Validator @ W3 not liking my background and border attributes

[RodS2]

I've done some research and I can't figure out what I am doing wrong. I run my site through the validator at W3 and everything comes back great except this:


Attribute "BACKGROUND" is not a valid attribute. Did you mean "background"?

<td height="71" background="images/line-bg.gif">


My site is HTML 4.01 Transitional.

How do I fix this so my site validates correctly?

Thanks for your help.

 

[vicvirk]

http://www.w3schools.com/TAGS/tag_td.asp

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[ChrisHunt]

You should do this with CSS instead:

<td height="71" style="background:url(images/line-bg.gif)">

Ideally you should put these rules in an external style sheet, rather than applying them inline one <td> at a time.

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[RodS2]

That's perfect for the code change. How would the .CSS entry look?

 

[Vragabond]

Given the importance of CSS in modern websites, I would suggest you learn the basics. One of the best tutorials can be found here:

http://htmldog.com/guides/cssbeginner/

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[cygmorg]

html:

<td height="71" style="background-image:url(images/line-bg.gif)">

and in css:

td {
height: 71px;
background-image: url(images/line-bg.gif);
}

Hope this helps

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Gareth

 

[vicvirk]

Further to Gareth's post, unless you want all your table columns to have the same look, add a class

<td class="myClass">

.myClass {
height: 71px;
background-image: url(images/line-bg.gif);
}

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