# Table issue

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/table-issue/201857>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [September 25, 2006, 7:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/table-issue/201857 "2006-09-25T19:15:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![sharada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba8739/32.png) [@sharada](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sharada)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 7:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/table-issue/201857/1 "2006-09-25T19:15:54Z")

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i am trying to create a simple portfolio site for my self.

this is my layout inside of the body tag.  
\<table\>\<tr\>\<td\>logo\</td\>\</tr\>\</table\>  
…this is left aligned…  
\<table\>  
\<tr\>  
\<td\>vertical table of contents: Home Portfolio Resume Contact\</td\>  
\<td\>vertical rule-a photoshop image saved as jpg\</td\>  
\<td\>detailed write up based on the table of content link\</td\>  
\</tr\>  
\</table\>

the problem i am facing is every link that i click in the table of contents, the new page that loads does’nt start from a fixed spot ie. both the table of contents list as well as the body writeup/the third column in the 2nd table. it goes slightly up or down depending on the amount of writeup i have for every page.

i have tried playing around with the height of the vertical rule image, i tried setting fixed widths and heights but, i am lost here. i feel this is a simple table and do’nt where i am going wrong.

can anybody help me here??  
thanks  
sharada