Re: the case of the disappearing table

by Kym Jones <kjones(at)adam.com.au>

Date:	Sun, 17 Dec 2000 10:57:33 +1030
To:	Noteworthy Web Designs <webmaster(at)noteworthydesigns.com>, HWG Techniques <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
In-Reply-To:	noteworthydesigns
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Great stuff Karen...lookin' spiffy!! 

Kym



At 03:38 PM 16/12/2000 -0600, Noteworthy Web Designs wrote:
>
>    Well folks, I did a combination of these two solutions, and it shows up!
>I'll have it uploaded at
>http://www.noteworthydesigns.com/oriental_rug/contact.htm for you to check
out.
>Thanks a lot!
>
>Kym Jones wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> and/or empty cells. To solve the "empty cell syndrome"...insert a no
>> breaking space - &nbsp;
>>
>> IKym
>
>Greger Lindberg wrote:
>
>Dear Karen,
>I think the background image of your TD is inherited by your nested table.
>Just insert background="" somewhere in your nested table's declaration and
>you will get rid of the inherited background.
>
><table width="94%" border="0" background="" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
>align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
>
>Cheers,
>Greger Lindberg
>
>> Noteworthy Web Designs wrote:
>>
>> > OK, mystery lovers. I'm working on a page I have nested tables. The main
>> > table has two columns. The left column has a nested table for my
>> > navigational buttons. The right column has a nested table for
>> > information, BECAUSE the main background is black for the site, but my
>> > customer wants an Oriental rug pattern like a frame around the white
>> > informational table, which is on the right. So, I thought I'd use the
>> > rug pattern as a background in the right column and make the left column
>> > black, then the table in the right column white. Everything shows up
>> > fine in Internet Explorer, but all I can see in Netscape 4.5 is the
>> > pattern. I've tried making the whole major table in the pattern, then
>> > applying the appropriate background color to each cell...no luck. I've
>> > tried adding background color and background where needed...no luck.
>> > It's at http://www.noteworthydesigns.com/oriental_rug/contact.htm. To
>> > see what I WANT, look at IE. To see what's giving me a headache, look at
>> > it through Netscape and imagine a white table with information nested in
>> > the column where the pattern is. I promise, I think I've tried every
>> > combination possible.
>> > HELP!!!I'm snowed in anyway, so I have plenty of time to work!
>> > (By the way...no design suggestions, please. This is a rough draft and I
>> > know what I need to change there. I just want the ***tables to work!!)
>> > Thanks in advance, and Happy Holidays!~
>> >
>
>>
>>
>
>--
>Karen Stafford
>Noteworthy Web Designs
>"Websites Composed with Jazz"
>Web Design,Hosting,Search Promotion
>http://www.noteworthydesigns.com
>
>

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