<html>
 <head>
 <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
 <title>there should be a red bar over the whole page</title>
</head>
<body >
  <table width="100%">
  <tbody>
 
   <tr><td bgcolor="#ff3333" width="1%" height="50px"></td></tr>
   <tr><td colspan="2"></td></tr>
  </tbody>
 </table>
</body>
</html>