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    How Can You Use Tables to Format Custom Page Content - Cellpadding Issues

    Hi!

    I am trying to make a home page similar to the ones used for viBreeze.com and Marietta.net which are on the Vantage Showcase pages. Unfortunately, the method that they seem to use, a Wordpress plugin called 'bybrick-columns' that is designed to make column structures for Wordpress sites has horizontal formatting issues when I try to use it. I then fell back to trying to use HTML tables. The problem here is that the 'cellpadding' and 'cellspacing' table terms are ignored in Vantage and ClassiPress (at least). You can add space holding white image columns to achieve spacing in the widgets. it's awkward but it does work. I tried that method in an attempt to use tables when making a custom page but get a border around the place holding image element that I don't, of course, want to be visible. I strongly suspect that the border is coming from the .css code but I am unclear how to get rid of this border and what problems doing that may cause.

    I don't know if anyone else has tried to use tables on the page editor with success but if you have, I'd sure like to know how to do it. Tables are just such a basic HTML formatting tool that it is frustrating not to be able to figure out how to properly use them in this code environment.

    Here is the code that I used. The first part is an attempt at using traditional tables. The second part is using the 'bybrick-columns' plugin.

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    <h1>Welcome to myGreene.com!</h1>

<table border="0">
<tr><td>

<a href="http://mygreene.com">Business Directory</a>
<p>Find what you are looking for in the Greene County area on our business directory.  If you have a business or organization in the area, please list it today.  It's free!

</td><td>
<img src="http://www.VintageRadio.com/mygreene/wp-content/themes/vantage/images/WhiteBar10x90.jpg">
</td><td>

<a href="http://mygreene.com/create-listing">List Your Business</a>
<p>Find what you are looking for in the Greene County area on our business directory.  If you have a business or organization in the area, please list it today.  It's free!</p>

</td><td>
<img src="http://www.VintageRadio.com/mygreene/wp-content/themes/vantage/images/WhiteBar10x90.jpg">
</td><td>

<a href="http://mygreene.com/events">Events Calendar</a>
<p>Keep up to date with what is happening in Greene County and the surrounding area.  Please let us know about your event so we can add it to our list!</p>

</td></tr>
</table>

<h3>More Great Stuff!</h3>

[one_third]
<a href="http://mygreene.com/forum">Discussion Forum</a>
<p>Discuss Greene are topics with your neighbors.  Just go and start a thread and lets start talking!</p>
[/one_third]
[one_third]
<a href="http://mygreene.com/classifieds">Classified Ads</a>
<p>Free classified ads for anything that you want or have to sell in the Greene vicinity.</p>
[/one_third]
[one_third_last]
<a href="http://mygreene.com/photos">Photo Gallery</a>
<p>It's very small now but with your help we can develop a nice Greene County photo gallery.  Just submit your photos using the <a href="http://mygreene.com/contact-us">Contact Us</a> form.</p>[/one_third_last]
    Here is the output of that code on my test page:

    TestPage2.jpg

    Thanks for any help!
    Jon Hall

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    http://www.73.biz
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    http://www.Greene.US
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