+ 2
In the following example, I'm creating a simple table with 2 rows and 3 columns. With no colspan, it will have 6 cells. But if I add 'colspan=3' to the first cell in the first row, it will 'span' over 3 columns, taking up the space of all 3 cells of the first row. Therefor I have to remove the markup (code) for cell 2 and 3 to make room for the 'spanning' cell 1:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Page Title</title>
<style>
table {
border-collapse:collapse;
}
td {
border:1px solid #000;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<table>
<tr>
<td colspan="3">Content. Content. Content</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Content..</td>
<td>Content..</td>
<td>Content..</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>