[thelist] tables- simple netscape problem (help)

[aardvark]

the code is wonky... you are relying on 'width' attributes in your 
<td>s, something NN casually ignores without spacers in place... 
and since you know your table width, this is easy... keeping 
everything in one table would be a big help... dumping some 
attributes (like height, and backgrounds) is a no-brainer here, as 
well... remember, your images can determine the table cell sizes... 
you've also got a useless <div> in there... and remember that NN 
needs *something* in a table cell in order to render it's background 
image or color...

anyway, paste in the following code:

  <table width="600" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
    <tr> 
      <td width="20"><img 
src="images/apparence_table/top_left.gif" width="20" height="20" 
alt=""></td>
      <td width ="560"><img src="images/apparence_table/top.gif" 
width="560" height="20" alt=""></td>
      <td width="20"><img 
src="images/apparence_table/top_right.gif" width="20" height="20" 
alt=""></td>
    </tr>
    <tr> 
      <td width="20"><img src="images/apparence_table/left.gif" 
width="20" height="260" alt=""></td>
      <td bgcolor="#000000" align="center" valign="center"><object 
classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" 
codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/f
lash/swflash.cab#version=4,0,2,0" width="500" height="251">
            <param name=movie value="images/swf/pour_marcel.swf">
            <param name=quality value=high>
            <embed src="images/swf/pour_marcel.swf" quality=high 
pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/in
dex.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" type="application/x-
shockwave-flash" width="500" height="251">
            </embed> 
          </object></td>
      <td width="20"><img src="images/apparence_table/right.gif" 
width="20" height="260" alt=""></td>
    </tr>
    <tr> 
      <td width="20"><img 
src="images/apparence_table/bottom_left.gif" width="20" 
height="20" alt=""></td>
      <td width ="560"><img 
src="images/apparence_table/bottom.gif" width="560" height="20" 
alt=""></td>
      <td width="20"><img 
src="images/apparence_table/bottom_right.gif" width="20" 
height="20" alt=""></td>
    </tr>
  </table>

watch for all the wrap...

you'll note i added 'alt' attributes, dumped tags and attributes that 
aren't supported by both browsers, and generally cleaned it up...

i suggest you dump whatever editor is you are using, not that it 
produced horrible code, but it was certainly not the best...

this should also work in all table-supporting versions of NN and IE...

> From: Stephane Gosselin <taz at hy.cgocable.ca>
> 
> Hi. I know there ain t much to this but I'm stooped. Compatibility for 
> Netscape 4 & IE 4 & up desired, but..... the table on
> www.designtotus.com  looks bad in netscape no matter HOW i code it. THere 
> has to be a simpler way of doing this?