Problem with links in table

[scout]

Hi,
I'm setting up a template which includes a table where each cell is a link to a page. I had quite hoped that upon scrolling over the link, the background colour of the whole cell would change, but as it stands only the colour behind the text changes. Is there a way of doing this?

Sorry for the question if it's silly, i'm rather new to Dreamweaver/HTML and I'm not sure if maybe the problems being caused by a few to many css styles cluttering things up.

 

[W3BMedia]

My advise: Just use an invisible table and rollover images :kickass:

 

[scout]

Cheers; I had been hoping to avoid graphics though for a few reasons. I'll be changing the content, and thus the links, of the cells often and it would be easier to do with plain text.
Any other suggestions, or are graphics the only way out of it?