[marbs]

i tried playing around with some table code.
added this:

Spoiler:

#    def preprocess_html(self, soup):
#        rows = table.findAll('tr')
#        cols = rows.findAll('td')
#        soup1 = cols[0].string
#        return soup1

and lost the hole table. i think i will leave it at that for now.

Kovid,
did you mean adding extra_css = '' to the code?

in any case, i am very happy with what i have achieved. i really appreciate the point (or push) in the right direction. i am getting a lot out of the advice instead of just answers.