the thing above I actually used a table. I made a row with a cell ''You type'' and a cell ''You get''. Then I made a new row with a cell for the box with the code in it and a cell with a table inside it (you can put tables inside tables). Using a table was the only way I could have made it look like that. Tables can give you a lot of control over your page. As you can see, the table above does not have and lines between the cells. Read on to see how you can add atributes like this to tables. | ||
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==Headers== | ==Headers== | ||
You can make headers to rows or columns of a table or both. If you use headers on columns you must have a |- on the line before the first cell of the first row. | You can make headers to rows or columns of a table or both. If you use headers on columns you must have a |- on the line before the first cell of the first row. | ||
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==Borders== | ==Borders== | ||
To make borders you place a border attibute in the first line of the table after the {| like this {|border="1". You can see an example of this below. | To make borders you place a border attibute in the first line of the table after the {| like this {|border="1". You can see an example of this below. | ||
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Revision as of 01:07, 20 January 2008
Tables can help you put a lot of information in to a concentrated space. They are a little bit difficult to make so only read this if you are already farmiliar with how text formatting works. To start a table make a line with just {| and nothing else. On the next line put a | which means you are making a cell in the first row and put the contents of that cell on the rest of the line. On the next line put an other | and the contents of the second cell. Make as many cells in a row as you want using more lines starting with|. To start the second row put |- on the next line to signify a new row. Think of it as making a table row by row. To finish the table make a line at the end with |}. Below you can see an example of what you would type to make a table and what it makes in the article.
A simple table
| You type | You get | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
{|
|''Cabin''
|''Number of campers''
|-
|Cabin 1
|4
|-
|Cabin 6
|4
|-
|Eagle's Nest
|8
|-
|Buzzard's Roost
|8
|}
|
|
To make the thing above I actually used a table. I made a row with a cell You type and a cell You get. Then I made a new row with a cell for the box with the code in it and a cell with a table inside it (you can put tables inside tables). Using a table was the only way I could have made it look like that. Tables can give you a lot of control over your page. As you can see, the table above does not have and lines between the cells. Read on to see how you can add atributes like this to tables.
Headers
You can make headers to rows or columns of a table or both. If you use headers on columns you must have a |- on the line before the first cell of the first row.
Headers on columns
| You type | You get | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
{|
!Cabin
!Campers
|-
|Cabin 1
|4
|-
|Cabin 6
|4
|-
|Eagle's Nest
|8
|-
|Buzzard's Roost
|8
|}
|
|
Headers on rows
| You type | You get | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
{|
!Name
|Adric Allie
|Will Brewster
|Teddy Brown
|-
!Seal time
|1:28
|1:48
|1:32
|}
|
|
Headers on both
| You type | You get | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
{|
!
!1
!2
!3
!4
|-
!1
|1
|2
|3
|4
|-
!2
|2
|4
|6
|8
|-
!3
|3
|6
|9
|12
|-
!4
|4
|8
|12
|16
|}
|
|
Borders
To make borders you place a border attibute in the first line of the table after the {| like this {|border="1". You can see an example of this below.
| You type | You get | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
{|border="1"
!Cabin
!Campers
|-
|Cabin 1
|4
|-
|Cabin 6
|4
|-
|Eagle's Nest
|8
|-
|Buzzard's Roost
|8
|}
|
|
Justification
You can make a table appear on the right or middle of a page by using the align attribute like this: {|align="right". You can also set it to "center". If you want to make the table be in the center and have it have a border you can add multiple attributes to it like this: {|align="right" border="1". Below you can see some examples.
Right
| You type | You get | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
{|align="right" border="1"
!Cabin
!Campers
|-
|Cabin 1
|4
|-
|Cabin 6
|4
|-
|Eagle's Nest
|8
|-
|Buzzard's Roost
|8
|}
|
|
Center
| You type | You get | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
{|align="center" border="1"
!Cabin
!Campers
|-
|Cabin 1
|4
|-
|Cabin 6
|4
|-
|Eagle's Nest
|8
|-
|Buzzard's Roost
|8
|}
|
|
Captions
You can caption a table by adding an extra line after the first line. This line is started with |+ and then after that you put the caption.
On the top of the table
| You type | You get | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
{|border="1"
|+Birch Rock cabins
!Cabin
!Campers
|-
|Cabin 1
|4
|-
|Cabin 6
|4
|-
|Eagle's Nest
|8
|-
|Buzzard's Roost
|8
|}
|
|
On the bottom of the table
| You type | You get | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
{|border="1"
|+align="bottom"|Birch Rock cabins
!Cabin
!Campers
|-
|Cabin 1
|4
|-
|Cabin 6
|4
|-
|Eagle's Nest
|8
|-
|Buzzard's Roost
|8
|}
|
|
Colors
You can make the text and border of a table a different color and the background of it a different color with the style attribute. After the {| in the first line you can add style="color:green;background-color:blue;" to make the text and borders green and the backround blue. Look below for examples.
Change the text and border color
| You type | You get | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
{|border="1" style="color:green;"
!Cabin
!Campers
|-
|Cabin 1
|4
|-
|Cabin 6
|4
|-
|Eagle's Nest
|8
|-
|Buzzard's Roost
|8
|}
|
|
Change the background color
| You type | You get | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
{|border="1" style="background-color:blue;"
!Cabin
!Campers
|-
|Cabin 1
|4
|-
|Cabin 6
|4
|-
|Eagle's Nest
|8
|-
|Buzzard's Roost
|8
|}
|
|
Change both the text and border color and the background color
| You type | You get | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
{|border="1" style="color:orange;background-color:blue;"
!Cabin
!Campers
|-
|Cabin 1
|4
|-
|Cabin 6
|4
|-
|Eagle's Nest
|8
|-
|Buzzard's Roost
|8
|}
|
|
