CSS - Background-color Not Taking Effect

Hi,

I am trying to apply a background color to an item other than the body but I cannot make it display in IE 6 or 5.5. I have tried applying it to both <div>'s and <p>'s. Does IE not support the background-color property outside of the page background?

Hey Guys!

I'm going absolutely bonkers trying to find out how to change the color of the background of a certain element on my site. I installed Vanilla forums on my site and am trying to customize the css script.

If you look at the page, you will see an annoying white in the body. I am trying to make the background of that #F6F6F2. Could you guys possibly put me in the right direction?

Thanks!

Here is a link to my page:
shipswatchdotcom/forum/vanilla/aaa.html

Here is the css script:
Code:

#Body {
	margin: 0;
	width: 99.9%;
	position: relative;
	background: #F6F6F2;

}
#Head {
	background: #B8D4B8;
	padding:0;
	margin: 20px 20px 0;
	text-align: left;
	position: relative;
}
div.Popup h1,
div.Popup h2,
div.Connect h1,
div.Connect h2 {
	background: #F6F6F2;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #3b5998;
}
.Banner {
	padding: 10px;
	text-align: left;
	position: relative;
	background: #F6F6F2;
}
.Banner ul {
	background: #B8D4B8;
	padding: 0;
	margin: 0;
}
.Banner ul li {
	display: inline;
	padding: 0;
	margin: 0;
}
.Banner ul li a {
	font-weight: bold;
	padding: 3px 6px;
	font-size: 11px;
	color: #336633;
	display: inline-block;
}
.Banner ul li a:hover {
	background: #E5F0E5;
}
.Banner ul li a.SignOut {
	font-weight: normal;
	position: absolute;
	top: 10px;
	right: 10px;
}
.Banner ul li a span {
	border-radius: 3px;
	-moz-border-radius: 3px;
	-webkit-border-radius: 3px;
	padding: 1px 2px 0 1px;
	background: #F6F6F2;
	border-right: 1px solid #F6F6F2;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #F6F6F2;
	color: #F6F6F2;
	font-size: 9px;
	position: relative;
	top: -3px;
}
#Content {
	float: none;
	width: auto;
	margin: 0 280px 0 10px;
	background: #F6F6F2;
}
#Panel {
	float: right;
	margin-right: 10px;
	background: #F6F6F2;
}
#Panel div.SearchBox input.InputBox {
	width: 200px;
	margin-right: 4px;
	background: #F6F6F2;
}
div.SearchBox {
	margin-bottom: 6px;
}
body.Profile div.SearchBox {
	display: none;
}
body.Profile #Content {
	float:none;
	width: auto;
	margin: 0 10px 0 280px;
	background: #F6F6F2;
}
body.Profile #Panel {
	margin: 0 0 0 10px;
	background: #F6F6F2;
}
form.Activity textarea {
	width:99%;
	background: #F6F6F2;
}
#Foot div {
	width: auto;
	background: #F6F6F2;
}
body.Post #Content {
	width: auto;
	margin:0 20px;
	background: #F6F6F2;
}
#ConversationForm textarea.MultiComplete,
#ConversationForm .TextBox,
#MessageForm textarea,
div.Comment div.CommentForm,
div.Comment div.CommentForm textarea,
div.CommentForm textarea,
#DiscussionForm input.InputBox,
#DiscussionForm textarea {
	width:99%;
	background: #F6F6F2;
}
#ConversationForm form {
	border: none;
}
div.Preview div.Message,
ul.MessageList div.Message {
	clear: none;
}
#DiscussionForm form {
	background: #F6F6F2;
	border: 1px solid #ccc;
}
div.MessageForm,
div.Tabs {
	background: #F6F6F2;
	border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;
}

