Posted by Cogito on 05/28/05 11:00

On Sat, 28 May 2005 06:34:48 GMT, Spartanicus
<invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:

>Cogito <nospam@nospam.nospam> wrote:
>
>[About CSS tables]
>
>>>A url would have helped.
>>
>>Here is my example:
>>http://users.bigpond.net.au/blackbox/a9/dailydose.html
>
>Like Jim Scott you too are using the wrong terminology, what you have
>there is *not* a CSS table, but an HTML table styled with CSS.
>
>When you post an example it's rather rude to expect us to first correct
>your errors to see if there's a relation to the issue that you are
>experiencing, so you need to make sure your code validates. Your html
>doesn't:
>http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http://users.bigpond.net.au/blackbox/a9/dailydose.html
>
>>In IE it looks like it is intended to, except that the table is way
>>too big. In FF, the grey background is only on the sides. Without the
>>table it forms a thin line at the top, as intended.
>
>The margin specified on #pagecontainer seems to throw IE.
>
>>The file table.css is the one that I have copied and modified.
>
>Copying and pasting someone else's css without a proper understanding of
>the language is bound to cause problems both for you as the "author" and
>the user. Learn the language first, then write your own code.


First you ask me to provide a link to my table than you tell me it's
rude to expect…
I'm not even aware of what this code validator is or does. All I
wanted is to get a nicer looking table using css. As you could see,
all I need is a simple 2 column table. If that is asking too much I
can live with a simpler html table.

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