? dohtml 2

[WingandaPrayer]

Hi,

On a previous website which used html i could use

[pre][/pre]before and after to space out columns as i had set them.

The current site uses something called dohtml.

[pre][/pre] no longer works.All words are seperated by one space only and not lined up as i set them.

Is there a simple format to replace [pre][/pre] as i know nothing about html.

thanks

 

[Vragabond]

I can only assume that you are using some special kind of editor, which replaces your syntax with the proper html markup. The [pre][/pre] corresponded to html tags <pre></pre>, which display text with formatting -- including all whitespace and carriage returns. It is hard to say what exactly you can do without seeing the tool which you are using to update the site. The <pre> tag is available in all versions of (x)html so it should not cause problems. Probably the new editor does not replace [pre][/pre] syntax with the corresponding html markup and simply ignores them. I don't know how you could use the dohtml, but here's an assumption. If dohtml allows html tags, try initializing dohtml and then add your text like this:

<pre>
 My text:
  Col 1     Col 2
  Info      Info
  Info 2    Info 2
 The end
</pre>

Hope it is of some help. If you will let us in on more details of this editor tool you use, we might be able to help more

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Instead of using PRE, consider using a DIV or SPAN, with the font set to a fixed-pitch font.. something like this:

<style type="text/css">
.fixed {
   font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;
}
</style>
...
<div class="fixed">Hello World!</div>

Basically, with the style you can the add a class of "fixed" to any element, and it should work as the PRE tags did.

Hope this helps,
Dan

 

[WingandaPrayer]

Thanks for the help & advice.I'll see what happens