Adding a background image to html email table cell?

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I'm trying to send an html email using a table layout and designed in
Dreamweaver but cannot get the email to display a background image in the
cell of the table layout. I tried the html "background" tag and CSS
background: URL tag. Is there a way round this or is it not possible to
display a background image within a table cell tag?
 
carlmagnus said:
I'm trying to send an html email using a table layout and designed in
Dreamweaver but cannot get the email to display a background image in the
cell of the table layout. I tried the html "background" tag and CSS
background: URL tag. Is there a way round this or is it not possible to
display a background image within a table cell tag?
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I have the same problem in Outlook 2007:
If I e-mail an html-message with background images in a table cell to
Outlook 2007, the images don’t appear. If I e-mail the exact same code to
Outlook 2003 the message looks fine with all background images in place. Is
it a bug in Outlook 2007?
 
..: John :. said:
I have the same problem in Outlook 2007:
If I e-mail an html-message with background images in a table cell to
Outlook 2007, the images don’t appear. If I e-mail the exact same
code to Outlook 2003 the message looks fine with all background
images in place. Is it a bug in Outlook 2007?
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Outlook 2003 uses IE to render the HTML. Outlook 2007 uses Word 2007 and
Word doesn't render HTML in the same way. I read an article yesterday that
indicates that the background attribute is ignored, at least in some cases.
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa338201.aspx
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa338200.aspx
 
Edward said:
nice validator. But this is ofcourse the world up side down.

It is not the world which should conform to MS Word / Oulook 2007. I
predict major troubles for MS.

I have info for you why this will happen.

http://www.campaignmonitor.com/blog/archives/2007/01/microsoft_takes_email_design_b.html
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Actually, I'm glad. Anything that reduces the ability for people to put
HTML in mail is A-OK by me. Rarely does HTML add _information_ to a mail
message. One doesn't need pretty little images to convey meaning.
 
Are you stripping every html page from its images, tags en css tags so you
only have to see text?
 
Edward said:
Are you stripping every html page from its images, tags en css tags
so you only have to see text?
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Often. I usually have "Read all as plain" chosen.
 
Pro: I finally figured out why I can't see the background images of the
messages I design when they are opened in Outlook 2007.

Con: I'm a graphic designer, so those pretty html emails that you think are
worthless are actually quite important to me. And there's no way to fix it.
Awesome.
 
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