A better approach might be to create a class, call it .task. Then the rule might be td .task {background-color:blue;text-align:center;}.
And then your HTML would be: <td width=640px" class="task"> Greg Morphis wrote: > Hey, I'm trying to build a daily schedule view which will have > schedules from 6am - 10pm. > I'm not sure if this is the correct approach so I'm asking for help... > > I was thinking of using a table with 3 columns, 1 column for the name, > 1 column for job title and 1 column for their daily schedule. I was > thinking of using spans for the various tasks that the users will have > throughout their day. > <table width="790px;" border="1"> > <tr> > <td width="75px">Pat Smoot</td> > <td width="75px">CSR</td> > <td width=640px"><span > style="left:0px;width:140px;background-color:blue;text-align:center;">Work</span></td> > > </tr> > </table> > the border is just for viewing.. > I believe what I need to use is absolutle positioning however when I > add that to the inline CSS statement, the width works but the span is > moved out of the cell table element. > I'm no CSS wiz, I'm just a beginner and hoping one of you can suggest > some sites to look at, tutorials or code snippets. > > Thanks! > -- Joe Huggins MSW, MSCIS University of Colorado Health Sciences Center Clinical Science Program ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/