Menu bar, text hover = ok, bgcolor = wrong

Hi, sorry for the (maybe) confusing title!
I'm trying to get a menu like this: http://www.lommis.net/menu1.jpg
I think I'm very close, but this is what I got right now: http://www.lommis.net/menu2.jpg

As you can see the text is correct (black when hovering) but the background (table cell) is in the wrong color.

My CSS code right now is:

<style type="text/css">
a:link       { color: #3988C1; text-decoration: none }
a:visited   { color: #3988C1; text-decoration: none }
a:active   { color: #454445; text-decoration: none }
a:hover    { color: #000000; text-decoration: none }
</style>

Code (markup):

HTML code for the menu:

<table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" width="100%">
    <tr bgcolor="#BFE0F3">
    <th bgcolor="#96D1F3"><a href="?page=games">JAVASPILL</a></th>
    <th bgcolor="#96D1F3"><a href="?page=ringtones">RINGETONER</a></th>
    <th bgcolor="#96D1F3"><a href="?page=animations">ANIMASJONER</a></th>
    <th bgcolor="#96D1F3"><a href="?page=wallpapers">BILDER</a></th>
    <th bgcolor="#96D1F3"><a href="?page=videos">VIDEO</a></th>
    <th bgcolor="#96D1F3"><a href="?page=funtones">FUNTONES</a></th>
    <th bgcolor="#96D1F3"><a href="?page=support">SUPPORT</a></th>
    </tr>
</table>

Code (markup):

Thanks in advance for any help!

 

<table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" width="100%">
<tr>
<th><a href="?page=games">JAVASPILL</a></th>
<th><a href="?page=ringtones">RINGETONER</a></th>
<th><a href="?page=animations">ANIMASJONER</a></th>
<th><a href="?page=wallpapers">BILDER</a></th>
<th><a href="?page=videos">VIDEO</a></th>
<th><a href="?page=funtones">FUNTONES</a></th>
<th><a href="?page=support">SUPPORT</a></th>
</tr>
</table>


<style type="text/css">
a { color: #3988C1; text-decoration: none; }
a:hover { background-color: #COLOR; }
</style>

replace "COLOR"

P.S. menu have to be in <ul> <li>

 

*sniff* That was beautiful, ennio.

Instead of telling every little section of your table what colour it must be, let CSS do the work for you and tell the whole table what colour it must be.

 

Thank you so much !