4 column tables on bp.org article pages?

[menn]

funnily enough,	| tables are	| easy to	| do in
phpbb and	| smf forums,	| what about	| "articles" pages?

[Derek]

Hi,

forgive me for being dumb but I'm not certain that I understand what "article pages" are. If you mean the wiki then full formatting instructions can be found here.

Derek.

[menn]

http://basicprogramming.org/main/index.php?page=articles.php

[Derek]

LOL, you'll have to forgive my dumbness. I forgot about that page.

As I'm sure you're aware the main styles used on those pages are defined in the css file and I've had a flick through it and found nothing setting a default table style so I assume you'll have to create them with HTML.

I also assume you have an article you wish contribute so if you write the tables yourself using html I'll do the rest for you if you pm the article to me.

Is this a follow-up to the BASIC vs Python page?

Derek.

[menn]

yeah don't worry about that... it's mostly a question for lurah because he's taken some interest in the python+basic articles.

i'm a little surprised (and flattered) to see them featured, because even though i think python is really basic, (most) people that use python don't think so, and (most) people who love basic don't think so either. for a long time i though the whitespace thing was very unbasic- but if you look at the languages being used to introduce kids to programming, python is one of the most basic languages used (i think it's better than e-toys and smalltalk, for example.)

still i really like the way the articles are displayed. that soft green and white layout reminds me of a room i used to rent that i loved.

i wanted to talk to lurah about how to do tables (if we do tables) before i set up the article. the style of the "articles page" is very simple. and i don't want to mess that up for lurah, i'd rather conform to the style he comes up with for tables, as much as possible. there's a great example article, ideally i'd get to see one of those with a 4 column table in it. if 4 columns makes them too skinny, i could settle for 2.

[E.K.Virtanen]

Hi menn.

Styles at articles page are only for colors and related (divs mostly). What comes for tables and related in main site contents, they are follows XHTML and CSS standards by W3C.

I know you know XHTML so fine that there is no need for me to explain

Wiki follows general MediaWiki syntax, though our wiki is "bit" old....dum dum dum...

[menn]

What comes for tables and related in main site contents, they are follows XHTML and CSS standards by W3C.

i think i see what you're saying... you don't have a style you expect people to use for tables, they can use their own. i'll see what i can do about an html table that looks ok in one of those whitecode divs. or maybe the table looks better outside the divs, that's ok too. i mean yeah obviously i can make a table myself, i just wondered if you had any feelings about borders and colors and the like.

[E.K.Virtanen]

Well, if someone wants to send a "nominee contribution", then i want it to look like a contibution which looks likes hes contribution with out giving borders how to build it. And to be honest, creating a documentar syntax just for one site is, well, re-inventing a wheel since XHTML is there allready

Borders, backgrounds...after all, there owner of article is the one who makes the contribution to look like, what it's look like.
I created some pre-defined code div's, but there is no specified need to use excatly them. You can see pre-defined divs here. If someones thinks more is needed, then just let me hear and i see what i can do

E.K.Virtanen

p.s Some pre-planned syntax for articles would be neat, but that requires planning from multiple peoples, one man cant do it.