Like most things, using tables can be easy or complex. And, like most things on my site, i am going to show you the easy way first.

There are 3 main tags that you will need to remember to make a table. they are:

<<>table<>>which is the main tag that is placed at the beginning of your table code. (this also has a closing tag, <<>/table<>> placed at the very end of the table code)

<<>tr<>> which is the code used to start a row of either images or text (<<>/tr<>> is placed at the end of each row)

<<>td<>> which is the code used to start a cel of either images or text. Cells are the number of boxes placed in a row. That is where images and text are placed. (<<>/td<>> is placed at the end of each cell)

Below, i have an example of a very basic table that can be made. I added a background color to the table so that it would show up better. This is optional. If you do not add a background to the table, it will be transparent. You can also add a gif or jpg background using background="http://url of background" in the table tag like this:

<<>center<>><<>table bgcolor="white"<>>

<<>tr<>><<>td<>>hi<<>/td<>><<>td <>>hello<<>/td<>><<>td<>>how are ya'<<>/td<>><<>/tr<>>

<<>tr<>><<>td<>>hey<<>/td<>><<>td<>>sooo...<<>/td<> ><<>td<>>la la la<<>/td<>><<>/tr<>>

<<>tr<>><<>td<>>hmmm...<<>/td<>><<>td<>>yup...<<>/td <>><<>td<>>uh hu...<<>/td<>><<>/tr<>>

<<>/table<>><<>/center<>>

Above, i changed the color of the text by adding <<>font color=blue<>> before each word. If you want to align images instead of text, remove the <<>font color="color"<>> and the words, and put <<>img src="http://url of image"<>>

You can also add a border around your tables by adding border="15" or any number in the table tag like this:

<<>table border="10" bgcolor="white">

If you want the words to be centered withing each cell, you must add align="center" in the td tag like this:

<<>td align=center<>>

You can also use that to align images to the left or right of a cell by replacing center with left or right.

If you want a text or image to be at the top or bottom of a cell, simply add valign=top or bottom like this:

<<>td valign=top<>>

There is no need to use valign=middle since that is an automatic default

You can also specify a height or width to your table by using this:

<<>table height=120 width=75%<>>
Once you have added the above options, your table will look like this:

<<>tr<>><<>td align=left<>>see....<<>/td<>>

<<>td align=center<>>you<<>/td<>>

<<>td align=right<>>can<<>/td<>><<>/tr<>>

<<>tr<>><<>td valign=top<>>align images<<>/td<>>

<<>td valign=middle<>>any way<<>/td<>>

<<>td valign=bottom<>>you want<<>/td<>><<>/tr<>>

<<>/table<>><<>/center<>>
Well, that's tables in a nut shell. If you want to learn more about tables, visit my main page and select a link from the list at the bottom of the page.

Now that you know a little more about HTML, it's time to put it to use. Be creative. Try different things. Experament. As I said in the intro. to my page, "Just about anything can be done using HTML."