[SOLVED] Why isn't this working?

[MsRedImp]

I have a feeling this has something to do with where I placed the tags. For some reason this div tag isn't taking any effect on the text inside, if I change the color or size nothing happens. It may have something to do with the tables, but if I put it before the <td> and after the </td> it works, any help please?

 

<div style="color: #FFFFFF; font-size:5px">
  <tr bgcolor="#336699">
    <td><b>1st</b></td>
    <td><b>Matt Smith</b></td>
  </tr>
</div>

[Dragen]

1. This is a html question, not php.

2. You've got div tags inside table tags, but not inside td tags.

[MsRedImp]

Oh sorry, it's because my whole file is PHP. I will post in the HTML area.

[Dragen]

I've just given you your answer.

It's because you've got the div tags outside of the td tags.

[MsRedImp]

Ah I understand what you mean. But if I put them inside the <td> tags I have to do the whole <div style> code for every row and column of text I want with that size and color, this is why I put it on the outside so that it can color and size many rows at once. Why isn't this working? I put a <div style> tag on the outside of the whole table form, so that all of the text inside is centered and a certain font, so why can't i put one inside? Here is the whole code:

 

// This div code works and affects the text.
<div style="position:absolute; LEFT:13px; top:90px; font-family:tahoma; text-align:center">
<table width="180" border="2" bordercolor="#004284" >
// This one doesn't do anything, but I want more than one row to be affected.
<div style="color: #FFFFFF; font-size:5px">
  <tr bgcolor="#336699">
   <td><b>1st</b></td>
   <td><b>Matt Smith</b></td>
  </tr>
</div>
  <tr>
  	<td>2nd</td>
  	<td>James Ford</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  	<td>3rd</td>
  	<td>Ashley Jones</td>
  </tr>
</table>
</div>

[Dragen]

I put a <div style> tag on the outside of the whole table form, so that all of the text inside is centered and a certain font, so why can't i put one inside?

Because it's invalid html. The only things you can put in-between table tags are tr, td, and th.

Remove the div and change the tr to this:

<tr style="background-color:#336699; color:#ffffff; font-size:5px">

[MsRedImp]

Ah I see. I didn't know it was invalid html, thank you

[Dragen]

if you want to check your html validation go to this link: http://validator.w3.org/

It will validate any web page and tell you what's wrong with it.

You can also validate css here: http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/