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Tables can help you put a lot of information in to a concentrated space. They are a little bit difficult to make so only read this if you are already farmiliar with how text formatting works. To start a table make a line with just {| and nothing else. On the next line put a | which means you are making a cell in the first row and put the contents of that cell on the rest of the line. On the next line put an other | and the contents of the second cell. Make as many cells in a row as you want using more lines starting with |. To start the second row put |- on the next line to signify a new row. Think of it as making a table row by row. To finish the table make a line at the end with |}. You can put whatever you want in a table: text, images, links, even tables.
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Tables can help you organize and contain information in an article. Making table is an advanced kind of wiki formatting so only read this if you are already comfortable with other formatting.  
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==A simple table==
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{|width="100%"
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== Making a table ==
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To start a table make a line with just {| and nothing else. On the next line put a | which means you are making a cell in the first row and put the contents of that cell on the rest of the line. On the next line you can put another | and the contents of the second cell if you have one. Make as many cells in a row as you want using more lines starting with |. To start the second row put |- on the next line to signify a new row. Think of it as making a table row by row. To finish the table make a line at the end with |}. You can put whatever you want in the cells of a table: text, images, links, even tables. By default a table does not have a border, to make a it have a border add class="wikitable" after the {| on the first line.
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==Examples==
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Below there is an example of a table without borders and an example of a table with borders.
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{|
 
!You type
 
!You type
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!You get
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!You see
 
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|-
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|width="50%"|
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|A table without borders
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<pre>
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|<pre>
 
{|
 
{|
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|''Cabin''
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|Red
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|''Number of campers''
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|Green
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|-
 
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|Cabin 1
 
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|4
 
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|-
 
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|Cabin 6
 
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|4
 
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|-
 
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|Eagle's Nest
 
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|8
 
 
|-
 
|-
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|Buzzard's Roost
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|Yellow
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|8
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|Blue
 
|}
 
|}
 
</pre>
 
</pre>
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|width="50%"|
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{|
 
{|
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|''Cabin''
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|Red
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|''Number of campers''
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|Green
 
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|-
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|Cabin 1
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|Yellow
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|4
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|Blue
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|}
 
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|-
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|Cabin 6
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|A table with borders
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|4
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|<pre>
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{| class="wikitable"
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|Red
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|Green
 
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|-
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|Eagle's Nest
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|Yellow
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|8
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|Blue
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|}
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</pre>
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{| class="wikitable"
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|Red
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|Green
 
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|-
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|Buzzard's Roost
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|Yellow
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|8
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|Blue
 
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Simple tables should really only be used for making tables that you do not want people to see are infact tables. For example, to make the before and after thing above I actually used a table with [[#Headers on columns|headers on the columns]] and two cells. I put the code block of what you type in one cell and put the output table in the second cell. Using a table was the only way I could have made it look like that. Tables can give you a lot of control over your page.
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==Borders==
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==Extra elements==
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To make a border around your table and little borders around your cells you place a border attibute in the first line of the table after the {| like this {|border="1". You can see an example of this below.
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There are a few extra parts you can add to a table to make the information more clear. The chart below outlines how to make them.
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{|width="100%"
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{|class="wikitable"
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!You type
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!width="25%"|Element
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!You get
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!width="25%"|Description
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!width="25%"|Usage
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!width="25%"|Example
 
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|width="50%"|
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|Headers on top of the columns
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<pre>
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|To make bold headers appear on top of the columns, make a number equal to the number of columns of new lines between the line that initiates the table and the line that starts the first row, starting each new line with an exclamation point. After the first exclamation point put the words of the first header, after the second exclamation point the words of the second header, and so on. After you type in the headers it is important that you start the first row of cells with a line that has <nowiki>|-</nowiki> even though it is the first row.
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{|border="1"
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|<pre>
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|''Cabin''
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{| class="wikitable"
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|''Campers''
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!Cabin
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!Number of campers
 
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|-
 
|Cabin 1
 
|Cabin 1
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|}
 
</pre>
 
</pre>
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{|border="1"
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{| class="wikitable"
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|''Cabin''
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!Cabin
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|''Campers''
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!Number of campers
 
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|-
 
|Cabin 1
 
|Cabin 1
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|8
 
|8
 
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|Headers on rows
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|To make headers at the start of each row of a table, add a line with a ! followed by the words of the header before the lines for the cells, in each row.
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|<pre>
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{| class="wikitable"
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!Name
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|Adric A.
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|Will B.
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|Teddy B.
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|-
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!Seal time
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|1:28
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|1:48
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|1:32
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|}
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</pre>
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{| class="wikitable"
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!Name
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|Adric A.
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|Will B.
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|Teddy B.
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!Seal time
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|1:28
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|1:48
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|1:32
 
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==Headers==
 
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You can make headers to rows or columns of a table by using !. If you use headers on columns you must have a |- line after them because headers are pretty much just a special row. Headers are bold and are centered in their cell.
 
