[thelist] Table Background Question

[Steven Wood]

> I have a large 800x600 background image and I put it as the 
> background of a 
> large table and then made a number of nested tables to position 
> the pictures 
> and text where I want them over the background.
> 
> It looks great in IE, but in Netscape 4.X the background image is 
> repeated 
> in each nested table making the whole thing rather screwy looking 
> with the 
> background image starting over in multiple places withing the 
> large table.  
> Why is Netscape doing this, and is there a way around it?

Heh, you've just encountered the fabled Netscape table background issue.

Here's a short article that addresses the problem:
(one of many such articles that you can find around the web)
http://www.netmechanic.com/news/vol3/html_no6.htm

here's another:

http://www.webreview.com/pub/1999/05/07/tag

Steven Wood
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