martinibuster
msg:1197931 | 4:04 pm on Oct 8, 2002 (gmt 0) |
Hey Nick_W,
Where are you!?
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james gulliver
msg:1197932 | 4:05 pm on Oct 8, 2002 (gmt 0) |
Is Nick_w the guru of css?
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tedster
msg:1197933 | 4:28 pm on Oct 8, 2002 (gmt 0) |
Well, as you see, there is no background attribute for <td> And browser support for CSS background-image rules in tables can be very spotty. Have you tried wrapping the table in a div and giving the div a background-image?
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Weblamer
msg:1197934 | 5:06 pm on Oct 8, 2002 (gmt 0) |
<td> does support backgrounds. <td width="100%" background="pic.gif"> </td>
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SuzyUK
msg:1197935 | 5:49 pm on Oct 8, 2002 (gmt 0) |
Just a guess here and not tested.. but if you wrap the table in a <div> then apply the background image (and any positioning) to the div, then ensure that your table background color is transparent would that work? Suzy [edited] tested it now...and it does work
and sorry tedster I didn't see you had posted the same solution ;)
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andreasfriedrich
msg:1197936 | 6:05 pm on Oct 8, 2002 (gmt 0) |
| <td> does support backgrounds |
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only in the transitional HTML versions. Andreas
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copongcopong
msg:1197937 | 10:24 pm on Oct 8, 2002 (gmt 0) |
have you tried to put a div (set to width/height auto) inside the table (td) then let the div handle the background?
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james gulliver
msg:1197938 | 8:07 am on Oct 9, 2002 (gmt 0) |
i have tried all these suggestions and they DON'T work what am i doing wrong? i even made a new page and applied the div tag to a blank table but the background image still didnt work. I am viewing the page in IE5.5 In my initial post i explained the reason for wanting to do this can anybody suggest how i can make the html validate without placing the background image in the css style sheet?
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Robber
msg:1197939 | 8:21 am on Oct 9, 2002 (gmt 0) |
Sorry James, No non-css solution for you, but if you do go with css this will work: td.abc {
width: 140px;
background: url(images/xyz.gif);
background-repeat: repeat-y;
background-color: #ffffff;
} Validated this with xhtml strict just yesterday. Cheers
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tedster
msg:1197940 | 8:30 am on Oct 9, 2002 (gmt 0) |
| <td> does support backgrounds |
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Yes, but there's a difference between what some browsers will support and what's VALID mark-up. Even in HTML 3.2 a background atttribute is not valid for a table or table cell. | how i can make the html validate without placing the background image in the css style sheet |
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You can't. But you can try it as an inline style, rather than an external .css file. Have you tried this: <td height="329" style="background-image:url(images/bckground.gif)">
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tedster
msg:1197941 | 8:32 am on Oct 9, 2002 (gmt 0) |
As an afterthought - are you remembering to put the path for the image INSIDE a "url()" like this? url(image.gif)
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james gulliver
msg:1197942 | 8:38 am on Oct 9, 2002 (gmt 0) |
Tedster inline style it is! it is now working properly. thanks
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james gulliver
msg:1197943 | 10:51 am on Oct 9, 2002 (gmt 0) |
I have validated the page and css. will this make any difference to the pages rankings within the search engines? one more thing. what is the syntax for norepeat on a background image using inline css?
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tedster
msg:1197944 | 12:55 pm on Oct 9, 2002 (gmt 0) |
'background-repeat' takes these values:
repeat ¦ repeat-x ¦ repeat-y ¦ no-repeat ¦ inherit W3C reference [w3.org]
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So that means: <element style="background-image:url(image.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;"></element>
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