align text in tables

[BrianBam]

I'm trying to get the text in tables to align with each other.

They're displaying like this

Nutrition First Fitness
772 south blueridge lane
Alpine, Utah

I would like them to be aligned like this

Nutrition First Fitness
772 south blueridge lane
Alpine, Utah


Here is the code www.ProfessionalTrainerNetwork.com

<TABLE ALIGN=center
width="800" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" text-align="center">

<tr align="center" valign="top">
<!--- Company Name --->
<td> Nutrition First Fitness&nbsp;</td>
<td> Optimum Fitness&nbsp;</td>
<td> Alpine Fitness&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>

<table ALIGN="center" width="800" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<!--- Street Address --->
<tr align="center" valign="top">
<td>772 South Blueridge lane&nbsp;</td>
<td>772 South Blueridge lane&nbsp;</td>
<td>772 South Blueridge lane&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>

<table ALIGN="center" width="800" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<!--- City, State, Zip code --->

<tr>
<td>Alpine, Utah 84004 &nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>

[webcosmo]

put align="left" for <td> tags.

[felgall]

You really ought to get all those deprecated attributes out of your HTML and use the correct CSS instead.

td {text-align:left;}

[cooper.semantics]

@BrianBam

It could be argued that the <address> tag or microformats would be a better option. If you decide to still use a table to lay out your information, listen to Felgall.

[bluestartech]

yes, css is best for table alignment

[felgall]

The address tag isn't really intended for that purpose (it is intended to identify the contact address of the web site owner) which is why the address microformat was created specifically for formatting street addresses.

If you have a lot of addresses to go on one page then perhaps the best way to format them all would be a table with a single td for each address with each address itself using the address microformat.

[cooper.semantics]

http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/stru...l.html#h-7.5.6

The ADDRESS element may be used by authors to supply contact information for a document or a major part of a document such as a form. This element often appears at the beginning or end of a document.

[felgall]

The ADDRESS element may be used by authors to supply contact information for a document or a major part of a document such as a form. This element often appears at the beginning or end of a document.

Which is why <address> would not be appropriate for those addresses which are not contact information for the current document.

[cooper.semantics]

Which is why <address> would not be appropriate for those addresses which are not contact information for the current document.

Correct, I looked it up and posted as you said it

[C. Ankerstjerne]

Addresses is one of the few instances where the <br> tag is semantically appropriate. Addresses aren't lists. They are information strings, with line breaks inserted according to specific national standards. You can use microformats if you wish, but if you just want to keep it simple, use this:

Nutrition First Fitness<br>
772 south blueridge lane<br>
Alpine, Utah

[JsD2K]

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