OUCH! okay i did not realise i was using / lol…
oh the width works now fabulously.
Actually the reason why i wanted the background may be kinda stupid.
I wanted to type text above a picture which links to other pages of the catalog. for example see below.
https://www.bridgestone.com.sg/products_passenger.html
u can see 6 categories with text on them that links to the actual products.
Have been meddling with some HTML but i figure putting 6 diff background in 6 cell table, formatting them to be in the centre of the cell remove the cell borders and i would have something of the same effect haha! now to showing the picture and cell width is working. gonna work on the table borders and position! thank you for your help!