Posted by bbxrider on 11/04/07 02:58

thanks folks i think i tried all the suggestions but still no luck
even tried a different dtd from strict to transitional
if your still interested the page is:
http://www.1614-douglas-road.com/c15.html
i tried color=black as well as the #......s
i must have some basic 101 problem
bob

"dorayme" <doraymeRidThis@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
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> In article <fgj138026af@news2.newsguy.com>,
> richard <uandme@spam.not> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 3 Nov 2007 15:18:15 -0700, bbxrider wrote:
>>
>> > i have this css class
>> > .tble1, .tble1 TD, .tble TH
>> > {
>> > font-family:verdana;
>> > font-size:10pt;
>> > color:orange;
>> > }
>> > and invoke it in a table
>> > <table cellspacing="1" cellpadding="15" class="tble1">
>> >
>> > i get the font style and size ok in the td's, but color is always white
>> >
>> > it needs to be done differently?
>> > bob
>>
>> It may be that the word "orange" is not recognized by the type of html
>> you
>> are using. Try using color:#FF00FF or color:RGB(0,0,0)
>> Only a limited few color names are allowed in transitional.
>
> Or perhaps particular browsers? All mine show it even with
> doctypes changed to various ones or no doctype? Have heard this
> about orange before, come to think of it, in some posts here.
>
> I thought that the comma construction in this case would not work
> but was wrong. Sorry.
>
> (just btw, I don't think #fof is orange. #f90 might do)
>
> --
> dorayme

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