Alternating background colors in CSS

HTML & CSS
1

How can I alternate the background colors in the job list table at http://bloggerfusion.com/site?

I have tried several different methods but can’t seem to figure it out.

2

ol.jobs li.job-alt
still says “background: none”. Since ol.jobs li.job also has no background, there are no alternating colours.

Question: if this is a table, why is it marked up as a list? It looks like dt’s are being forced to do the job of th’s. Just sayin’.

3

What you have now is working, except that #fefefe is barely distinguishable ffrom #ffffff. If you change that first value to #ccc (for example) you’ll see that it is working.

ol.jobs li.job {
	border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;
	overflow: hidden;
	margin: 0 !important;
	padding: 8px 20px;
	list-style: none outside;
	background: #fff;
}
ol.jobs li.job-alt {
	background: [COLOR="Red"]#ccc;[/COLOR]
}
4

I am modifying a script so it was like that. I kind of wondered the same thing but didn’t question it since I am not an expert.

5

You know, I thought the colors were different but I thought I was just seeing things. Thanks for your help.