/* Tabs */
div.Tabs {
	background: #F6F6F2;
	padding: 0;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa;
}
div.Tabs ul {
	padding: 0 8px;
	white-space: nowrap;
}
div.MessageForm {
	padding: 8px 8px 5px;
}
div.MessageForm div.Tabs {
	padding: 0 8px;
}
div.Tabs li a,
div.Tabs li a:link,
div.Tabs li a:hover,
div.Tabs li a:active,
div.Tabs li a:visited {
	font-size: 11px;
   margin: 0;
   border: none;
   border-radius: 0;
   -moz-border-radius: 0;
   -webkit-border-radius: 0;
   background: #F6F6F2;
   color: #336633;
   text-decoration: none;
   padding: 8px 10px;
	line-height: 11px;
}
div.Tabs li a:hover {
   text-decoration: underline;
}
a.Active,
div.Tabs li.Active a {
   background: #F6F6F2;
   color: #336633;
   margin: 0;
   border: 1px solid #aaa;
	border-bottom: none;
   border-radius: 3px 3px 0 0;
   -moz-border-radius: 3px 3px 0 0;
   -webkit-border-radius: 3px 3px 0 0;
   display: inline-block;
	font-size: 12px;
	line-height: 12px;
   font-weight: bold;
   text-decoration: none;
   padding: 6px 10px;
	position: relative;
	top: 1px;
}
div.Tabs li a span {
   line-height: 1;
   font-size: 80%;
   padding: 0 3px;
   border-radius: 3px;
   -webkit-border-radius: 3px;
   -moz-border-radius: 3px;
   font-weight: normal;
	background: #F6F6F2;
   color: #4A7023;
   margin: 0 0 0 4px;
}
div.DiscussionsTabs div.SubTab {
	font-size: 11px;
	border-radius: 0;
	-moz-border-radius: 0;
	-webkit-border-radius: 0;
	border-top: 1px solid #aaa;
	background: #F6F6F2;
	margin:0;
	padding:4px 8px;
}
div.HeadingTabs ul {
	margin: 8px 0 0;
}
body.Discussion a.Bookmark {
	margin: 6px 2px;
}
div.Preview {
	border: 1px solid #aaa;
	background: #F6F6F2;
	margin:0 0 8px;
	padding: 8px;
}
.Foot {
	background: #F6F6F2;
	border: none;
}
div.MorePager a,
div.MorePager a:link,
div.MorePager a:visited,
div.MorePager a:active,
div.MorePager a:hover {
	border-radius: 0;
	-moz-border-radius: 0;
	-webkit-border-radius: 0;
	background: #F6F6F2;
	border: none;
	color: #4A7023;
	line-height: 1;
	padding: 0;
	text-decoration: none;	
}
div.MorePager a:hover {
	color: #4A7023;
	text-decoration: underline;
}
body.add #Content {
	margin: 0 10px;
	background: #F6F6F2;
}

/* Panel Boxes */
#Panel div.Box {
	border-radius: 0;
	-moz-border-radius: 0;
	-webkit-border-radius: 0;
	box-shadow: none;
	-moz-box-shadow: none;
	-webkit-box-shadow: none;
	background: #F6F6F2;
	padding: 0;
}
div.Box h4 {
	color: #4A7023;
}
ul.PanelActivity,
ul.PanelInfo {
	border-top:1px solid #ccc;
}
ul.PanelActivity li,
ul.PanelInfo li,
ul.PanelInfo li.Active {
	background: #F6F6F2;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc;
}
ul.PanelInfo li.Active {
	background: #F6F6F2;
}
#Status {
	border-radius: 2px;
	-moz-border-radius: 2px;
	-webkit-border-radius: 2px;
	background: #eee;
	color: #000;
	line-height: 1.6;
	padding: 3px 6px;
	margin: 0 0 8px;
}
body.Profile ul.PanelInfo {
	border: #F6F6F2;
}
body.Profile ul.PanelInfo li {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
}
body.Profile ul.PanelInfo li a {
	font-size: 12px;
	display: block;
	padding: 0 6px;
	background: #F6F6F2;
}
body.Profile ul.PanelInfo li a:hover {
	background: #F6F6F2;
}

/* Sign In Page */
body.Entry #Content {
	text-align: center;
	margin: 0 auto !important;
}
body.Entry #Content div.Box {
	background: #F6F6F2;
	border: 0;
}
div.Methods {
	border-left: 1px solid #ccc;
}

/* Messages */
div.DismissMessage {
	background: #F6F6F2;
	border: 1px solid #ccc;
	padding:6px 8px;
	border-radius: 3px;
	-moz-border-radius: 3px;
	-webkit-border-radius: 3px;
}
div.DismissMessage a.Dismiss:hover {
	color: #000;
}
div.Warning {
	background: #d00;
	border: 1px solid #b00;
	color: #F6F6F2;
	text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #444;
}
div.Warning a.Dismiss {
	color: #F6F6F2;
}
#Content div.Box {
	color: #000;
	background: #F6F6F2;
	border: 1px solid #F6F6F2;
}
body#dashboard_entrycontroller_signin div.Box {
	border: none;
}
/* Autocomplete */
.ac_results {
   border: 1px solid #d7d8da;
	color: #000;
   border-top: 0;
   background-color: #F6F6F2;
}
.ac_results li {
   border-bottom: 1px solid #d7d8da;
}
.ac_lastitem {
   border-bottom: 0 !important;
}
.ac_results strong {
   background: #F6F6F2;
}
.ac_over strong {
   background: #F6F6F2;
}
.ac_over {
   background: #3b5998;
   color: #fff;

}

Hi,

I have made a page using <div> tags.

