Forum:Template with just converted table to HTML syntax doesn't work

I was having problems with tables in the template. It putting extra white space into tables that I could not get rid of because of the Wiki table syntax required new lines for new cells unless you know it is the not the first table. Since a subtemplate handles the cells, I couldn't make the assumption.

It would have been fine if I could only call the subtemplate the number of times I needed a new cell. Instead, I have to call it once for each possible cell. So the subtemplate resulted in one blank line for each cell that is not needed.

I attemptted to fix that problem by switching to HTML syntax for the main table. All that did was cause the parser to interpet the table wrong. It appearently sees the table and header tags - but nothing after that. In fact, the thead tags appear striped of their contents as though I used "&amp;lt;" rather than '&lt;'. All table tags after that are ignored.

What is wrong? I don't see any syntax I failed to convert. However, my knowledge of HTML is rather weak. I might have converted something wrong. Will (talk -- contribs) 06:27, 20 October 2006 (UTC)