Hi,
I;m hoping someone can help me here. I'm relatively new to web programming. But, I have a bit of code that works off my home machine with apache running 1.3.22, but the server is running v 1.3.24 and the code doesn't work.

I'm trying to get an image with transparency in a table, to composite over the background image in the table. here's my code:

<table width="100%" height="120" bordercolor="#000000" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" background="/sitedesign/reiss_global/images/reissBackground.jpg">
<tr>
<td border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" align="right" >
<img src="/sitedesign/reiss_global/images/logoBanner4.gif">
</td>
</tr>
</table>

please help... I've been working on this since midnight! and I'm not sure if it;s a problem with the server settings, but here are the symptoms

until 8:40am,
the images would load correctly in

internet explorer 6.0 from localhost
internet explorer 6.0 from remote server

netscape 4.77 from localhost

and the background was missing in

netscape 4.77 from remote server

at 8:40am, a config script was run on remote server and now


the images would load correctly in

internet explorer 6.0 + netscape 4.77 from localhost

and the background was missing in

internet explorer 6.0 + netscape 4.77 from remote server



any ideas!!!
thanks, I'm at wit's end
-J

I doubt thats an apache issue. Apache just serves up the page. It really doesnt have anything to do with the html.

Sorry for 2 posts. If its running off your home server give your box a reboot. That sometimes clears up browser issues.

It's running off of a remote server. the home server works fine...
should I ask my hoster to reboot?

One thing to check is that the img file you're using is really there in the first place b/c I don't think you'll see the usual 'broken' img for background images in tables, but I could be wrong. And also check that your img src matches what's on your hosting site (i.e. check for case since *nix systems are case sensitive). Other than that... I can't think of what else might be stopping you from seeing your img. I doubt a reboot of the server would do much good.

OMG - its the 'windows' syndrome -- reboot at first sign of trouble.

No!

Look for other issues. Check your httpd-error.log. Probably the last comment is a first place to start.

Not related I know, but your host really should upgrade to Apache 1.3.26, as previous versions including those mentioned have potentially quite serious security holes (see httpd.apache.org). :eek:

I'll let them know.

Weirdest thing... It just started working! arggggh.
I don't know if I'me excited because it works, or crazed cause I don't know why!
:D