Making a column(roster)

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  sneakerera · Member · May 7, 2009 at 8:53 pm

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  How do I make columns in my posts?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  lorawow · Member · May 7, 2009 at 9:01 pm

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  Try looking here, I cannot guaranty it will work though since I never tried it: http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_tables.asp

  – Lora

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  sneakerera · Member · May 7, 2009 at 9:09 pm

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  Sorry, I don’t think I can alter the HTML, just the CSS codes. Thanks Lora.

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · May 7, 2009 at 9:27 pm

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  @sneakerera: How many columns do you want?

  @lorawow: Better stop responding to questions you cannot answer.

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  lorawow · Member · May 7, 2009 at 9:30 pm

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  I don’t see any reason why a HTML table won’t work. Tell me?

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  sneakerera · Member · May 8, 2009 at 2:24 am

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  I would like to make three Columns.

  -lorawow(you cannot edit the HTML codes in wordpress)

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · May 8, 2009 at 3:59 am

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  lorawow
  Yes, you can make tables in html on wp.com. But your answer is not useful if you don’t know how to do it.

  sneakerera

  You can write html in wordpress.com.
  You cannot alter the basic functions of themes, but there are many simple basic old fashioned html codes you can use. Even some css codes.

  Your blog is private so I don’t know which theme you are using so the width may have to be altered. The “data” can be images, text, other tables, etc. it can get complicated. You can also command colors of background and text.
  Here is a table with 3 columns and 2 different ways the data is formated.

  <table border="0" width="450" align="center">
  <tbody>
  <tr>
  <td style="text-align:center;background-color:#eeeeee;" colspan="3">TITLE_HERE</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  <td style="text-align:center;">ROW 1_DATA_1_HERE</td>
  <td style="text-align:center;">ROW_1_DATA_2_HERE</td>
  <td style="text-align:center;">ROW_1_DATA_3_HERE</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  <td style="text-align:center;">ROW_2_DATA_1_HERE</td>
  <td style="text-align:center;">ROW_2_DATA_2_HERE</td>
  <td style="text-align:center;">ROW_2_DATA_3_HERE</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  <td style="text-align:left;">ROW_3_DATA_1_HERE</td>
  <td style="text-align:left;">ROW_3_DATA_2_HERE</td>
  <td style="text-align:left;">ROW_3_DATA_3_HERE</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  <td style="text-align:left;">ROW_4_DATA_1_HERE</td>
  <td style="text-align:left;">ROW_4_DATA_2_HERE</td>
  <td style="text-align:left;">ROW_4_DATA_3_HERE</td>
  </tr>
  </tbody></table>

  Hope this helps.

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · May 8, 2009 at 4:53 am

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  @sneakerera: Tess and I are talking about adding code in the html post editor, not modifying the theme.

  For three regular columns covering the entire width of the theme, you need this:

  <table border="0">
  <tr>
  <td valign="top">
  LEFT_CONTENT_HERE
  </td>
  <td valign="top" style="padding-left:12px;padding-right:12px;">
  MIDDLE_CONTENT_HERE
  </td>
  <td valign="top">
  RIGHT_CONTENT_HERE
  </td>
  </tr>
  </table>

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · May 8, 2009 at 5:15 am

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  @panos,
  and I thought learning a few phrases in French would be difficult! But then we went to Spain…

  Both codes work in wp.com (and elsewhere), though.

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · May 8, 2009 at 6:02 am

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  Yes of course. They are just two examples; if sneakerera tells us or shows us exactly what s/he wants to do, we can give him the proper code (unlike a certain pest).

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · May 8, 2009 at 6:04 am

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  M.
  bonne nuit

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  sneakerera · Member · May 8, 2009 at 12:45 pm

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  Thank you all for the help. The problem was resolved. The blog will be public soon.

  —lorawow the link was useful after all, the table tags do work.—

  “Thanks Again”

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  lorawow · Member · May 8, 2009 at 4:40 pm

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  Hehe, at least someone appreciates my post. =D