Tables & Background Images

I am currently using Dreamweaver CS4. I am attempting to add
a background image into a table cell. When I look at how to do this
on the web, it says to select the Bg Image within the PROPERTIES
PANE, then browse and choose a background image. My problem is as
follows; the 'Bg Image' feature does not appear in the PROPERTIES
PANE, only the 'Bg Color' selection appears. Is there a setting I
need to set to turn this feature on in the PROPERTIES PANE?
Thanks,
Rick

RickGenga wrote:
> My problem is as follows; the 'Bg Image' feature does
not
> appear in the PROPERTIES PANE, only the 'Bg Color'
selection appears. Is there
> a setting I need to set to turn this feature on in the
PROPERTIES PANE?
No. You need to learn how to create a CSS style rule.
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Inserting table background images [was: CS4 DW]

Dear all,
I've have trouble inserting the background images in a cell of a table. When I was using CS3 I had the options of selecting BG color or image, as well as choosing the border color.
Right now in CS4 I can't even insert one in a cell, only color bg, and also editing the font size, color, type..
Can anyone advise?
Z

CSS code uses a different syntax than HTML code.
With CSS you can use a background-color: #FFF or a background-image (URL). This can point to an absolute URL:
background: url (http:yoursite.com/images/bg-image.jpg)
or to an image in your DW local site folder:
background: url (some-folder-in-your-local-site/image.jpg)
For more HTML & CSS Tutorials - http://w3schools.com/
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Inserting table background image

I just upgraded from DW8 to CS4 and can't figure out how to
insert an image for a table background! The box and folder icon to
browse to the file I want is greyed out. Can anyone help?

This is CS4's way of telling you that you have to use CSS for
such things.
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>I just upgraded from DW8 to CS4 and can't figure out how
to insert an image
>for a table background! The box and folder icon to browse
to the file I
>want is greyed out. Can anyone help?

CS4 Table Background Images

Trying to figure out how to code background images for
various cells within
a table. I tried writing a css rule but nothing shows up.

Most likely there is a bug in your code. We'd need to see it
to know.
Your Properties panel looks fine.
Anyhow, back up to the "Set table properties" section and
read the comments
at the bottom.
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"tweaked_eye" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Maybe there is a bug with my install....???
>
> Here is a snag of my windows properties panel....
>
>
http://vegasphotographics.com/photos/423947819_65SHu-XL.jpg
>
> There is no box for background image.
>
>
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Dreamweaver/10.0_Using/WS9CA317DF-CF04-4177-9180-24C0BA715489a .html
>
>
> Should I have a background image option there?
>
>
> "tweaked_eye" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>> Trying to figure out how to code background images
for various cells
>> within a table. I tried writing a css rule but
nothing shows up.
>>
>
>

Stopping tiling in a table background image

I'm trying to stop the tiling of the background image within
a table in Dreamweaver 8.
It seems to be different then "no-repeat" for the general
background.
Was hoping someone could help me out.
Thanks.

You have no tiling control there at all.
Change this -
<table width="612" height="1081" border="0"
background="ess_web_ad_bg.jpg">
to this -
<table width="612" height="1081" border="0"
background="ess_web_ad_bg.jpg"
style="background-repeat:no-repeat;">
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Table background image

I created a site with a table holding the background image.
Other tables are within this containing the content.
It works fine but if i use a .png image for the background i
get a thin blue line at the top. see here:
http://proof.outoffocusonline.com/
(it is visible above contact).
If i make the background image a .jpg or a .gif this problem
disappears - that is with making NO other changes just the name
extension.
Any ideas why this occurs? and how can i fix it? - the image
does not look nearly as good in gif form due to the shadow/glow
effect. And jpg boosts the filesize by a lot.
thanks.

Does the PNG contain transparency?
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> Somehow the background image
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http://proof.outoffocusonline.com/images/bg.png
> has got a 1 pixel x 20 pixel (approx) blue fringe effect
added which is
> not the same color blue (#000099) as the rest of the
image.
>
> Has this been inadvertently added in your image editor?
>
> Can you post a link to a copy of the GIF version?
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Need table background image to resize

I'm working in DW MX. I have a subtle background image in a
nested table on my page. The pages will vary in height due to the
amount of content on each. I would like the background image to
resize vertically as the table expands vertically. I also don't
want the image to repeat. I'd be happy with a straight HTML or CSS
solution. Any advice?

