Further to my earlier message: I'm slightly more confused now. I
thought that perhaps I had not properly validated the xhtml or css,
so have done both now. The result is that the page now behaves almost
equally badly on Safari, Firefox and IE. I guess from this that there
is something basically wrong with my use of a gif file as a
background image in a table cell.
I have put the offending page up on my site at this url in case
anyone has a chance to take a look at it: http://www.tellura.co.uk/
gtpr/index.htm
Thanks,
Ian.
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On 18 Aug 2005, at 9:59, Ian Piper wrote:
Hi,
I'd appreciate some advice on a problem with a site I'm designing.
The problem is that a gif file that I am using as a background
image in a table cell is not visible in IE although it looks fine
in Safari and Firefox.
I thought that this in the css file:
td#sectionheadingmiddle {
background: #f4c035 url(../images/sectionheadingmiddle.gif);
}
and this in the html file
<tr>
<td width="416"><img src="images/sectionheadingleft.gif"
width="416" height="60" border="0" alt="*"></td>
<td id="sectionheadingmiddle"><img src="images/spacer.gif"
width="1" height="60" alt="*" /></td>
<td width="6"><img src="images/sectionheadingright.gif"
width="6" height="60" border="0" alt="*"></td>
</tr>
would work. However although it renders nicely in Safari on my Mac
and Firefox under Windows XP, IE6 just shows a white background for
the td with id=sectionheadingmiddle. The intention by the way is to
allow this middle column in my table to resize when the user
resizes the window. The three images make up a rounded rectangle
that needs to stretch horizontally to sit atop this middle column.
If there is a more sensible way to achieve that effect I would
welcome some guidance.
Thanks,
Ian.
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