[thelist] NS4 and CSS

[Bill Mason]

At 05:23 AM 05/29/2002, you wrote:
>#masthead {
>  background-image : url(../media/header/images/header2_02.gif);
>  background-position : top;
>  font-weight : bold;
>  padding-left : 5%;
>  padding-right : 5%;
>  background-repeat : repeat-x;
>  width : 100%;
>
>/* For NS4 as it doesnt want to inherit */
>  background-color : #000000;
>  color : #FFFFFF;
>  font-family : Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
>  font-size : 11px;
>  text-align : left;
>}
>
>Everything works fine in IE 6, Op 6 and Moz. However, I cannot get NS4 to
>show the background-image. I seem to remember reading something about an NS4
>bug with this, but I cant remember any more than that.

You need to define the path of the image as a absolute URL.  NN4 has a
problem with relative URLs.  Check out
http://www.richinstyle.com/bugs/netscape4.html#color, bug #11.

Bill Mason
Accessible Internet
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