Question

I can’t stop the image repetition in my td elements. It looks very ugly. How do I solve this? I’ve added background-repeat: no-repeat code also, but it’s still not working. Please don’t suggest removing the % from the width of my td.

<table bgcolor="#d0e9ff" width= "100%">
 <td width="9%" height="40" background="images/button.jpg" background-repeat: no-repeat>
     <div align="center" border="0"><font face="arial, verdana, san-serif" size="2" ><a href="index.html " style="text-decoration:none"> 
     <font color="#ffffff"><b>Home</a></font></div>
  </td>

  <td width="9%" height="40" background="images/button.jpg" background-repeat: no-repeat>
     <div align="center"><font face="arial, verdana, san-serif" size="2"><a href="aboutus.html" style="text-decoration:none">
     <font color="#ffffff"><b>About Us</a></font></div>
  </td>

  <td width="9%" height="40" background="images/button.jpg" background-repeat: no-repeat>
    <div align="center"><font face="arial, verdana, san-serif" size="2"><a href="T&C.html" style="text-decoration:none">
    <font color="#ffffff"><b>Training and Certifications</a></font></div>
  </td>

  <td width="9%" height="40" background="images/button.jpg" background-repeat: no-repeat>
     <div align="center"><font face="arial, verdana, san-serif" size="2"><a href="services.html" style="text-decoration:none">
     <font color="#ffffff"><b>Services</a></font></div>
   </td>

    <td width="9%" height="40" background="images/button.jpg" background-repeat: no-repeat>
     <div align="center"><font face="arial, verdana, san-serif" size="2"><a href="Contactus.html" style="text-decoration:none">
     <font color="#ffffff"><b>Contact Us</a></font></div>
   </td>
</table>    

Answer 1

You’ve got plenty of answers telling you how to fix your repeating image problem, but in case you decide to use a CSS design, here is something to get you started. This will eliminate the need for an image. You’ll use a lot less HTML and it’s more configurable.

Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/ThinkingStiff/fJEJf/

HTML:

<ul>
    <li><a class="a" href="index.html">Home</a></li><!--
    --><li><a class="a" href="aboutus.html">About Us</a></li><!--
    --><li><a class="a" href="T&C.html">Training</a></li><!--
    --><li><a class="a" href="services.html">Services</a></li><!--
    --><li><a class="a" href="Contactus.html">Contact Us</a></li>
</ul>

CSS:

ul {
    background-color: #d0e9ff;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    white-space: nowrap;
}

li {
    display: inline-block;   
    padding: 4px;
    width: 19.5%;
}

a {
    background-color: gray;
    border-radius: 16px;
    color: white;
    display: block;
    font: bold 13px arial, verdana, san-serif;
    height: 32px;
    line-height: 32px;
    text-align: center;
    text-decoration: none;
}

Output: