Chrome and IE display diffrence - css

Question

I have a table
<tr>Page header goes here</>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="center" height="100%" valign="top">
<center>
<table width="100%" height="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1">
<tbody>
<tr height="29%">
<td height="29%">
// to display the below tr in center of page
</td>
</tr>
<tr height="31%">
<td bgcolor="FFFFFF" height="31%" align="center" valign="top">
<table width="40%" height="31%" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="16">
<img src="#Href("~/Content/themes/base/images/top_lef.gif")" width="16" height="100%" />
</td>
<td height="16" style="background-image: url('#Url.Content("~/Content/themes/base/images/top_mid.gif")')">
<img src="#Href("~/Content/themes/base/images/top_mid.gif")" width="16" height="100%" />
</td>
<td width="24">
<img src="#Href("~/Content/themes/base/images/top_rig.gif")" width="24" height="100%" />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="16" style="background-image: url('#Url.Content("~/Content/themes/base/images/cen_lef.gif")')">
<img src="#Href("~/Content/themes/base/images/cen_lef.gif")" width="16" height="100%" />
</td>
<td bgcolor="#F7F8FB" valign="top">
<div style="height: 30px;">
</div>
#using (Html.BeginForm())
{
//login details username and password
}
</td>
<td width="24" style="background-image:url('#Url.Content("~/Content/themes/base/images/cen_rig.gif")')">
<img src="#Href("~/Content/themes/base/images/cen_rig.gif")" width="24" height="100%" />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="16" height="16">
<img src="#Href("~/Content/themes/base/images/bot_lef.gif")" width="16" height="16" />
</td>
<td height="16" style="background-image: url('#Url.Content("~/Content/themes/base/images/bot_mid.gif")')">
<img src="#Href("~/Content/themes/base/images/bot_mid.gif")" width="16" height="16" />
</td>
<td width="24" height="16">
<img src="#Href("~/Content/themes/base/images/bot_rig.gif")" width="24" height="16" />
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr height="39%">
<td height="39%">
// to display the above tr in center of page
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</center>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>Page footer goes here</>
I have added a tr and td with with 20 and 31% above and below the main body where my login controls go
#using (Html.BeginForm())
{
}
but in IE the login control is displayed in center but in chrome the login is displayed right after page header. Its seems as if the height of 29% is not considered. I tried adding but the result is not the same in both browsers.
I was looking for a neater way to solve this. If any one can help me figure this out.

Answer 1

Please don't use tables for a new site layout. There are a lot better methodes out there. Take a look at div's, please.