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===Headers on columns===
 
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{|width="100%"
 
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!You type
 
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!You get
 
 
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|-
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|width="50%"|
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|A title
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<pre>
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|To add a title to a table, make a new line after the line that initiates the table and in that new line type <nowiki>|+</nowiki> followed by that words of the tile. In the example the table also includes headers on the columns.
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{|border="1"
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|<pre>
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{|class="wikitable"
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|+Some Birch Rock cabins
 
!Cabin
 
!Cabin
 
!Campers
 
!Campers
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</pre>
 
</pre>
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{|border="1"
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{|class="wikitable"
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|+Some Birch Rock cabins
 
!Cabin
 
!Cabin
 
!Campers
 
!Campers
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===Headers on rows===
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==Table attributes==
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|Adric A.
 
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|Will B.
 
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|Teddy B.
 
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===Attributes on headers===
 
===Attributes on headers===

Revision as of 17:39, 13 September 2008

Tables can help you organize and contain information in an article. Making table is an advanced kind of wiki formatting so only read this if you are already comfortable with other formatting.

Making a table

To start a table make a line with just {| and nothing else. On the next line put a | which means you are making a cell in the first row and put the contents of that cell on the rest of the line. On the next line you can put another | and the contents of the second cell if you have one. Make as many cells in a row as you want using more lines starting with |. To start the second row put |- on the next line to signify a new row. Think of it as making a table row by row. To finish the table make a line at the end with |}. You can put whatever you want in the cells of a table: text, images, links, even tables. By default a table does not have a border, to make a it have a border add class="wikitable" after the {| on the first line.

Examples

Below there is an example of a table without borders and an example of a table with borders.

You type You see
A table without borders 
{|
|Red
|Green
|-
|Yellow
|Blue
|}
Red Green
Yellow Blue
A table with borders 
{| class="wikitable"
|Red
|Green
|-
|Yellow
|Blue
|}
Red Green
Yellow Blue

Extra elements

There are a few extra parts you can add to a table to make the information more clear. The chart below outlines how to make them.

Element Description Usage Example
Headers on top of the columns To make bold headers appear on top of the columns, make a number equal to the number of columns of new lines between the line that initiates the table and the line that starts the first row, starting each new line with an exclamation point. After the first exclamation point put the words of the first header, after the second exclamation point the words of the second header, and so on. After you type in the headers it is important that you start the first row of cells with a line that has |- even though it is the first row. 
{| class="wikitable"
!Cabin
!Number of campers
|-
|Cabin 1
|4
|-
|Cabin 6
|4
|-
|Eagle's Nest
|8
|-
|Buzzard's Roost
|8
|}
Cabin Number of campers
Cabin 1 4
Cabin 6 4
Eagle's Nest 8
Buzzard's Roost 8
Headers on rows To make headers at the start of each row of a table, add a line with a ! followed by the words of the header before the lines for the cells, in each row. 
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
|Adric A.
|Will B.
|Teddy B.
|-
!Seal time
|1:28
|1:48
|1:32
|}
Name Adric A. Will B. Teddy B.
Seal time 1:28 1:48 1:32
A title To add a title to a table, make a new line after the line that initiates the table and in that new line type |+ followed by that words of the tile. In the example the table also includes headers on the columns. 
{|class="wikitable"
|+Some Birch Rock cabins
!Cabin
!Campers
|-
|Cabin 1
|4
|-
|Cabin 6
|4
|-
|Eagle's Nest
|8
|-
|Buzzard's Roost
|8
|}
Some Birch Rock cabins
Cabin Campers
Cabin 1 4
Cabin 6 4
Eagle's Nest 8
Buzzard's Roost 8

Table attributes

Attributes on headers

You type You get 
{|border="1"
!align="right" style="color:green;"|Cabin
!style="background-color:black;color:white"|Campers
|-
|Cabin 1
|4
|-
|Cabin 6
|4
|-
|Eagle's Nest
|8
|-
|Buzzard's Roost
|8
|}
Cabin Campers
Cabin 1 4
Cabin 6 4
Eagle's Nest 8
Buzzard's Roost 8

Justification

You can make a table appear on the right or middle of a page by using the align attribute like this: {|align="right". You can also set it to "center". If you want to make the table be in the center and have it have a border you can add multiple attributes to it like this: {|align="right" border="1". Below you can see some examples.

