Netscape and nested table properties

[marta99]

I am creating a site with nested tables. The main table has a background jpeg image I use to get the exact color I want on the page. (Is this smart? The web dither option in FW wasn't exact enough)

I nested a table in one cell so that I could select a background color that is lighter to put the text in. It works fine in IE, but in Netscape 4.7 the nested table seems to fall to the back or something...i.e. the light colored text cell doesn't display its color. And I have no cell spacing, padding, or borders in any of the tables yet Netscape is putting borders on the tables. It looks OK in Netscape 7. These are all Mac apps...

Thanks.

 

[schase]

You've just run into the old test of a webmaster's wits

Netscape 4.x really hates stuff like layers and nested tables.

and a note on colors - your right for the jpg to display the right color - but try to maintain web safe colors. Goto

http://www.webattack.com

and look at color schemer I think it is called.

There are realistically very few web safe colors - just like there are very few fonts all computers have. "Never underestimate the power of determination"

Stuart

 

[marta99]

Thanks for the support...my "powers of determination" are being severely tested these days!

Is there a workaround or is my only option to keep splitting cells to make mini nav tables? Is this where the Netscape Resize Fix comes in? Applying that fix seemed to mess something else up so I haven't been using it.. and maybe I should.

Thanks, Stuart!

Marta

 

[schase]

If you want to make sure that it is visible in netscape totally - 100%

than use no DHTML, no Nested Tables and no Layers, no Iframes either. "Never underestimate the power of determination"

Stuart