tedster - 6:47 pm on Mar 9, 2001 (gmt 0)

Good advice WebRookie. If you can't code by hand, then your WYSIWYG code will never be up to snuff. Tables, in particular, are worth an afternoon of experimentation in hand coding. Just load up a basic HTML file with a table and view it in Netscape and Explorer, and at different screen resolutions, with borders set to a visible number so you can see how the cells are arranged.

Make changes to the code and see what each browser does. Use percentages and hard values. Change <TD> widths, table widths, colspans, rowspans, etc. Insert graphics, form elements and text. After a while, you will get the feel for how things are -- and that understanding is invaluable.

WYSIWYG editors can never replace this kind of understanding, and all it takes is a few hours of play. After a while the "mystery" of tables begins to vanish.