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CSS setup for tables on my webpage

<table border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="3" width="100%">
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#cccccc">Section Heading</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Section Sub Heading</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td><a href="">title</a><a href=""><img src=""></a></td>
<td>description</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>

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So what I want to do is be able to modify the following elements of the above HTML using CSS.

1. The background color of the main table
2. change the background color of the row that has the 'Section Heading'
3. change the background color of the row that has the 'Section Sub Heading'
4. change the background color of the inner table

What is the best way to go about this? Should I use ID's or div's?

Please provide sample CSS that modifies each of the elements.

Jagadeesh M

Well....if your data is a tabular data then don't prefer using CSS.

The intension of using CSS should be somthing like - converting tables using divs.

....But still if you need to conver this table accroding to your specs.....here it is

CODE:

<!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=iso-8859-1" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>

<style media="all" type="text/css">

#table{

position:relative;

}

#first{
background-color:#00CCCC;

}

#second{

background-color:#99CC66;

}

#third_1{
width:50%;
float:left;
}

#third_2{
width:50%;
position:relative;

}

</style>

</head>

<body>
<table border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="3" width="100%">
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#cccccc">Section Heading</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Section Sub Heading</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td><a href="">title</a><a href=""><img src=""></a></td>
<td>description</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>

<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>

<div id="table">
<div id="first">
Section headin
</div>

<div id="second">
Section sub heading
</div>

<div id="third_1">
<a href="">title</a><a href=""><img src=""></a>
</div>

<div id="third_2">
<p>Description</p>
</div>

</div>

</body>
</html>

............i've included your code and mine. That will help you to make a difference.

Lemme know if you need to know more abut the css i've used.

____Jags.

EENoob

ASKER

Hi,

Instead of using div's, can I just add an ID to the table?
<table border="0" ID="table1">

then in CSS

table#table1
{
backgroundcolor: #fffff;
}

>>if your data is a tabular data then don't prefer using CSS.
I'm not sure how correct that statement is.

anyhow, I'm having a hard time being able to reference the 2nd and 3rd <tr>'s......I don't want to make a global change to all the <tr> in my outer table since the 2nd and 3rd row's may have different background colors.

Jagadeesh M

...well I personally don't prefer placing tabular data in division. And even many experts suggest the same. (If the data is many rows and rows.)

The W3C defines class ID as "a unique identifier to an element". if your intention is just to change the backgound color you can directly do that using bgcolor attribute. But if your intention is using stylesheets...u can do it either by class or id. Your above example is for id. You can apply the same property to more than one element (say table) using the class.

URL: http://www.tizag.com/cssT/cssid.php

>>I'm having a hard time being able to reference the 2nd and 3rd <tr>'s......I don't want to make a global change to all the <tr> in my outer table since the 2nd and 3rd row's may have different background colors.

you don't want to make global change to your tr...you can define various styles and use ID to refer them in your tr tags.

Let me know if you need more explanation?

_____Jags.

EENoob

ASKER

Can you give me a sample CSS in the way I want it using ID's or even classes that changes the background color of the outer table, and change the color of the 2nd and 3rd rows each having a different color, and change the background color of the inner table.

that's the solution i'm looking for! thanks!

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EENoob

ASKER

from what I understood, class are good for implementing a style to many elements at the same time.

ID is good for applying a style to a single element?

Jagadeesh M

:-)

Can i know the reason for B Grade.

Thank You,
_____Jags.