Q:

HTML/CSS gradient background on a table

I made this simple navigation bar with a gradient background.
as you can see, it has a gradient background.  It is nothing fancy, just used a photoshop gradient masked by the table.  I made the photoshop version just to show my design, and now I am having trouble recreating it online.  How do I make an HTML table have this gradient as it's background?
I read some answers to similar questions, but they had more complex answers than I am looking for.  I do not need to tile it, I just want to set the background of my table to this gradient. (gradient generated on the spot or a repeated image, no preference)

A:

I'm using a random gradient because I can't see your desired one, but here's a quick CSS3 example.
HTML
<table>
    <tr>
        <td>Table Data</td>
    </tr>
</table>

CSS
table{
    /* set your gradient code here */
    background: rgb(240,183,161);
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(-45deg,  rgba(240,183,161,1) 0%, rgba(140,51,16,1) 50%, rgba(117,34,1,1) 51%, rgba(191,110,78,1) 100%);
    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, right bottom, color-stop(0%,rgba(240,183,161,1)), color-stop(50%,rgba(140,51,16,1)), color-stop(51%,rgba(117,34,1,1)), color-stop(100%,rgba(191,110,78,1)));
    background: -webkit-linear-gradient(-45deg,  rgba(240,183,161,1) 0%,rgba(140,51,16,1) 50%,rgba(117,34,1,1) 51%,rgba(191,110,78,1) 100%);
    background: -o-linear-gradient(-45deg,  rgba(240,183,161,1) 0%,rgba(140,51,16,1) 50%,rgba(117,34,1,1) 51%,rgba(191,110,78,1) 100%);
    background: -ms-linear-gradient(-45deg,  rgba(240,183,161,1) 0%,rgba(140,51,16,1) 50%,rgba(117,34,1,1) 51%,rgba(191,110,78,1) 100%);
    background: linear-gradient(135deg,  rgba(240,183,161,1) 0%,rgba(140,51,16,1) 50%,rgba(117,34,1,1) 51%,rgba(191,110,78,1) 100%);
    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#f0b7a1', endColorstr='#bf6e4e',GradientType=1 );

}

Gradient generated with: http://www.colorzilla.com/gradient-editor/
Working Fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/daCrosby/43ZkH/

