Meta Question

[ngb1959]

My html editor automatically fills out what I am typing and when I start a new table, it puts in this:

<table summary="">
<tr>
<td></td>
</tr>
</table>

I always delete the "summary" part and put in width, etc.

Should I leave this in and describe what the table is about? Will this help me with SE's?

Thanks for your help.

NIna

[Leon]

Hi Nina it can help if you put good keywords in summary but also you can get penalty from google i think the best way is just dont try any tricks and let google see your real content.




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[DangerDave]

Nina,

"summary" is not a legitimate table attribute.. - IMO - remove it

DD

[Greenie]

DDave - is that "summary" thing sort like comment tags, so youc an tell where stuff is supposed to go?

Like:
<table summary="top banner goes here">
<tr>
<td></td>
</tr>
</table>

I've never seen it & I like tables, so I thought I'd ask :D

[DangerDave]

I take it all back..:(

It is a legit attribute.. but not a core attribute..


The summary attribute is used with non-visual media such as braille and speech to provide information about a table.

The TABLE element takes an optional SUMMARY attribute to describe the purpose and/or structure of the table. The overview provided by the SUMMARY attribute is particularly helpful to users of non-visual browsers. With simple tables, a good CAPTION is usually a sufficient summary, but complex tables may benefit from a more detailed overview via the SUMMARY attribute. The following example uses SUMMARY to describe a table. Note that the summary could also be included in a paragraph before the table, which is helpful since few browsers support SUMMARY.

<TABLE SUMMARY="This table gives the character entity reference,
decimal character reference, and hexadecimal character
reference for symbols and Greek letters.">

Dont you just hate it when your wrong... :)


DD