IE/Firefox Table Differences

[robsharpe]

Hey,

I am trying to make a small template for my site, and have noticed that although my code is about 8 lines long, it looks different in IE and Firefox.

Can anybody please tell me why, and how I can fix this please? :)

The URL is http://www.gptboycott.com/ezinehtml.html.

Many thanks,
Rob

[the tree]

You should be asking yourself why you are using tables at all. They certainly aren't semantic, and they clearly aren't making things easy for you.

[robsharpe]

I was doing it in tables (as opposed to CSS, which I believe is the alternative?), for two reasons:

1) I don't know CSS as well as HTML

2) As I understand it, CSS requires an external CSS file to be accessed. This would be okay for a web page, but I am designing a template for a newslatter to be sent via e-mail.

Rob

[pcthug]

CSS can be inline or embeded, loosing the need for an external stylesheet.

Why tables for layout is stupid: problems defined, solutions offered (http://www.hotdesign.com/seybold/)
http://www.w3schools.com/css/
http://www.htmldog.com/guides/cssbeginner/

[ray326]

I suspect your primary reason is the lack of a doctype to put IE into standards rendering mode.

[blah1985]

haha IE cracks me up, try using percentages or defining the middle cell width