Topic: GRR! I hate netscape! Cell backgrounds... (Page 1 of 1)

Okay. In IE you can set a table background and any cells without background settings will show the table bkg through it..
In netscape..this doesnt work. Any cells not defined as backgrounds default ot a color...and won't show the table bkg though..how can I solve this?

i think due to the W3C rules you cannot set the background attribute to the table tag. just to the td tag.
so, if this is true, than in that case NN4 behaves correct.

The first thing I'd try is using CSS to set the table cells' background color if you're not doing it that way already.

Create a CSS class like

.coloredbg td { background: #ffee00; }

and assign it to the table:

<table class="coloredbg" ...> ... </table>

Then if you didn't alter the background of some os the <td>s seperately I can't see why this shouldn't work. Though if it still doesn't look the way you want it, it could help if you uploaded the page somewhere and posted the link so we can see it ourselves.

you know..you could put the background in as an image then to a layer over the top with the identical table layout.. (mind you layers don't work in all browsers)

That'd be a last resort, though. It'd create messy code that voids the use of CSS to separate style from content.

My philosophy about NN 4 problems is to find an acceptable alternative. If you make your site so that it works in NN4, you'll be restricting yourself. Make it *readable* in NN4, but don't worry if it doesn't look pretty. If the table backgrounds don't work, then just give the TD's all a solid background color for that browser.

ettie: I think that would be just a bit too much hassle for a simple table background, especially if you want to make it work in Netscape 4

I tried setting the cell backgrounds in my stylesheet and it still doesnt work...

Hrm. Stupid netscape.

How about posting a link to that page or the relevant bit of code you have now?

I thin part of the problem is in IE if a table height is set to 100% it fills the whole workspace/page space..but in Netscape the table is stopping early..how can I make the table fit the whole page (which changes according to the amound of text in the text area)

http://www.theatalans.com

Mind you I use Frontpage..that's probably where most of my problem is..I'm not a very good hand coder yet and was in a hurry to create this page for a friends Gaming Guild.

(The archer image is from FFXI from Squaresoft..so no I didn't make it.)
if you look in IE and Netscape youll see what the problem is.



[This message has been edited by Shifter (edited 11-03-2002).]

Shifter: I'm getting a 404 from that.

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Mind you I use Frontpage..that's probably where most of my problem is

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Yes. *Especially* when you're trying to make a page with in NN4... you can just forget about *that*.

i think this is the link he meant -- theatalans.com

Slime: I make pages in Frontpage all the time that work with NN..I just have to tweak out the bugs in coding like this one..that's why I ask for help..

Mikey: Thanks..corrected the link.

Still. It's a crutch worse than photoshop filters. It's sort of like a crutch that someone threw together in three minutes with some metal bars and duct tape. Code HTML from scratch, then you'll *really* know how to get it to work in NN =)

You know, you *could* have a table with a single cell with your desired background, and nest another table inside it. However, in NN4, the cells inside your nested table will inherit the background image of your larger table cell. But that can be defeated by adding a null background for the inside table cells: <td background="">

That would at least simulate what you're attempting.

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