<div id="page">
<div id="leftmenu">
</div>
<div id="mainarea">
</div>
</div>

My problem is that sometimes, the leftmenu is longer than the main area(1) and sometimes its the opposite- the main area is longer than the leftmenu(2). I want them both to be of the same height. (3)

How can I do this? Plz Help!

I have pasted the style codes for the 3 tags below.


(1)


(2)



(3)

#mainarea {
background-color:#FFFFFF;
float:left;
position:relative;
right:0pt;
width:630px;
}

#leftmenu {
background-color:#EEEEEE;
float:left;
left:0pt;
position:relative;
width:140px;
}

#page {
background-color:#FFFFFF;
position:relative;
width:770px;
}

Hi there people,

I have a question about CSS but before I start off asking this question I'll introduce myself.

I'm a new user of this great forum, my name is Dwight and I'm a student on the "Graphical Lyceum Amsterdam" where I follow the education for "Multimedia Designer".

Ok so now you know me a little, I'll start off asking my question.

Question: I have to change the layout for a html page that askes for information from different asp pages, but that's not my problem . The problem is that I have to make some td's a different color -the background that is- but the problem is that I can't change the html page itself (it is automaticly generated and I don't have permission to change it).
So my question is can someone tell me how I can change the color of some (not all!) td's with CSS without making classes?

Tnx, Dwight

Hi there,

Is it possible to start a background-color a certain amount frm the top, like you can with background images?

I have a background image which uses rounded corners, but when I set the background-color, it overlaps the background image so you cannot see it anymore. What I want to do is to start the background color, say, 20px from the top.

Is that possible?

I'm using Wordpress 3.0.4 with the WP Remix theme 3.0 for my website. URL: joelwyant.com

I want to be able to add a page to the site during the Christmas season. To make it standout more, I'd like that specific page to always have a different background color in the navbar than the other "normal" pages. I have the CSS for the navbar style, but I don't know where to begin to make it specific to just that one page.

In other words, how do I create CSS that overides the normal navbar background color for just that one specific page?

Any thoughts, suggestions, or guidance is much appreciated!

Joel

Hello All. I'm working on an assignment for an introductory level html/css class. The assignment asks me to change the Window Background color to 666666. How do i do this? So far i've only be able to change background colors of element tags, which is not what i need. This was the Example give for this particular step.

Edit: i tried to link a picture for a visual. For some reason its blocked to new members.

Any help would be appreciated.

Hi,

I am trying to set background color on hover for a single table of links, rather than the entire document like the below example shows.

http://www.projectseven.com/tutorials/css/pseudoclasses/

I have tried various ways, I do not want to use javascript for this and I am aware of the way to apply background color to the .td field but this also applys to the normal text not just links.

So my question is how do I apply the background hover color to one table of links instead of the body. Thanks!

Here is my code:

Code:

body { 
background-color: yellow; 
margin-left: 20%; 
margin-right: 20%; 
border: 1px dotted gray; 
padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; font-family: sans-serif; 
}

None of the attributes such as background color, margins, border, padding are showing up when I test it out. Can someone help me?

Hello,
I can't seem to figure out how to get the body of this page to be white...

you can see the page at: www.brandontutmarc.com/vlr
and the attached CSS is at: www.brandontutmarc.com/vlr/viva.css

Here is what I'd like it to look like: http://www.brandontutmarc.com/vlr/vlr1.jpg

Any help is GREATLY appreciated...

for some reason my background color won't show in firefox..

http://losemybreath.org/

take a look in IE and then in FF, I can't for the life of me figure out why it's not working.. any ideas?

this is the css
Code:

body {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	background: #ECF0CD;
	text-align: center;
	font: 12px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #666; }
	
#header {
	margin-left: 25px;
	width: 800px;
	height: 524px;
	background: url(http://www.losemybreath.org/images/greenlayout.jpg) no-repeat;
	}
	
