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Re: I had the same problem on a page and...... From James on 26 July '01 replying to Re: I had the same problem on a page and...... posted by Bob THANKYOU THANKYOU THANKYOU THANKYOU THANKYOU!!!!! the background="" works perfectly, i was tearing my hair out with piece of CR@P that is Netscape, the company i work for (the biggest british media company in the world) has to adhere to version 3 of both netscape and ie as the license payer has already paid to see these sites so this is a complete lifesaver as our Ops department would have eaten me for breakfast when they saw my code! >Netscape is very much "an ignorant piece of sh*&t." This particular error can be solved by placing a background="" tag in every nested table cell. > >>I was like this too at first but found out that if I also ran my site on one of those >>automated website checkers I had tons of errors. >> >>It's just that IE is more forgiving and will be blind to those errors. >> >>Netscape is really more compliant to the HTML standards but its hard to say what >>standards to follow. >> >>Certainly IE has caught up and is beating netscape now but does that mean IE HTML and java is the correct version? >>No. >> >>So I suggest that all HTML programmers stick to the standard html until all browsers >>have the updated support for the code. I like reading the "WEB TECHNIQUES" >> and also the CD Book with several shareware and trail ware programs for the web. >> >>I reccomend you visit your local book store and invest in that $13 CD magazine. >> >>It has a wealth of info on it. >> >>I still build my site for 100% compliance under 4.76 Netscape. >> >>But more and more people are moving to using server side browser detection >>and serving the person with the respective browser html. >>This cuts down on broken looking sites. >> >>Oh and did you hear! Microsoft lost the java court case! >>HAHAHA! >>Shame on you Microsoft! >> >>Java will remain cross platform forever. Anyone trying to dilute it should also loose >>in court! >> >> >>Inachu >> >>>I was able to fix it and fix other problems I did not even know I had. >>> >>>I downloaded a program for free called tidy.exe and it has been a life saver for syntax errors that can really cause problems in webpages. One warning though, if you have major problems with your page it will re-arrange it sometimes, but it will fix it. >>> >>> >>>I tried using different color backgrounds with embedded tables before I got tidy and I that didn't work either. I spent alot of time trying to fix embedded tables before tidy. >>> >>>Now if someone would be kind enough to answer some of my questions that I am posting in the following note.

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>THANKYOU THANKYOU THANKYOU THANKYOU THANKYOU!!!!! > >the background="" works perfectly, i was tearing my hair out with piece of CR@P that is Netscape, the company i work for (the biggest british media company in the world) has to adhere to version 3 of both netscape and ie as the license payer has already paid to see these sites so this is a complete lifesaver as our Ops department would have eaten me for breakfast when they saw my code! > > > >>Netscape is very much "an ignorant piece of sh*&t." This particular error can be solved by placing a background="" tag in every nested table cell. >> >>>I was like this too at first but found out that if I also ran my site on one of those >>>automated website checkers I had tons of errors. >>> >>>It's just that IE is more forgiving and will be blind to those errors. >>> >>>Netscape is really more compliant to the HTML standards but its hard to say what >>>standards to follow. >>> >>>Certainly IE has caught up and is beating netscape now but does that mean IE HTML and java is the correct version? >>>No. >>> >>>So I suggest that all HTML programmers stick to the standard html until all browsers >>>have the updated support for the code. I like reading the "WEB TECHNIQUES" >>> and also the CD Book with several shareware and trail ware programs for the web. >>> >>>I reccomend you visit your local book store and invest in that $13 CD magazine. >>> >>>It has a wealth of info on it. >>> >>>I still build my site for 100% compliance under 4.76 Netscape. >>> >>>But more and more people are moving to using server side browser detection >>>and serving the person with the respective browser html. >>>This cuts down on broken looking sites. >>> >>>Oh and did you hear! Microsoft lost the java court case! >>>HAHAHA! >>>Shame on you Microsoft! >>> >>>Java will remain cross platform forever. Anyone trying to dilute it should also loose >>>in court! >>> >>> >>>Inachu >>> >>>>I was able to fix it and fix other problems I did not even know I had. >>>> >>>>I downloaded a program for free called tidy.exe and it has been a life saver for syntax errors that can really cause problems in webpages. One warning though, if you have major problems with your page it will re-arrange it sometimes, but it will fix it. >>>> >>>> >>>>I tried using different color backgrounds with embedded tables before I got tidy and I that didn't work either. I spent alot of time trying to fix embedded tables before tidy. >>>> >>>>Now if someone would be kind enough to answer some of my questions that I am posting in the following note.