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Introduction to Tables
Let's say you want to list many of the elements found in the Universe as part of a scientific website. The periodic chart lists at least 118 different elements. You aren't going to cover all of them, but you want to show a good portion of them all on one webpage along with some basic information about each. Using simple page formatting tools simply aren't going to cut it. In this exercise, you can achieve some satisfactory results from using a table.
I will take you through several stages of evolving such a table layout in the following pages. For now, here's the data we'll be working with presented in a list. Notice how far down the page this list goes!
Alkali Metals:You'll see that displaying this much information in one long list is not the most user-friendly way to present data. Go to page 2 and see how a simple table layout can help.
* Lithium
* Sodium
* Potassium
* Rubidium
* Cesium
* Francium
Noble Gases:
* Helium
* Neon
* Argon
* Krypton
* Xenon
* Radon
Halogens:
* Fluorine
* Chlorine
* Bromine
* Iodine
* Astatine
Rare Earth Elements:
Lanthanide Series
* Lanthanum
* Cerium
* Praseodymium
* Neodymium
* Promethium
* Samarium
* Europium
* Gadolinium
* Terbium
* Dysprosium
* Holmium
* Erbium
* Thulium
* Ytterbium
* Lutetium
Actinide Series
* Actinium
* Thorium
* Protactinium
* Uranium
* Neptunium
* Plutonium
* Americium
* Curium
* Berkelium
* Californium
* Einsteinium
* Fermium
* Mendelevium
* Nobelium
* Lawrencium
Other Metals:
* Aluminum
* Gallium
* Indium
* Tin
* Thallium
* Lead
* Bismuth
Transition Metals:
* Scandium
* Titanium
* Vanadium
* Chromium
* Manganese
* Iron
* Cobalt
* Nickel
* Copper
* Zinc
* Yttrium
* Zirconium
* Niobium
* Molybdenum
* Technetium
* Ruthenium
* Rhodium
* Palladium
* Silver
* Cadmium
* Hafnium
* Tantalum
* Tungsten
* Rhenium
* Osmium
* Iridium
* Platinum
* Gold
* Mercury
* Rutherfordium
* Dubnium
* Seaborgium
* Bohrium
* Hassium
* Meitnerium
* Ununnilium
* Unununium
* Ununbium