#center {
	margin: auto;
	width: 800px; }
	
#content {
    width: 495px;
	margin: auto;
    text-align: left;
	background: #BCD4B2; }
	
#blog {
	float: left;
	margin-left: 10px;
	width: 290px;
	text-align: justify;
	display: inline;
	background: #BCD4B2; }
	
#sidebar {
	float: right;
	margin-right: 10px;
	width: 165px;
	text-align: justify;
	display: inline; 
	background: #BCD4B2;}

p {
	font: 12px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #666;
	margin-top: 0;
	text-align: justify; }
	
h1 {
	text-align: center;
	background-color: #ECF0CD;
	margin-bottom: 0;
	padding-bottom: 0;
	margin-top: 0;
	padding-top: 0;
	letter-spacing: 3px;
	font-weight: bold;
	font: 12px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	color: #77936C; }
	
ul,li {
	list-style-type: none;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0; }
	
a:link, a:visited {
    color: #669257;
    text-decoration: none; }

a:hover,a:active {
    color: #666666;
	background: #ECF0CD;
	text-decoration: underline; }
	
hr {
	width: 100%;
	color: #ECF0CD; }
	
.right {
	float: right; }
	
textarea, select, input {
	color: #666666;
	background: #ECF0CD;
	border: 0px none;
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 2px;
	font: 10px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; }
	
#question {
	border: 1px solid #ECF0CD;
	padding: 2px; }

What is wrong with this? I can't seem to see any of the background colors in Firefox or Camino? I have tried setting the background color in the body, and by enlosing the rest of the elements within a containing "main" div... but neither seem to work. Any ideas?
What is wrong with this? I can't seem to see any of the background colors in Firefox or Camino? I have tried setting the background color in the body, and by enlosing the rest of the elements within a containing "main" div... but neither seem to work. Any ideas?

http://buffalonationsmuseum.ca

Right now the property is just "background" but I have tried...

background-color:

Can someone look at my site at http://www.personalhurricanecenter.....com/index.php? using Internet Explorer?

The problem is that on the initial load, the background of the main section (white in the middle) is fine, even though I had to drop the padding to 3em. You'll notice if you minimize and then maximize the window, resize it, or click on the "submit" button on the upper-right (which will redirect you back to this page) that the background turns blue. If you scroll down, then the lower portion is white. If you scroll back up, the background miraculously turns white again. But the section that remains visible during scrolling stays blue. Also, you can select the text in the blue and then deselect it and it'll be white! This does not occur in Netscape or Firefox.

Can someone tell me what in the world is the deal? I've spent a week getting this layout set so I can move on and it's holding me up. Thanks.

Tim

P.S. I have my background color set to blue in the body section of my css, and the main background color set to white. Those are the only bg color configurations (except for link options).

With IE, the background of SELECT elements is not respecting the CSS file setting. But IE does respect the CSS for the INPUT element. Netscape 7.1 and Mozilla Firefox work correctly for SELECT and INPUT.

Here is a snippet from my stylesheet file:

SELECT
{
FONT-WEIGHT: normal;
BACKGROUND: beige;
COLOR: darkgreen
}
INPUT
{
FONT-WEIGHT: normal;
BACKGROUND: beige;
COLOR: darkgreen
}

I have tried #FFFFD8 and #F5F5DC as alternatives to the name "beige" for the SELECT entry. Result is always white. Yet my text boxes show properly as beige so I am confused about why that name is ignored for SELECT elements. Note that I can change the entry to something basic like BACKGROUND: yellow and that displays correctly (but I don't want yellow - I want beige - like the INPUT element).

These SELECT and INPUT elements are always in some table such as:
<td class=genericinputleft>Starting Date<select name=dd1 etc.

Could there be a cascading problem in IE ? Here is the CSS:

.genericinputLeft
{
FONT-WEIGHT: bold;
FONT-SIZE: x-small;
BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%;
COLOR: black;
FONT-FAMILY: Arial;
text-align: left;
vertical-align: top
}

I have tried commenting out the BACKGROUND entry from the class above but that does not seem to help. Thanks.

Hi,

I have a simple table

<table id="sometable">
<tr>
<td>
<a href="link1">link1</a>
<td>
<a href="link2">link2</a>
</table>

with a style sheet
table#sometable {width: 100%;}
table#sometable a:hover{background-color: #A9A9A9;}

What I want is on a hover the whole cell changes color, not just the link. How can I do this? Also should I be using a table in the first place?

Thanks

Colin