Adding a background image to html email table cell?

[carlmagnus]

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?

 

[.: John :.]

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?

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?

 

[Brian Tillman]

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?

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]

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

 

[Brian Tillman]

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

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.

 

[Edward]

Are you stripping every html page from its images, tags en css tags so you
only have to see text?

 

[Brian Tillman]

Are you stripping every html page from its images, tags en css tags
so you only have to see text?

Often. I usually have "Read all as plain" chosen.

 

[k8b]

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.