Ain't gonna happen. There's just no way....
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>I agree with you on UGLY. But that's not really what I'm
trying to do --
> especially fixed position. I just want to make sure if
someone resizes the
> text
> on the screen, thus expanding the cell and the table
vertically, that the
> background image will resize as well. You can see the
page at
>
http://www.monsoondigital.com/client/brotherton/index.html
>
> I'm also trying to fix that blasted one- or two-pixel
problem with the
> right
> vertical line.
>
> Jeff
>

CS4 table background image?

Is this a new thing -- to no longer have the background image
selection box, or is it yet another Windows Vista anomoly...

It's related to CS4's focus on VALID code usages and best
practices. You
should use CSS to specify all of your background images.
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> Is this a new thing -- to no longer have the background
image selection
> box, or is it yet another Windows Vista anomoly...

Table Background Images in CS4...

This may sound like a really stupid question and I really hope there's an easy explanation... When I create a new table in dreamweaver cs4, and i click on the table and go down to the property inspector, the src file is greyed out. It's not allowing me to select an image to use as a background within my table. What am I missing? Please help!!!! Thanks in advance.
BFM

CS4 is trying to teach you get into good coding habits :-) Adding a background is a style it's not html, so the background needs to go into a stylesheet.
I have an example here - with the ane example of css to use - see if it helps:
http://www.dreamweaverresources.com/tutorials/pagebackgrounds/cellbackground.htm

Background image in a table not in the document

hello forum, i would like to put a background image in a table so that I am able to put things on top of the image and so it moves with the table. I can only figure out how to do it in the page properties so that it is static on the page. Can anyone please tell me if what I am trying to do is possible? thank you in advance. Jim.

Hi John,
thanks for your hint, now I've got it. And so I was able to integrate/to play with Gramps hint in some variations too.Hans-G.

Is there a better way to do this? CSS rules/Background image/tables

Hi,
I am designing a site and I have used a table for the banner. Everytime a different page is displayed, the banner image changes. I have created .html pages, and I have created a lot of css rules to change the background image. I think there must be a more efficiant way to do this?
http://www.taffyproductions.com/test/
ALSO... I need to figure out how to make the links (hover/active states) work on all the pages... I figured it out on the index page, but I'm sure there is a better css rule?

Put a div in the head section? Surely you jest!
But you do hint at the easy solution - just have an embedded stylesheet in the head of each page that changed the background image only on that page. No need for any other complexities.
In other words on page1, change this -
<link href="outpost.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
</head>
to this -
<link href="outpost.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<style type="text/css">
table#banner { background-image:url(images/banner1.jpg); }
</style>
</head>
and on page2 change it to this -
<link href="outpost.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<style type="text/css">
table#banner { background-image:url(images/banner2.jpg); }
</style>
</head>
etc.

Background image in a table 3x3

I have a tables set 3 x 3
I wish to have a different coloured circle background in
each.
I have created a .bmp file and tried to add it but it just
fills the box with the colour of the .bmp file
I have also resized the .bmp file and still it does the same
even when the file size was 10x10 dpi
Please can someone tell me what I am doing wrong.
I am using dreamweaver and selecting .bmp as the BG file in
the properties of each box within my table.
I think it only does the BG colour, but why is it asking for
a file?
<table width="40%">
<tr>
<td background="grey dot bg.bmp">
<div align="center">a</div></td>
<td background="blue dot bg.bmp">
<div align="center">b</div></td>
<td><div align="center">c</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><div align="center">d</div></td>
<td><div align="center">e</div></td>
<td><div align="center">f</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><div align="center">g</div></td>
<td><div align="center">h</div></td>
<td><div align="center">i</div></td>
</tr>
</table>
is there an easier way?
thanks for your help.

You should be using css, not background image via the
property inspector.
Here's an example you can examine. Look at the css code in
the head of the
document.
http://dreamweaverresources.com/forum/circles/
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>I have a tables set 3 x 3
>
> I wish to have a different coloured circle background in
each.
>
> I have created a .bmp file and tried to add it but it
just fills the box
> with
> the colour of the .bmp file
>
> I have also resized the .bmp file and still it does the
same even when the
> file size was 10x10 dpi
>
> Please can someone tell me what I am doing wrong.
>
> I am using dreamweaver and selecting .bmp as the BG file
in the properties
> of
> each box within my table.
>
> I think it only does the BG colour, but why is it asking
for a file?
>
>
>
> <table width="40%">
> <tr>
> <td background="grey dot bg.bmp">
> <div align="center">a</div></td>
> <td background="blue dot bg.bmp">
> <div align="center">b</div></td>
> <td><div
align="center">c</div></td>
> </tr>
> <tr>
> <td><div
align="center">d</div></td>
> <td><div
align="center">e</div></td>
> <td><div
align="center">f</div></td>
> </tr>
> <tr>
> <td><div
align="center">g</div></td>
> <td><div
align="center">h</div></td>
> <td><div
align="center">i</div></td>
> </tr>
> </table>
>
>
> is there an easier way?
>
> thanks for your help.
>
>
>

