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  Basileus

  Posts: 585 April 2014 edited April 2014

  With Obsidian Portal's normal Textile formatting, you would just preface the table with this bit of code:
  
  @table{float: right;}.@
  
  But it sounds like you are doing more with the table tag in HTML. Can you post the code you are exporting out of Komposer?

  Post edited by Basileus on April 2014
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  Rykros

  Posts: 22 April 2014

  I'm just Copy/Pasting from the HTML Source code tab and placing it into Obsidian Portal. If I do that here, do I need to parse the code with something to keep the forum from reading it as code?
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  Rykros

  Posts: 22 April 2014

  Also, I'm actively keeping an eye on this discussion, so my responses should be pretty swift.
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  Basileus

  Posts: 585 April 2014

  Generally these forums only interpret Textile (and only if you don't select Text at the bottom of the post interface). But you can wrap @ symbols around anything you want to show up in a code box as below:
  
  @code and suchlike@
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  Basileus

  Posts: 585 April 2014

  An example of the "float: right" behavior here: "Test page":https://theedgeofnight.obsidianportal.com/wikis/test
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  Rykros

  Posts: 22 April 2014

  Ah, sounds good. Thank you Basileus. One moment and I'll have your code. Pardon the excessive usage of the word "description" :)
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  Rykros

  Posts: 22 April 2014

  Of course, I realize there will be excess syntax used such as Body and HTML, but I'll clean those up when I publish the page.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Description, Description, Description,
  Description, Description,
  Description, Description, Description, Description,
  Description, Description, Description,
  Description, Description, Description, Description,
  Description, Description, Description, Description,
  
  
  
  Ivan Steiner
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Race:
   Human
  
  Gender:
   Male
  
  Age:  37
  
  Height:  6'
  0"
  
  Weight:
   182 lbs
  
  Eyes:  Brown
  
  Skin:  Tanned
  
  Hair:  Long,
  Brown
  
  Profession:
   Hunter, Furrier
  
  Status:  Alive
  
  Relations:
   Illya (Ex-Wife) - Alive
  
             
         Allina (Daughter) - Dead
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  Rykros

  Posts: 22 April 2014

  Oh, and your example is exactly what I'm looking to do. Of course, 1 column x 3 rows but that's just fine detail.
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  Basileus

  Posts: 585 April 2014

  Okay, in this section:
  
  @@
  
  Ditch the margin settings and replace them with "float: right;"
  
  That should be all you need.
  
  If you like, I can give you a brief tutorial on how to accomplish that much more easily with the built in Textile formatting.
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  Rykros

  Posts: 22 April 2014

  Thank you very much, Basileus. I may take you up on that offer of a tutorial at a later date. In the mean time, I would like to familiarize myself a little better with this form of coding so I can have a foundation to stand on. My HTML knowledge is back from my high school days.
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  Basileus

  Posts: 585 April 2014 edited April 2014

  Ah, okay then.
  
  Just be aware going in that OP does not support all HTML functions (just the basics) in user generated content (as a security measure), so you may run into unexpected walls if you rely entirely on HTML.
  
  Of course, Textile has it own limitations, so you may break even in the long run.
  
  EDIT: Also something to be aware of, OP presents HTML5, so you may find that your HTML 4.x behaves oddly from time to time (or doesn't validate).

  Post edited by Basileus on April 2014
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  Rykros

  Posts: 22 April 2014

  Thank you for that heads up. Luckily, I only plan on using things like headers, tables, breaks, horizontal lines, etc. Very basic stuff. Nothing like floating boxes that travel with the page or something. I don't want to overcomplicate things. After all, the action is in the roleplaying and not the Obsidian Portal page :)
  
  I do have something else. More like a request of recommendation. In the bottom section of my table, it's going to have basic details about wiki page (as noted in the above code), but I would like to keep it nice and uniform. Since you can't use the Tab key to automatically indent, would you just use a second invisible table inside the bottom cell? No visible border, etc?
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  Basileus

  Posts: 585 April 2014

  The easiest way with pure HTML, is probably to just split those rows into two columns, and have the first column display nothing (or an asterisk or dash for a sort of bulleted list).
  
  Textile formatting or some inline CSS would be potential alternatives if that doesn't work for you.