Adding a table to my sidebar?

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  mkaiserlian · Member · Oct 18, 2007 at 4:19 pm

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  Is there a way I can add a simple (8 rows, 3 columns), manually updatable table to my sidebar? Could I do this with a text widget? I want to use it to show the current status of a long-term project I’m working on. Is there any other way to display something like this? (I’ve heard you can put a table in a post or page, but I’d like it to be in the sidebar so it can be visible from all pages.) Thanks!

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  timethief · Member · Oct 18, 2007 at 4:26 pm

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  Yes you can use a text widget and code an html table into it. Then you can edit and manually update the data in the table as required. Also note that some themes do not display sidebars on every page.

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  mkaiserlian · Member · Oct 18, 2007 at 7:42 pm

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  Thanks, timethief. I’m not yet html or css-savvy. Could you reccomend a good starter book (for “dummies”) or website on html that would cover the basics? (I assume coding a table is pretty basic…?)

  Thanks again.

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  judyb12 · Member · Oct 18, 2007 at 7:46 pm

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  i would recommend http://www.w3schools.com/tags/default.asp

  They have little “Try it” tutorials for each tag so you can figure out how stuff works (just my 2¢)

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  timethief · Member · Oct 18, 2007 at 7:54 pm

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  I agree with judy’s choice. It’s the one I think is best for beginner’s. :)

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  mkaiserlian · Member · Oct 18, 2007 at 9:53 pm

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  Thanks! It worked great.

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  timethief · Member · Oct 18, 2007 at 9:58 pm

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  YAY! for judy. :)