In Confluence, the Pages rendered just removes all tables classes and styles and applies it's own:
<table class="confluenceTable"> <td class="confluenceTd"> .... .... </td> </table>
To conquer/avoid this, use the jQuery AJS:
<div name=webfooter id=webfooter> <table> <tr> ...... ...... </tr> </table> </div> <script language=javascript> jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery('#webfooter table').removeClass('confluenceTable'); jQuery('#webfooter table').css("border","0px solid black"); jQuery('#webfooter table').css("valign","top"); jQuery('#webfooter td').removeClass('confluenceTd'); jQuery('#webfooter td').css("border","0px solid black"); jQuery('#webfooter td').css("vertical-align","top"); jQuery('#webfooter td').css("padding","10px"); }); </script>