Real expert help with CSS tables needed

[aeonbb]

Hello everyone,

I am trying to redesign my web site according to http://www.beanstalk-inc.com/article...pider-path.jpg and I thought it would be easy, but I no longer think so after three days of pulling my hair.
This is a real nightmare and nobody seems to be able to help me with this.

This is the best attempt so far http://www.cesta-zivotom.sk/test3.htm
It works fine for Firefox, but sucks (the gap) in IE.

With less text ( http://www.cesta-zivotom.sk/test4.htm ), it works fine on both.

Heeeeeeelp!

[karinne]

Originally Posted by aeonbb

This is a real nightmare and nobody seems to be able to help me with this.

Probably because no-one has been designing site with tables for so long

Hmmm ... I'm really not sure ... I one of those I described ^

Have you tried putting valign=top on the <td>'s instead?

[aeonbb]

Well, if you can achieve the same result without the tables, go ahead!

The first attempt was designed without CSS, just plain old HTML, but then I realized, CSS will give me more control over the cells and it did, except it probably does not work as it should in IE.

The gap seems to grow 1 pixel for every line or two of the main text.

[alexgeek]

we're on about IE6 yeah?
looks fine in IE7

P.S. Wooh 1,000 posts XD

[Lchad]

Do you really need this bit?

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<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
          <tr valign="top" class="navbg">
            <td class="navp">
            <span class="navp">navigation <br />
            </td>
          </tr>

        </table>

Why don't you just insert the navigation into the left column?

[VanessaJW]

Originally Posted by aeonbb

Well, if you can achieve the same result without the tables, go ahead!

This won't help your immediate problem, but when you have a chance, look through the links here to see how you could achieve the same thing without tables.

[karinne]

Originally Posted by aeonbb

Well, if you can achieve the same result without the tables, go ahead!

Not me ... but you can ... just look at the sticky thread in this forum called Resources for learning how to use CSS for layout

Originally Posted by aeonbb

The first attempt was designed without CSS, just plain old HTML, but then I realized, CSS will give me more control over the cells and it did, except it probably does not work as it should in IE.

HTML and CSS work together. HTML is the structure and CSS handles the presentation.