Date: 06/26/05 (HTML Help)    Keywords: web

Okay, so this isn't for my journal, but for a website I'm doing. If this is inappropriate, please let me know and I will delete my entry. I just can't seem to find anyone else to help!

I was hired to create a website for my university's record label. I have an Apple Powerbook, and use Safari. I made a really basic layout, it looked fine in Safari, and then I went to check it in Internet Explorer... and it's completely wrong.

http://www.crystal-heart.net/cantsay/srr

The layout is made using tables, and where I think I went wrong is in the td width="*" tag (which is supposed to make the size of the cell whatever is left in the window. for instance, if the window is 100 pixels wide, and you have two items at 10 pixels each, it becomes 80)... I've been using this for years, in IE, but apparently it's causing problems now. At the top of the page are three cells, running horizontally- the logo with a fixed width, part of the line, and the end with a fixed width. I think the problem is with the middle cell. I set the width to adjust based on how wide the viewer's screen is: basically, no matter what the size, both ends will look the same. The only difference is how wide the middle cell is, which makes the background repeat... Instead, it's just stretching the first cell and repeating its background. In a nutshell, I need it to be one solid line, even as you resize the window.

I hope this makes sense, it's 4:18 in the morning and I'm frustrated. If anyone can give me any advice, I would really, really appreciate it!!!

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