[clean3]

i have to write a webpage for my computer science class and I need some help bc it has to be good so i can get the extra credit for an A. and one issue at the moment is idk how to keep all the text on one side of the page. not right/left align, but so it only comes to half the page.

any help? and stay tuned for future help? thanks!

[n e x u s]

Use Komposer (http://kompozer.net/) as Word editor for your web page files and you will be fine.

[clean3]

Originally Posted by n e x u s

Use Komposer (http://kompozer.net/) as Word editor for your web page files and you will be fine.

we can't use anything, we have to hand code the whole thing.

[MacR6]

http://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp is a great place to learn some things. What you need is a table to keep the text on one side. Kinda like a newspaper column.

[clean3]

Originally Posted by MacR6

http://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp is a great place to learn some things. What you need is a table to keep the text on one side. Kinda like a newspaper column.

yeah. exaclty and thanks for the help. sorry i didnt specify... but i need the text on the left beside a pic ill have on the right... then under where the pic ends i want it to open back up... so would i just enclose enough text in a table to be by the picture then close off my table or will i need to insert different paragraph or line break tags too?

[apc3libras]

Do you want the text to wrap around the image?

[kyleb350]

Use a table with two cells. Put all your text on the left, and whatever else you want in the right cell.

[clean3]

okay i have a table with my text split to the left.... another thing, i know how to set background and text color for tables... but for my whole page do i just put my style tags right after the html tags? cause im trying to have my whole background one color, then manipulate my tables to have different background colors and texts

[kyleb350]

Inside the table for each cell (the <td> tag), use the bgcolor attribute. Or you can set the background color at the row or table level as well.

[lucius]

barf @ using tables.
use divs, you'll have far more control.

[cole92]

Originally Posted by nubian

barf @ using tables.
use divs, you'll have far more control.

You can also use css to align make the sections, header, footer, left, right, paging, etc.

<div id="Layout">
  <!-- BEGIN HEADER -->
  <div id="Top">
    <div id="Nav">
      <div class="NavBody">
        <div align="center">
          <ul>
            <li><a href="index.html">Home</a></li>
            <li><a href="1.html">1</a></li>
            <li><a href="2.html">2</a></li>
            <li><a href="3.html">3</a></li>
            <li><a href="4.html">4</a></li>
            <li><a href="5.html">5</a></li>
          </ul>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>

That would be a for a top menu, but you can use it for aligned anywhere.

[clean3]

using both.. can someone help me put a jpeg image in... like an example of the code. I want it to float to the right but idk how to get it in

[lucius]

you want something like this ?

[clean3]

^YES

[DaveL]

Why ask here??LOL

[clean3]

Originally Posted by DaveL

Why ask here??LOL

figured there is some pretty computer savvy people on here

[slowSwede]

http://css.maxdesign.com.au/floatutorial/
http://webdesign.about.com/od/advanc...a/aa010107.htm

[bamboobuild]

check your inbox, fixed most of your code.

[clean3]

Originally Posted by bamboobuild

check your inbox, fixed most of your code.

thanks a lot man! helped out a bunch. i mixed some of your code with mine and have it how i want. thanks again

[bamboobuild]

Glad you could use it :-)

[Kuch335]

Originally Posted by ihasrecon

we can't use anything, we have to hand code the whole thing.

you just used us

and how the &#*$ is anyone going to know if you used software? html is html.. the tools just write it for you.. so annoying to me when schools try to make you do things 'by hand' when they know damn well it's never done that way.. reminds me of accounting class in college hand writing shit on ledger books and doing everything the hard way when at the time, quickbooks already existed.. IMO, only place that still applies is pilot school, incase the auto pilot or GPS goes out

stick to CSS & HTML5 though.. tables are out..

[clean3]

Originally Posted by kuch123

you just used us

and how the &#*$ is anyone going to know if you used software? html is html.. the tools just write it for you.. so annoying to me when schools try to make you do things 'by hand' when they know damn well it's never done that way.. reminds me of accounting class in college hand writing shit on ledger books and doing everything the hard way when at the time, quickbooks already existed.. IMO, only place that still applies is pilot school, incase the auto pilot or GPS goes out

stick to CSS & HTML5 though.. tables are out..

yeah but i dont feel like im cheating bc im not using a program haha, just other intelligent people.