Big gap between navigation tables (involves nested templates)

[archivist08]

Hi, here the thing:

My webpages use main template where second half of the page is essentially a table, with left side reserved for navigation. Now I made a nested template with additional cell below the navigation cell. That cell appears waaay below that it is supposed to when previewed in IE.

I'm not even sure if the templates are the problem, since the space between main and nested navigation cell varies on's like the content of the right (main) cell affects the spacing somehow...

Problem is that I can't afford to redesign entire site to solve this, and additional nav cell really helps.

Here's the link of the web page(s) in development:

http://66.194.239.69/~esafit0/certification_pilates.php

http://66.194.239.69/~esafit0/certification_nac.php

http://66.194.239.69/~esafit0/certification_pt.php

Notice how 'Certification' nav bar on left has different positions on each web page although it is part of the template...

 

[Cheech]

All 3 pages look the same to me

Cheech

[Peace][Pipe]

 

[lebisol]

take a look at:

http://www.dwteam.com/Extensions/

-Horizontal Looper PHP Version

but the pages do look the same....
All the best!

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[archivist08]

Thanks for replies!

I figured what the problem is, but still not sure how to solve it. Here's the 'sketch' of the problem:

Table 1 | Table 2
Cell 1 (navbar1) | Cell 3 (main content)
Cell 2 (navbar2) |

Space between cells 1 and 2 is caused by adding content to cell 3. I'm not sure why though, since they are on separate tables, and even adding or removing cells below/above cells 1 and 2 to somehow 'unlink' them isn't helping.

Maybe this is easier way to solve this: I would just rather merge cell 1 and 2 to solve spacing problem. But since cell 1 is a template it is locked. If I leave it as editable in template it doesn't appear in other pages. Can template include a content that is editable, but still transmitted to the other pages?

Thanks.

 

[lebisol]

imagine a baloon inside a baloon...if u blow up the "inside one" would the outside expand?
conside adding one more table...
here is sample:

<table width="327" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="FRAME">
  <!--DWLayoutTable-->
  <tr> 
    <td width="115" height="166" valign="top"><table width="115" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="NAV">
        <!--DWLayoutTable-->
        <tr> 
          <td width="115" height="33" align="center" valign="top">link</td>
        </tr>
        <tr> 
          <td height="30" align="center" valign="top">link</td>
        </tr>
        <tr> 
          <td height="34" align="center" valign="top">link</td>
        </tr>
        <tr> 
          <td height="30" align="center" valign="top">link</td>
        </tr>
        <tr> 
          <td height="39" align="center" valign="top">link</td>
        </tr>
      </table></td>
    <td width="212" valign="top"><table width="212" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="CONTENT">
        <!--DWLayoutTable-->
        <tr> 
          <td width="212" height="166" valign="top">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, 
            consectetuer adipiscing elit. Quisque cursus sapien eget lacus. Nunc 
            posuere est. Nam elementum neque ac felis. Morbi ante arcu, aliquet 
            non, tempus in, volutpat sed, velit. Aenean tincidunt. Vestibulum 
            euismod consectetuer erat. Cras commodo, metus ut auctor sollicitudin, 
            nisl nulla mollis erat, ut tempor sapien leo facilisis ligula. Class 
            aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent per conubia nostra, per 
            inceptos hymenaeos. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci 
            luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae; Nunc mattis pulvinar leo. 
            Phasellus nonummy lobortis neque. 
            <p>Nunc nec tortor a erat iaculis lacinia. Vivamus at ligula at ipsum 
              tristique feugiat. Proin tincidunt metus quis nibh. Donec metus. 
              Proin a mi. Donec quis velit id urna sagittis aliquet. Proin a sem. 
              Nulla odio metus, aliquam at, eleifend eu, aliquam vel, tellus. 
              Suspendisse wisi. Quisque blandit justo imperdiet ipsum mattis tempus. 
              Etiam at pede. Duis non mi. Cras vel purus. Phasellus venenatis 
              suscipit massa. Praesent velit orci, semper eget, ultrices id, dictum 
              id, purus. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient 
              montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Donec sit amet orci quis neque volutpat 
              tincidunt. Quisque sit amet enim. <br>
            </p></td>
        </tr>
      </table></td>
  </tr>
</table>

nest your tables in Design View if u can .....view the sample above in Design View (delete the content 1st) to see the structure

All the best!
All the best!

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[pixl8r]

I like the balloon example Lebisol! A good way to put it.

Wow JT that almost looked like you knew what you were doing!

 

[archivist08]

Thanks guys, it worked. lebisol's example with ballons was great - very descriptive. I tried putting cells as separate tables, but still that top table kept pushing everything down. So instead of fighting it I decided to join it. I just stuck all contents of both cells (now tables) in one cell. It worked. I didn't had to mess with the tables at all. I really need to keep remembering that in web design simplicity is a virtue. Again, thanks for all the help. It helped me to know where to look for solution.

 

[lebisol]

hi archivist08!
Good job!
I am glad that my example translated into English and got the point accross...
All the best!

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