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I recently designed and finished 2 newsletters; but when I went back to make a quick change (add a background color to the outside of the container) I realized that there is some mystery padding between the content and the background color, what I'm trying to accomplish is to get the background color right up against the edge of the main content. I've played around with the CSS quite a bit, but still haven't come up with a fix..Here's the full source of the newsletter:\[code\]<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> <title>The Cook's Nook</title> <style type="text/css"> /* Client-specific Styles */ #outlook a{padding:0;} /* Force Outlook to provide a "view in browser" button. */ body{width:100% !important;} .ReadMsgBody{width:100%;} .ExternalClass{width:100%;} /* Force Hotmail to display emails at full width */ body{-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;} /* Prevent Webkit platforms from changing default text sizes. */ /* Reset Styles */ body{margin:0; padding:0;} img{border:0; height:auto; line-height:100%; outline:none; text-decoration:none; float: left;} table td{border-collapse:collapse;} #backgroundTable{height:100% !important; margin:0; padding:0; width:100% !important;} /* Template Styles */ /* /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ STANDARD STYLING: COMMON PAGE ELEMENTS /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ */ /** * @tab Page * @section background color * @tip Set the background color for your email. You may want to choose one that matches your company's branding. * @theme page */ body, #backgroundTable{ background-color:#000000; } .bodyContent{ padding-left: 40px; } /** * @tab Page * @section email border * @tip Set the border for your email. */ #templateContainer{ border: 2px solid #CCC; } /** * @tab Page * @section heading 1 * @tip Set the styling for all first-level headings in your emails. These should be the largest of your headings. * @style heading 1 */ h1, .h1{ color:#202020; display:block; font-family:sans-serif; font-size:34px; font-weight:normal; line-height:100%; margin-top:0; margin-right:0; margin-bottom:10px; margin-left:0; text-align:left; } /** * @tab Page * @section heading 2 * @tip Set the styling for all second-level headings in your emails. * @style heading 2 */ h2, .h2{ color:#000000; display:block; font-family:Arial; font-size:12px; line-height:100%; margin-top:0; margin-right:0; margin-bottom:10px; margin-left:0; text-align:left; font-weight: normal; } /** * @tab Page * @section heading 3 * @tip Set the styling for all third-level headings in your emails. * @style heading 3 */ h3, .h3{ color:#202020; display:block; font-family:Arial; font-size:26px; font-weight:bold; line-height:100%; margin-top:0; margin-right:0; margin-bottom:10px; margin-left:0; text-align:left; } /** * @tab Page * @section heading 4 * @tip Set the styling for all fourth-level headings in your emails. These should be the smallest of your headings. * @style heading 4 */ h1, .h1{ color:#000000; display:block; font-family:Arial; font-size:16px; line-height:100%; margin-top:0; margin-right:0; margin-bottom:10px; margin-left:0; text-align:left; } h4, .h4{ color:#871d2a; display:block; font-family:Arial; font-size:13px; font-weight:bold; line-height:100%; margin-top:0; margin-right:0; margin-bottom:10px; margin-left:0; text-align:left; } /* /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ STANDARD STYLING: PREHEADER /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ */ /** * @tab Header * @section preheader style * @tip Set the background color for your email's preheader area. * @theme page */ #templatePreheader{ background-color:#FAFAFA; } /** * @tab Header * @section preheader text * @tip Set the styling for your email's preheader text. Choose a size and color that is easy to read. */ .preheaderContent div{ color:#505050; font-family:Arial; font-size:10px; line-height:100%; text-align:left; } /** * @tab Header * @section preheader link * @tip Set the styling for your email's preheader links. Choose a color that helps them stand out from your text. */ .preheaderContent div a:link, .preheaderContent div a:visited, /* Yahoo! Mail Override */ .preheaderContent div a .yshortcuts /* Yahoo! Mail Override */{ color:#336699; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:underline; } /* /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ STANDARD STYLING: HEADER /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ */ /** * @tab Header * @section header style * @tip Set the background color and border for your email's header area. * @theme header */ #templateHeader{ background-color:#FFFFFF; border-bottom:0; } /** * @tab Header * @section header text * @tip Set the styling for your email's header text. Choose a size and color that is easy to read. */ .headerContent{ color:#202020; font-family:Arial; font-size:34px; font-weight:bold; line-height:100%; padding:0; text-align:center; vertical-align:middle; } /** * @tab Header * @section header link * @tip Set the styling for your email's header links. Choose a color that helps them stand out from your text. */ .headerContent a:link, .headerContent a:visited, /* Yahoo! Mail Override */ .headerContent a .yshortcuts /* Yahoo! Mail Override */{ color:#336699; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:underline; } #headerImage{ height:auto; max-width:600px; } /* /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ STANDARD STYLING: MAIN BODY /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ */ /** * @tab Body * @section body style * @tip Set the background color for your email's body area. */ #templateContainer, .bodyContent{ background-color:#FFFFFF; } /** * @tab Body * @section body text * @tip Set the styling for your email's main content text. Choose a size and color that is easy to read. * @theme main */ .bodyContent div{ color:#707070; font-family:Arial; font-size:8pt; line-height:150%; text-align:left; margin-bottom: 80px; } .bodyContent strong{ color:#707070; font-family:Arial; font-size:9pt; } /** * @tab Body * @section body link * @tip Set the styling for your email's main content links. Choose a color that helps them stand out from your text. */ .bodyContent div a:link, .bodyContent div a:visited, /* Yahoo! Mail Override */ .bodyContent div a .yshortcuts /* Yahoo! Mail Override */{ color:#336699; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:underline; } .bodyContent img{ display:inline; height:auto; padding-bottom: 5px; } .butn-img { float: right; margin-top: 10px; } /* /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ STANDARD STYLING: SIDEBAR /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ */ /** * @tab Sidebar * @section sidebar style * @tip Set the background color and border for your email's sidebar area. */ #templateSidebar{ background-color:#FFFFFF; border-left:0; } /** * @tab Sidebar * @section sidebar text * @tip Set the styling for your email's sidebar text. Choose a size and color that is easy to read. */ .sidebarContent div{ color:#969696; font-family:Arial; font-size:12px; line-height:150%; text-align:left; } /** * @tab Sidebar * @section sidebar link * @tip Set the styling for your email's sidebar links. Choose a color that helps them stand out from your text. */ .sidebarContent div a:link, .sidebarContent div a:visited, /* Yahoo! Mail Override */ .sidebarContent div a .yshortcuts /* Yahoo! Mail Override */{ color:#336699; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:underline; } .sidebarContent img{ display:inline; height:auto; } .sidebarContent div strong{ color: #707070; } /* /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ STANDARD STYLING: FOOTER /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ */ /** * @tab Footer * @section footer style * @tip Set the background color and top border for your email's footer area. * @theme footer */ #templateFooter{ background-color:#FFFFFF; border-top:0; } /** * @tab Footer * @section footer text * @tip Set the styling for your email's footer text. Choose a size and color that is easy to read. * @theme footer */ .footerContent div{ color:#707070; font-family:Arial; font-size:12px; line-height:125%; text-align:left; } /** * @tab Footer * @section footer link * @tip Set the styling for your email's footer links. Choose a color that helps them stand out from your text. */ .footerContent div a:link, .footerContent div a:visited, /* Yahoo! Mail Override */ .footerContent div a .yshortcuts /* Yahoo! Mail Override */{ color:#336699; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:underline; } .footerContent img{ display:inline; } /** * @tab Footer * @section social bar style * @tip Set the background color and border for your email's footer social bar. * @theme footer */ #social{ background-color:#FAFAFA; border:0; } /** * @tab Footer * @section social bar style * @tip Set the background color and border for your email's footer social bar. */ #social div{ text-align:center; } /** * @tab Footer * @section utility bar style * @tip Set the background color and border for your email's footer utility bar. * @theme footer */ #utility{ background-color:#FFFFFF; border:0; } /** * @tab Footer * @section utility bar style * @tip Set the background color and border for your email's footer utility bar. */ #utility div{ text-align:center; } #monkeyRewards img{ max-width:190px; } </style> </head> <body leftmargin="0" marginwidth="0" topmargin="0" marginheight="0" offset="0"> <center> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="100%" width="100%" id="backgroundTable"> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="templateContainer"> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top"> <!-- // Begin Template Header \\ --> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="templateHeader"> <tr> <td class="headerContent"> <img src="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14525829/images/header-bg.png" /> <!-- // Standard Header Image \\ --> <a href="http://www.heartlandresearch.com/"><img src="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14525829/images/logo.png" style="padding-bottom:5px; padding-top:25px;padding-bottom:25px;"/></a> <div style="float:right;"> <span style="float:right;padding-right:25px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheCooksNook"><img src="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14525829/images/fb-social.gif" style="margin-top:15px;"/></a></span> <br /><br /><div style="float:right;"> <h1 style="padding-right:25px;text-align:right;" class="h1">620-241-7180</h1> <h2 style="padding-right:25px;text-align:right;" class="h2">219 North Main Street, McPherson, KS 67460</h1> </div> <!-- // Standard Header Image \\ --> </td> <td class="headerContent"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="headerContent" style="padding-bottom:20px;"> <a href="http://www.heartlandresearch.com/"><img src="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14525829/images/butn-home.png" /></a> <a href="http://www.heartlandresearch.com/studies"><img src="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14525829/images/butn-about-us.png" /></a> <a href="http://www.heartlandresearch.com/volunteers/getting-started"><img src="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14525829/images/butn-in-store-coupons.png" /></a> <a href="http://www.heartlandresearch.com/sponsors"><img src="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14525829/images/butn-photo-gallery.png" /></a> <a href="http://www.heartlandresearch.com/locations"><img src="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14525829/images/butn-recipe-blog.png" /></a> <a href="http://www.heartlandresearch.com/locations"><img src="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14525829/images/butn-contact-us.png" /></a> </td> </tr> </table> <!-- // End Template Header \\ --> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top"> <!-- // Begin Template Body \\ --> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="templateBody"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td valign="top" class="bodyContent"> <!-- // Standard Content \\ --> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="margin-top: 5px;"> <tr> <td valign="top" style="border-right: 1px solid #E1E1E1;padding-right:20px;"> <div> <img src="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14525829/images/featured-image.png" style="padding-right:20px;margin-bottom:10px;"/> This scrumptious appetizer is quick and easy to make, try it for you next party, your guests will keep coming back for more.<br /><br /><strong>Captain Rodney's Cheese Bake</strong><br /><img src="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14525829/images/featured-image-2.png" style="margin-top:5px;"/> <div><ul style="float:left;list-style:bullet;padding-left: 13px;"> <li>? cup Mayonnaise</li> <li>8 oz package cream cheese</li> <li>2 cups grated sharp cheddar cheese</li> <li>2 green onions