Background image in a table

Older versions allowed you to insert a background image into a table or cell. CS4 does not have that option. Does anyone know how to do this. Thanks

You need to use CSS to create a rule so that the table cell shows a background image. Example: Place the following in the head of your document, or take the style and place it in your current stylesheet.
CSS:
<style type="text/css">
.cellback {
background: url(pics/bckgroundhor.jpg) no-repeat; /* this background will not repeat */
</style>
HTML:
and then give the cell the class of cellback
<td class="cellback">
Example here:
http://www.dreamweaverresources.com/tutorials/pagebackgrounds/cellbackground.htm

Stop Background Image in Table from Repeating

Since CS4 has unfortunately removed the button for Background Image for tables, I found a neat work-around on the internet: select the cell, then open the Tag Inspector panel, select the Attributes button and Show list view, and click inside "background" and use the folder icon to navigate to the background image. However, I can't stop the image from repeating. I've tried everything I can think of. Can anyone help me? No code responses, please. Thanks!

monelleny wrote:
Can anyone help me?
Yes.
No code responses, please. Thanks!
Well, in that case, the answer is no.
Quite honestly, if you're capable of searching for an answer on the internet, and using the Tag Inspector to add a background image, you should be capable of following simple instructions to handle CSS.
To add a non-repeating background image to a table cell (or any element, for that matter), you use CSS. Create a CSS class like this in the head of the page:
<style type="text/css">
.background {
background-image: url(images/bg.jpg);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
</style>
Select the table cell, and then choose background from the Class menu in the Property inspector.

Background Image In Table Cell

I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong or missing here. This is the first time that I'm using an image as a background. I've made a table with a 100% width with 3 colums and 3 rows. The left and right table cells have been merged and the 3 middle rows are at a width of 938 pixels. I have cropped the images correctly. The right column lines up perfectly, but the left column does not line up like it's supposed to with the image. You can take a look at it by going to http://www.wattsconcepts.com/new
Here is the code below if anyone wants to take a look at it. Any help in solving this is greatly appreciated. I am using Dreamweaver CS5.5
Thank you for your time!
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Watts Concepts - Kentucky Web Design - Harrodsburg, Kentucky</title>
<style type="text/css">
body {
          margin-left: 0px;
          margin-top: 0px;
          margin-right: 0px;
          margin-bottom: 0px;
          background-color: #000;
          background-image: url();
</style>
</head>
<body>
<table width="100%" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
    <td rowspan="3" align="left" valign="top" background="images/left-index.jpg"> </td>
    <td width="938" align="center" valign="top"><img src="images/logo-index.jpg" width="938" height="172" /></td>
    <td rowspan="3" align="left" valign="top" background="images/right-index.jpg"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td align="center" valign="top"><img src="images/eye-index.jpg" width="938" height="296" alt="Reach Your Audience Today" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td align="center" valign="top"><img src="images/test-index.jpg" width="938" height="197" /></td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>

Your HTML code should ideally be as follows:
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Watts Concepts - Kentucky Web Design - Harrodsburg, Kentucky</title>
<style type="text/css">
body {
margin-left: 0px;
margin-top: 0px;
margin-right: 0px;
margin-bottom: 0px;
background-color: #000;
</style>
</head>
<body>
<table width="938px" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
    <td width="938" align="center" valign="top"><img src="images/logo-index.jpg" width="938" height="172" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td align="center" valign="top"><img src="images/eye-index.jpg" width="938" height="296" alt="Reach Your Audience Today" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td align="center" valign="top"><img src="images/test-index.jpg" width="938" height="197" /></td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
Also, you don't need 3 columns for this website. 1 column and 3 rows should do. Also, never use 100% for <table> width. It's bad practice as you're making your site fluid which will render your site to malfunction on some browsers
And you had the entire 3 sections as 1 image as your CSS body background-image. This is bad practice. Crop only what you want for each section, never give the entire merged site as 1 image.
Try the code I've given you above and it should work perfect.
A quick tip: Try learning and using DIV with pure CSS styling instead of tables. Tables are a thing of the past. You could just google it and you have tons of free resources on how to create a site using DIV. Also, there's a beautiful tutorial posted by one of our senior members here: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/dw_html5_pt2.html that explains how to create HTML5 site with Pure CSS styling using DIV tags.
Cheers,
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