<body> question/problem.....

Jaken Veina · #1 (**permalink**) Aug 10th, 2005, 22:11

Can someone tell me where I've gone wrong with this definition of the body tag?

body {background-color: #CFD7DA; color: #000000}

The text is black, like it should be, but that's the defualt color, and the background doesn't work at all. Yes, I've linked it correctly. I have several other tags defined in the file, all of which work fine. Am I using the wrong attributes?

Oh, and is it possible to Cascade the cellspacing and cellpadding options of the <table> tag?

herkalees · #2 (**permalink**) Aug 11th, 2005, 01:07

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Originally Posted by Jaken Veina

Can someone tell me where I've gone wrong with this definition of the body tag?

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body {background-color: #CFD7DA; color: #000000}

The text is black, like it should be, but that's the defualt color, and the background doesn't work at all. Yes, I've linked it correctly. I have several other tags defined in the file, all of which work fine. Am I using the wrong attributes?

Oh, and is it possible to Cascade the cellspacing and cellpadding options of the <table> tag?

Try this:

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body, html {background-color:#CFD7DA; color:#000000;}

Jaken Veina · #3 (**permalink**) Aug 11th, 2005, 02:01

Nope. It works when I define it in the same document, but not when I link from another. I've tried linking in the <head> tag, before the <head> tag, between the <head> and <body> tags, even outside the <html> tag without any change. Stupid thing...

Just forget about it. Any idea on the <table> question? The padding attribute doesn't work, I've already tried it.

benbacardi · #4 (**permalink**) Aug 11th, 2005, 07:09

is this any good?

http://archivist.incutio.com/viewlist/css-discuss/17963

Jaken Veina · #5 (**permalink**) Aug 11th, 2005, 16:07

Yes! Thank you very much.

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