gatenic

Rob, thanks so much. I think you’ve “shown me the way” both by your explanation and the link. Thanks also to Moshu but I do believe I’m going to get this working.

I’ll report back but I do feel confident that I’m on track now.

Again, thanks.

G.

Errr. I don’t think it’s *you* that’s slow but me!

I’m looking at some really marvelous templates from the current contest (and others). I have a ton of them uploaded and ready to play. It’s almost sensory overload!!!

Right now I’m playing in the wonderful wuhan. Here’s the main template code:


<?php get_header(); ?>

<div id="content" class="narrowcolumn">

<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>

<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<div class="post-top"><div class="post-bottom"><div class="entry"><div class="title">
<h2 id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<small>Posted by <?php the_author() ?> on <?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?></small>

</div>

<?php the_content('Read the rest of this entry &raquo;'); ?>

<p class="postmetadata"> <?php the_category(', ') ?> <strong>|</strong> <?php edit_post_link('Edit','','<strong>|</strong>'); ?><?php comments_popup_link('No Comments »', '1 Comment »', '% Comments »'); ?></p>
</div>

</div></div>

<?php endwhile; ?>

<div class="navigation">
<div class="alignleft"><?php posts_nav_link('','','&laquo; Previous Entries') ?></div>
<div class="alignright"><?php posts_nav_link('','Next Entries &raquo;','') ?></div>
</div>

<?php else : ?>

<h2 class="center">Not Found</h2>
<p class="center"><?php _e("Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn't here."); ?></p>

<?php endif; ?>

</div>

<?php get_sidebar(); ?>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

Now see, all those PHP commands have me twitchy and useless. Even more than usual. Also, remember, I’m not using these as blogs although that may not matter. I’ve figured out how to eliminated the categories and post information – did that before and I think I remember.

But where in the above do I insert tables to make them part of my template?

Sorry to be so dense and I really, *really* appreciate the help and patience here.

G.

Thanks! I think I wasn’t entirely clear but I can likely use your example and I appreciate it.

I should have explained this better. I’d like the template itself to include the tables so the content area is ready to be added by anyone, even if he doesn’t know HTML.

I’ve seen WP 1.5 sites that use tables but I’m not sure whether the templates themselves include them.

We’re getting closer though and I really appreciate your help.

Thanks! ??

G.