Re: Table Backgrounds

by Kukla Fran and Ollie <weblists2001(at)yahoo.com>

Date:	Sun, 25 Nov 2001 10:15:11 -0800
To:	hwg-basics(at)hwg.org
Cc:	Kef Moulton <kef(at)desoto.net>
In-Reply-To:	desoto
	todo: View Thread, Original

You answered your own question with,  [I]" have tried both HTML 4.0 and 
HTML 4.01, but the validator still says background is not an element."

Hallo?  "... but the validator still says background is not an element."

The use of background images within tables is not valid.  Period.

If everything else validates with no table backgrounds, don't sweat it.

Follow the advice in your own sig ... "Don't be afraid to go out on a limb. 
That's where the fruit is."

At 12:22 PM 11/25/01 -0500, Kef Moulton wrote:
>Hi,
>I tried to look this up in the archives, but the page seems to be down.
>
>I am trying to code a table with backgrounds.  I need different images 
>within each td tag.  The page works fine in both NN and IE, but won't 
>validate.  I wondered if the DTD needed to be changed, and have tried both 
>HTML 4.0 and HTML 4.01, but the validator still says background is not an 
>element.  Is there a way to make it validate?
>
>TIA,
>Kef
>
>
>---
>Don't be afraid to go out on a limb.
>That's where the fruit is. H. Jackson Browne

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