Posted by Chris Beall on 02/28/06 23:12

Helen wrote:

> OK, I have just redesigned my site [ www.amydumasfansite.net ] and I am
> pretty happy with it but when I voew the site in IE there is a black border
> around the table - as there is supposed to be- however, in firefox the
> border doesn't show up. How do I get the border to show up in firefox?
>
> Any help greatfully recieved.
>
>

Helen,

I see <table width=640 bordercolor=#000000
but the HTML spec does not contain any bordercolor attribute.

In Netscape and Opera, I see borders that have a 'recessed' styling,
i.e. the top and left sides are dark while the bottom and right sides
are light. In IE I see equally dark border all around. I deduce that
this is default styling, as I don't see anything specified.

In general, you will get more consistent results if you:
- Use a DOCTYPE.
- Use a 'Strict' DOCTYPE.
- Update your code to use CSS rather than style-related attributes on
the HTML tags.
More info at http://pages.prodigy.net/chris_beall/TC/index.html

Chris Beall

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