bgcolor in Netscape td

Please tell me why this background color is not working in Netscape..

<td bgcolor="#660000" width="54%"></td>

Here's the URL:

http://pleasantbay.net/template.htm

Actually, it was working yesterday. I'm not sure when it stopped.

Never mind..

I deleted that td cell, and stretched out the one that came before it.

hehe, that's a good workaround: delete whatever doesn't work... have to rememer that!

actually it's probably because ns doesn't bother displaying empty cells. i normally insert a 1*1pixel image or a space ( &nbsp; ). give it a try.

[This message has been edited by RedFox (edited November 02, 2000).]

[This message has been edited by RedFox (edited November 02, 2000).]

Right, I should've thunk of that; that's how I did bgcolors in the other td cells of the same page.

Another alternative to using pixel gifs is to insert one celled tables into your cells

example:<td><table width="1" height="1" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td></td></tr></table></td>

The battle rages on where i work, but it would seem that that a page using this technique loads faster than one loaded with pixel gifs - it makes sense to me since the page dosent have to download images from the server...on the other hand the nesting issue comes into play - myself? i like the table technique better - i guess you'll have to judge for yourself.

I've never tried this before.. don't you use a non-breaking space between the table data cells?

I certainly agree with your viewpoint that no graphics to load means less load time of a page.

Hello,

Now Netscape 4.7 doesn't support bgcolor for table. We have to replace it by the background by assigning the image of the color equivalent to the bgcolor.
For example:

<td background=blue.gif></td>

blue.gif -> the image with the bgcolor you need.

Rashmi.B.
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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Caper:
Please tell me why this background color is not working in Netscape..

<td bgcolor="#660000" width="54%"></td>

Here's the URL:

http://pleasantbay.net/template.htm

Actually, it was working yesterday. I'm not sure when it stopped. [/quote]

Obviously by the URL, I did get it working.

I used a transparent gif with the td cell set with a bgcolor.

But my problem was more related to the width of td cell in relation to other td cells within that table. I don't exactly recall how I fixed it, except for the description above.

<tr>
<td colspan="12"><img src="graphics/transparent.gif" width="1" height="10"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="12" bgcolor="#660000"><img src="graphics/transparent.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="12"><img src="graphics/transparent.gif" width="1" height="10"></td>
</tr>

I've never tried using your method, but I'll keep it in mind for next time..