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KrazyKat
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Feb 26, 2007, 10:29 AM

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Tables within an article Can't Post
Hi!

Some of my articles have tables in them, but I'm having problems with the placement of the table and also I don't know how to change the text size within the table.

There is a big gap above the table and I don't know how to get rid of it.

Also, the text size within the table is bigger than the rest of the article and I don't know how to change it to be the same size.

Thanks!


(This post was edited by KrazyKat on Mar 1, 2007, 4:54 PM)


ross
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Feb 26, 2007, 3:58 PM

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Re: [KrazyKat] Tables within an article [In reply to] Can't Post
Hi there.

Thanks for posting!

I think it would be best to tackle each of these issues one at a time Smile. First, let's look at the extra space above your table. If you view the source on the page you linked me to, you'll notice that there are a whole bunch of <br> tags in there.

What I think is happening here is that those tags are right in the content box itself when you edit the article. I don't know for sure how they got there but if you edit that article again and hit the < > button in your editor, you should be able to see them there to. Try removing them, saving and republishing.

That should get you going again. Now, what I'll also get you to do is if that does get the spacing going, go back to edit the article again. It doesn't matter what you do so perhaps just add a couple characters to one of the cells. This will test whether the spaces come back each time up make an update.

Give this all a shot and let me know how you make out Smile.
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KrazyKat
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Feb 26, 2007, 4:20 PM

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Re: [KrazyKat] Tables within an article [In reply to] Can't Post
I can't see what you mean. I am using autoformat for the article and the content box for that article looks like this:

<font size="2"><b>Ingredients</b><table border=1 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=1 rules=ROWS frame=HSIDES><tr><td><i>British</i></td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td><i>American</i></td> </tr>

(etc)

There are no extra spaces between "Ingredients" and the table to remove.


(This post was edited by KrazyKat on Feb 27, 2007, 3:24 AM)


ross
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Feb 27, 2007, 11:08 AM

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Re: [KrazyKat] Tables within an article [In reply to] Can't Post
Hi

Thanks for the update!

I didn't realize you were not using the WYSIWYG editor. I am curious now if you would be able to post up a copy of your article template so I can test it out myself?

We might end up just turning this whole thing into a support request, but for now if you could post me your template, that would be great!

I look forward to hearing from you Smile.
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KrazyKat
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Feb 28, 2007, 8:45 AM

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Re: [ross] Tables within an article [In reply to] Can't Post
<html><head><title>$art_name_he$</title>
<link href="$_imageurl$common/styles.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
</head>
...
</body>
</html>


(This post was edited by KrazyKat on Mar 1, 2007, 3:06 PM)


KrazyKat
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Feb 28, 2007, 10:24 AM

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Re: [KrazyKat] Tables within an article [In reply to] Can't Post
I should also add that I have this problem even if the table is not at the top of the article, but within the text of the article... there is the same large gap above the table.

Thanks!


ross
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Feb 28, 2007, 11:49 AM

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Re: [KrazyKat] Tables within an article [In reply to] Can't Post
Hi.

Thanks for posting all that!

I think I just figured it out Smile. The problem is going to be the Auto Format checkbox. When you have that checked, it's going to add a <br> tag after each line you put in the textbox. So when you are adding your table, it's putting a whole bunch of <br> tags in which ends up with that big extra space up top.

Does that make sense? The solution will be to uncheck the auto format box for any article you are entering a table into. Give it a shot and let me know how you make out Smile.
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KrazyKat
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Feb 28, 2007, 1:08 PM

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Hi Ross,

Thanks, that fixed the problem with the big gap above the table.

Now how do I change the font size in the table so that it is the same as the rest of the article text? I tried putting a font size code in the table but that didn't make any difference.

Also, when I view the article on my (small) laptop screen, the table overlaps the picture. How can I fix it so that when viewing on a small screen it resizes the table and/or the picture so that they don't overlap?

Thanks!


Donna
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Mar 1, 2007, 11:38 AM

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Re: [KrazyKat] Tables within an article [In reply to] Can't Post
Hi there,

Thanks for your email. :)

At this point, you're basically getting into the nitty gritty of debugging HTML, and it's actually not related to Article Manager at all. What I'd probably recommend is taking a look at some HTML guides (try searching google for "html guide", and you'll likely come up with some really good resources), and that should get you going.

The only thing you'll want to keep in mind is that the HTML you're entering into the Article Manager editor isn't the only code that is counted -- view the source of the whole article to see what your web browser is actually seeing.

I hope this helps! :)

Donna

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KrazyKat
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Mar 1, 2007, 4:57 PM

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Re: [Donna] Tables within an article [In reply to] Can't Post
I found out that by placing this code <style="font-size:10pt"> within the <table> description, it solved the problem with the font size.

Thanks!