User blog:SimonAnderson23/Tables For Dummies

Tables are a lot better than EpList, and I am going to show you how to use them:

Let's say you want to make this cool thing, for example:

So the first thing you want to do is copy this:

You see where it says (numberhere)? Replace those numbers with something like 100, 500, those often work.

Then, copy this: |- I know it's not much, but you NEED IT for a table.

Here's where customization comes in:

Let's say all you need is a title. It would be boring, but it would like like this: ! scope="col"|Title That could make a table like this:

Now, WHO NEEDS JUST THAT? No one! So here's how to make it more pretty:

For everything you need, here's the pattern: ! scope="col"| And then after copying that put one thing in the table. Make another line and do the same for however many details you need.

After you are done with the details, copy this: ​|- This seperates the place the details are from the rest of the table.

Here's where you need to think about how long your table really needs to be:

You put the legendary  " |-" there yet again, and then you put your details in the order of the table.

If your details were this: ​! scope="col"|Here it says the number one ! scope="col"|Number two Then you would put this for the next part of the table ​|1 |2 And no more as you have all your details in the order you typed them in. If you had 50 parts of the table then you would need to put "|" followed directly by content 50 different times. Remember the | seperates CONTENT and not lines. It's okay to have a long description in one box, as long as there is not a | in the middle of it.

For the second episode you would make a new line, put only "|-" in it, and then move on in a new line for the next episode.

Whew! You are finally done with your pretty new table. Put this at the end and click Preview: ​|} Does it look how you wanted it? If so, you now officialy completed the tutorial Tables for Dummies! If not, go back and reread! I am not discouraging you!

Hopefully you can understand this completely: ​{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="article-table article-table-selected" style="float: left; width: 100px; height: 100px;" |- ! scope="col"|Title ! scope="col"|Summary |- |SpongeBob meets Squidward |SpongeBob has fun with Squidward. |- |Patrick goes to the Krusty Krab |Patrick tries to cook patties at the Krusty Krab. |} I used that to make the Example, in case you want to know.