Creating HTML Tables

Tables are obviously good for organizing information. But you can also use them with hidden borders and transparent images to space the content on your web site consistently. For example, every page on my site uses tables to keep the page width the same, regardless of the size of your browser window.

<TABLE>
<TR>
<TH>Table Column Header 1</TH>
<TH>Table Column Header 2</TH>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>Table Data 1</TD>
<TD>Table Data 2</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

The above code results in the following table:

Table Column Header 1 Table Column Header 2

Table Data 1 Table Data 2

<TABLE BORDER=8> the border is 8 pixels wide
<TABLE BGCOLOR=#8080FF> sets the background colour of the table
<TABLE BORDERCOLOR=#8080FF> light blue table border
<TABLE CELLSPACING=5> internal border is size 5
<TABLE CELLPADDING=5> pads text within cells away from borders