table layout issues

[DARTHTAMPON]

ok so i have a table design that looks like this


|---------------------|
|a.cs4 |
|---------------------|
|b.cs3 |c. |
|---------------------|
|rs2|rs2| cs 2 |
|d. |e. |f. |
| | | |
| | |-------------|
| | |g.cs2 |
|---------------------|


where cs stand for colspan and rs stands for rowspan and the cells are numbered a-g. The problem is that when cell b contains alot of data cell f gets all messed up.

my understanding is that a is cs 4 so it will not affect the width. b is cs 3 so it should cover everything except what c holds. d and e has a set width and should act accordingly. g and f has cs 2 and should take up all the room that d and e has not used.

when lots of data is entered into cell b, cell e grows drimaticaly. How do I prevent this. go to vmspower.com/index1.php

any help would be appreciated

[the tree]

Whoever got here first would probaly have said the same thing: tables for layout are stupid (http://hotdesign.com).

[DARTHTAMPON]

Whoever got here first would probaly have said the same thing: tables for layout are stupid (http://dick.com/).

thanks for the helpful information (sarcasm). but your post doesnt help solve my problem.

[DARTHTAMPON]

on a side note. Just because you dont like tables does not mean that they are of bad use. Not to mention how many business related websites have you seen that did not use table? google, yahoo, ebay nope they all use tables. And since they have very large staffs of webdevelopers you are basicly saying that everyone but you is a moron. If you are going to be rude to people trying to fix problems, dont bother posting in the first place.

For those of us that like to hand code our pages so we can understand how they work and not have a design tool "adobe golive" do all the work, tend to use tables because they are easier read while coding and have many design advantages.

[Charles]

Just because you dont like tables does not mean that they are of bad use. True, but because they make the page inaccessible to good people who are using audio and Braille breowsers does mean that it is bad, imoral and sometimes ilegal to use TABLEs for layout.

[the tree]

Not to mention how many business related websites have you seen that did not use table? google, yahoo, ebay nope they all use tables. And since they have very large staffs of webdevelopers you are basicly saying that everyone but you is a moron. If you are going to be rude to people trying to fix problems, dont bother posting in the first place. Lot's of buisnesses do you use outdated markup yes, and plenty don't Yahoo and Microsoft being prime examples.
I would avoid accusing anyone of rudeness whenever they say my techniques are ineficient, outdated or potentialy illiegal. There are plenty of ready made css layouts (http://glish.com/css) and I'm sure there's a tableless solution to your problem. tend to use tables because they are easier read while coding and have many design advantages. Personaly I can't stand wading through presentational markup when I'm just trying to tweak a bit of content. I suppose it's each to his own but I really like to keep my markup simple.