problem with css

[Thomas Müller]

Hello,

the following HTML works:

<td bgcolor="C00000">Test</td>

the following doesn't work:

<td class="BG">Test</td>

in the styles.css is BG defined:

.BG { bgcolor: C00000 }

what's my fault?

Thanks in advance,

Tom

 

[scripts.contact]

Hello,

the following HTML works:
<td bgcolor="C00000">Test</td>

the following doesn't work:
<td class="BG">Test</td>

in the styles.css is BG defined:
.BG { bgcolor: C00000 }

BGCOLOR is a HTML attribute not CSS. In CSS, use-
background-color:xxxxxx

 

[Thomas Müller]

Thanks, it works.

Tom

 

[Jonathan N. Little]

BGCOLOR is a HTML attribute not CSS. In CSS, use-
background-color:xxxxxx

Correction: background-color: #xxxxxx
^
Put '#' before the 'C00000'

 

[scripts.contact]

Correction: background-color: #xxxxxx
^
Put '#' before the 'C00000'

yes, i forgot that...
and color names are also valid like-
red,black,lime,green etc.

 

[Bergamot]

and color names are also valid like-
red,black,lime,green etc.

Note that CSS 2.1 only has 16 valid color names.
http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/syndata.html#color-units

The big X11 list of colors is supposedly part of the CSS3 spec. While
they may be widely supported already, using a hex or rgb value is more
reliable. Besides, graphics editors tend to require numeric references.

 

[=?ISO-8859-1?Q?G=E9rard_Talbot?=]

Thomas Müller wrote :

Hello,

the following HTML works:

<td bgcolor="C00000">Test</td>

the following doesn't work:

<td class="BG">Test</td>

in the styles.css is BG defined:

.BG { bgcolor: C00000 }

what's my fault?

Thanks in advance,

Tom

This particular issue and many others are explained, addressed at

Using Web Standards in your Web Pages (Updated Dec. 2006)
http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Using_Web_Standards_in_your_Web_Pages

Gérard