Rp Tutorials

I'm not quite sure if asking this here is allowed because it might not necessarily be RP specific, but whenever I do a table it seems that these large spaces in between things that shouldn't be there appear, usually after I've edited the information or added someone to a cast list or something. I'm not very html literate, does anyone know why these large spaces keep occurring, and how to fix/prevent them? Thank you so much for your time.

How do you take an icon and make a link to another journal like for storylines

On the layout I have now how do I get my icon to show up on my friends page