Hai, Yes...body tag of my header.html includes span tag as you mentioned earlier... This is my header.html <html xmlns:m="<a href="http://www.seasar.org/maya">http://www.seasar.org/maya</a>">     <head></head>     <body>             <form id="headerform">             <table align="left" width="100%">                     <tr>                         <td align="left" valign="top" width="75px">                             <img src="../../img/logo.JPG" align="left" height="60px" width="140px"/>                             </td>                             <td align="center">Project Budget Management</td>                         <td align="right" valign="bottom">                             <input type="submit" value="Logout" id="doLogout" align="right"></input>                         </td>                     </tr>             </table>         </form>             </body> </html> Thanks. <div class="gmail_quote">2009/5/8 <a href="mailto:yone@abby.co.jp">yone@abby.co.jp</a> <<a href="mailto:yone@abby.co.jp">yone@abby.co.jp</a>> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hi, thomas. Does the body tag of header.html include the span tag? And, the id attribute of the name "HeaderColor" is necessary for the span tag. Please show your header.html. example <div class="im"> >> [header.html] >> <html> >> <body> >> >> this is header >> >> </body> >> </html> </div>thomas さんは書きました: <div><div></div><div class="h5">> Hai, > > Thanks for your reply..... > > I tried your sample coding.but the header color didnt change... > > *master.css > :::::::::::::::::* > .heading { >     background-color:green; >     color:white; >     font-weight:bold; > } > .container { >     background:#e0eeff; > } > .item { >     color:#610B0B; > } > *.headerColor1{background-color:red;} > **.headerColor2{background-color:blue;} > .headerColor3{background-color:yellow;}* > *.footerColor{background-color:blue;} > * > > > > *layout.html > :::::::::::::::::: > *<head> > > <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> > > <title><label id="layoutLabel"/></title> > *<link rel="stylesheet" type=" text/css" href="../../css/master.css"/>* > </head> > > <body> > > <table border="1" width="100%"> > > <tr> > > <td colspan="2" align="center" height="20"> > > > > *<te:include id="layoutHeader" te:src="/layout/header.html"/>* > > > > </td> > > </tr> > <tr> > <td width="40"><te:include id="layoutMenu" te:src="/layout/menu.html"/></td> > <td height="475" valign="top"><te:includeChildBody > id="LayoutChildBody"/></td> > </tr> > <tr> > <td colspan="2" align="right" height="20"> > > *<te:include id="layoutFooter" te:src="/layout/footer.html"/>* > > </td> > </tr> > </table> > </body>* > * > *HeaderPage.java > ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::* > public class HeaderPage { > *public String getHeaderColorStyleClass() { >         Random random = new Random(); >         int mod = Math.abs(random.nextInt()) % 3; >         switch (mod) { >         case 0: >             return "headerColor1"; >         case 1: >             return "headerColor2"; >         default: >             return "headerColor3"; >         } >     }* > } > > I checked both in firebox and IE6...The background -color of header is > always white. > > Is there any mistake in the above coding? > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > 2009/5/8 <a href="mailto:yone@abby.co.jp">yone@abby.co.jp</a> <<a href="mailto:yone@abby.co.jp">yone@abby.co.jp</a>> > >> Hi, thomas. >> >> The following are samples. >> >> [sample.css] >> .headerColor1{background-color:red;} >> .headerColor2{background-color:blue;} >> .headerColor3{background-color:yellow;} >> .footerColor{background-color:blue;} >> >> [layout.html] >> <head><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/css/sample.css" >> /></head> >> <body id="layoutbody"> >> <te:include id="layoutHeader" te:src="/layout/header.html"/> >> <te:include id="layoutFooter" te:src="/layout/footer.html"/> >> </body> >> >> [header.html] >> <html> >> <body> >> >> this is header >> >> </body> >> </html> >> >> [footer.html] >> <html> >> <body> >> >> this is footer >> >> </body> >> </html> >> >> [HeaderPage.java] >> public class HeaderPage { >>  public String getHeaderColorStyleClass() { >>    Random random = new Random(); >>    int mod = Math.abs(random.nextInt()) % 3; >>    switch (mod) { >>    case 0: >>      return "headerColor1"; >>    case 1: >>      return "headerColor2"; >>    default: >>      return "headerColor3"; >>    } >>  } >> } >> >> Was the problem before solved? >> <a href="http://ml.seasar.org/archives/seasar-user/2009-April/017300.html" target="_blank">http://ml.seasar.org/archives/seasar-user/2009-April/017300.html</a> >> >> >> thomas さんは書きました: >> >>> Hai, >>> >>> >>> I am using layout in my teeda project.How to set the background color for >>> header,footer etc.... >>> >>> *<style> >>> .layout.header{background-color:red} >>> </style>* >>> >>> whether the above syntex is correct or not? >>> >>> This is not working...Please give the correct way to change the color of >>> header... >>> >>> Thanks in advance. >> -- >> 米林   正明 >> <a href="http://www.abby.co.jp" target="_blank">http://www.abby.co.jp</a> -- 米林   正明 <a href="http://www.abby.co.jp" target="_blank">http://www.abby.co.jp</a> _______________________________________________ Seasar-user mailing list <a href="mailto:Seasar-user@ml.seasar.org">Seasar-user@ml.seasar.org</a> <a href="https://ml.seasar.org/mailman/listinfo/seasar-user" target="_blank">https://ml.seasar.org/mailman/listinfo/seasar-user</a> </div></div></blockquote></div>