Right

You type You get 
{|align="right" border="1"
!Cabin
!Campers
|-
|Cabin 1
|4
|-
|Cabin 6
|4
|-
|Eagle's Nest
|8
|-
|Buzzard's Roost
|8
|}
Cabin Campers
Cabin 1 4
Cabin 6 4
Eagle's Nest 8
Buzzard's Roost 8

Center

You type You get 
{|align="center" border="1"
!Cabin
!Campers
|-
|Cabin 1
|4
|-
|Cabin 6
|4
|-
|Eagle's Nest
|8
|-
|Buzzard's Roost
|8
|}
Cabin Campers
Cabin 1 4
Cabin 6 4
Eagle's Nest 8
Buzzard's Roost 8

Captions

You can caption a table by adding an extra line after the first line. This line is started with |+ and then after that you put the caption.

On the top of the table

You type You get 
{|border="1"
|+Some Birch Rock cabins
!Cabin
!Campers
|-
|Cabin 1
|4
|-
|Cabin 6
|4
|-
|Eagle's Nest
|8
|-
|Buzzard's Roost
|8
|}
Some Birch Rock cabins
Cabin Campers
Cabin 1 4
Cabin 6 4
Eagle's Nest 8
Buzzard's Roost 8

Attributes on captions

You can put some attributes on captions by adding the attribute after the |+ and putting another | after the attribute like this.

You type You get 
{|border="1"
|+align="bottom" style="color:red"|Some Birch Rock cabins
!Cabin
!Campers
|-
|Cabin 1
|4
|-
|Cabin 6
|4
|-
|Eagle's Nest
|8
|-
|Buzzard's Roost
|8
|}
Some Birch Rock cabins
Cabin Campers
Cabin 1 4
Cabin 6 4
Eagle's Nest 8
Buzzard's Roost 8

Colors

You can make the text and border of a table a different color and the background a different color with the style attribute. After the {| in the first line you can add style="color:green;background-color:blue;", for example, to make the text and borders green and the backround blue. To change just the text color find how on the text formatting page.

Change the text and border color

You type You get 
{|border="1" style="color:green;"
!Cabin
!Campers
|-
|Cabin 1
|4
|-
|Cabin 6
|4
|-
|Eagle's Nest
|8
|-
|Buzzard's Roost
|8
|}
Cabin Campers
Cabin 1 4
Cabin 6 4
Eagle's Nest 8
Buzzard's Roost 8

Change the background color

You type You get 
{|border="1" style="background-color:blue;"
!Cabin
!Campers
|-
|Cabin 1
|4
|-
|Cabin 6
|4
|-
|Eagle's Nest
|8
|-
|Buzzard's Roost
|8
|}
Cabin Campers
Cabin 1 4
Cabin 6 4
Eagle's Nest 8
Buzzard's Roost 8

Change both the text and border color and the background color

You type You get 
{|border="1" style="color:white;background-color:black;"
!Cabin
!Campers
|-
|Cabin 1
|4
|-
|Cabin 6
|4
|-
|Eagle's Nest
|8
|-
|Buzzard's Roost
|8
|}
Cabin Campers
Cabin 1 4
Cabin 6 4
Eagle's Nest 8
Buzzard's Roost 8

Attributes on rows

You can add attributes to a single row in a table by adding them after the |- that started that row.

You type You get 
{|border="1"
!Cabin
!Campers
|-align="right"
|Cabin 1
|4
|-style="color:green;"
|Cabin 6
|4
|-align="center"
|Eagle's Nest
|8
|-style="background-color:purple;color:yellow;"
|Buzzard's Roost
|8
|}
Cabin Campers
Cabin 1 4
Cabin 6 4
Eagle's Nest 8
Buzzard's Roost 8

Attributes on cells

You can add attributes to individual cells by adding the attibute after the | for that cell and after that putting another | before the content of that cell.

You type You get 
{|border="1"
!Cabin
!Campers
|-
|align="right"|Cabin 1
|align="center"|4
|-
|style="color:green;"|Cabin 6
|4
|-
|Eagle's Nest
|8
|-
|Buzzard's Roost
|style="background:purple;color:yellow;"|8
|}
Cabin Campers
Cabin 1 4
Cabin 6 4
Eagle's Nest 8
Buzzard's Roost 8

Cells that span multiple columns

You can make a cell span multiple columns by adding an attibute to that cell called colspan.

You type You get 
{|border="1"
!Cabin
!Campers
|-
|colspan="2"|lower camp
|-
|Cabin 1
|4
|-
|Cabin 6
|4
|-
|colspan="2"|upper camp
|-
|Eagle's Nest
|8
|-
|Buzzard's Roost
|8
|}
Cabin Campers
lower camp
Cabin 1 4
Cabin 6 4
upper camp
Eagle's Nest 8
Buzzard's Roost 8
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