BJ,
I think the problem might be on the google side, when they generate the iframe to contain the ads.

You might have overlooked it, but if you just want to add a border around the ads, why don't you use the google method ?
there is a "google_border_color" line in the js, which you can set to an #rrggbb value, and create your border that way.

Thanks Tripy for replying. The problem is that I want the ad to be wider, not to have a border.

Tony, why don't you try putting the table in your HTML code Vs nesting it inside the JS code?

That might be the problem right there. I've noticed AdSense flipping out and going nuts when it's inside a <div> sometimes too. I have mine inside <dd> (definition description) and it works pretty well.

I'm not sure what DTD you're using, either. Maybe that might have some influence on the problem as well?

Deb,

Thank you. What I have now is the adsense code in the .js file and the table code placed inside the html file (around the script call). But I want to move the table to the .js file to make updating the ads on my website easier (like changing the colors for instance).

Did you have a look at my 2 pages?
http://www.smartbro.com/index.html
http://www.smartbro.com/index1.html

If I tried to change the adsense back color (from inside the .js file), the table back color will need to be changed as well, so the change will need to be done in the .js file + every .html file that has this type of ad block (all my website pages).

I thought that moving the table code to the .js file will make updates easier, but it seems this ain't working for some reason. Google maybe?

It seems that IE doesn't recognize that the adsense block is placed inside the table (when it's created by the .js file). Any idea why?

Argh.... Hit the reload on the wrong tab :-(

ok, here I go again.
I've just saved your apge on my comp and tried a bit.

You, my friend, are stuck on an ie nightmare...
It seems that your problem is that IE render first the table, and then only the included js.
Might be because it's an external source, I don't know, the fact is that it works ok on firefox.

No luck trying to use a table in the generated js, but with a div + css, you might get out of this.
Look what I've placed in maintop.js:

document.writeln('<div style="width:800px;">');
document.writeln('<script type="text/javascript"><!--');
document.writeln('google_ad_client = "pub-2350184081160075";');
document.writeln('google_ad_width = 728;');
document.writeln('google_ad_height = 90;');
document.writeln('google_ad_format = "728x90_as";');
document.writeln('google_ad_type = "text_image";');
document.writeln('google_ad_channel ="7100825086";');
document.writeln('google_color_border = "FFDDDD";');
document.writeln('google_color_bg = "FFDDDD";');
document.writeln('google_color_link = "000000";');
document.writeln('google_color_url = "000000";');
document.writeln('google_color_text = "000000";');
document.writeln('//--></script>');
document.writeln('<script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script>');
document.writeln('</div>');

Your main table width is 777, so I put 800 pixel width on the container div, this stretching your table to 800.
This looks good in both FF and IE.

If I tried to change the adsense back color (from inside the .js file), the table back color will need to be changed as well, so the change will need to be done in the .js file + every .html file that has this type of ad block (all my website pages).

document.getElementById("ID_of_table").style.backgroundColor = "#HEX_colour_code";

Yeahh . . . the problem is fixed.

Tripy, I tried your solution, but it seems that the div has a 0 height which caused it to not appear at all. When I set its height, the problem is back. So the table (or div) actually doesn't show up and the only block that remains visible is the adsense block which is not the same width as my page.

I've tried Chris's solution and it worked just fine.

the .js file has:

 
/* Begin Google Adsense code */
document.writeln('<script type="text/javascript"><!--');
document.writeln('google_ad_client = "publisher code id";');
document.writeln('google_ad_width = 728;');
document.writeln('google_ad_height = 90;');
document.writeln('google_ad_format = "728x90_as";');
document.writeln('google_ad_type = "text_image";');
document.writeln('google_ad_channel ="7100825086";');
document.writeln('google_color_border = "FFDDDD";');
document.writeln('google_color_bg = "FFDDDD";');
document.writeln('google_color_link = "000000";');
document.writeln('google_color_url = "000000";');
document.writeln('google_color_text = "000000";');
document.writeln('//--></script>');
document.writeln('<script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script>');
 
document.getElementById("maintopadsense").style.backgroundColor = "#FFDDDD";
/* End Google Adsense code */

and the .html file has:

 
<TABLE id="maintopadsense" bgcolor="FFDDDD" WIDTH=777 BORDER=1 bordercolor="728FB1" CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0><tr><td><center>
<!-- Begin Google Adsense code -->
<script TYPE="text/javascript" src="script/maintop1.js"></script>
<!-- End Google Adsense code --> 
<center></td></tr></table>

this way, I can play with everything I need in one place.

Thank you guys, Tripy, Chris and Deb. I really appreciate your help very much.

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