[thelist] mac/ie background image problem

[Bruce Wilbur]

.jeff wrote:
> hey all,
>
> working on a project that'll be used exclusively by macs (thank god by only a single version of ie).  i've got one of the imacs here to use in building this site/web-based application and having some issues with the design.
>
> for some reason unknown to me the background images defined in the stylesheet aren't showing up.  not just one or two, but all of them.  i've tried various types of references in the stylesheet including:
>
> background-image: url('/images/tab_bg.gif');
> background-image: url(/images/tab_bg.gif);
> background-image: url('http://bf-tasks.jeffhowden.com/images/tab_bg.gif');
> background-image: url(http://bf-tasks.jeffhowden.com/images/tab_bg.gif);
> background-image: '/images/tab_bg.gif';
> background-image: /images/tab_bg.gif;
> background-image: 'http://bf-tasks.jeffhowden.com/images/tab_bg.gif';
> background-image: http://bf-tasks.jeffhowden.com/images/tab_bg.gif;
>
> i've even tried attaching the image to the table cell using the trusty background attribute of the <td> tag.  no luck.
>
> i've doubled-checked that the paths are correct by requesting the image directly.  they come up fine.  all of the images are transparent gifs.  i thought maybe that was the problem so i changed the path to a jpg.  still no go.
>
> i know it *should* work cause it works just fine on win2k/ie6.
>
> http://bf-tasks.jeffhowden.com/
>
> can someone with a mac take a look and see if they see the problem and hopefully tell me what the solution is?

IE/Mac is very picky about the URL references.  It requires a full quote " instead of an apostrophe.  That should do it.

Yours,
B