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flowers -> borders (11/22/2004 9:31:31)

I Just love the multi border backgrounds, I was messing around with front page and came across, inserting shapes (can't remember the real name, any way after hours of fun playing I decided to try one for my web site, well its looks great in front page but once published its really a mess.

have a look http://www.flowersnfrills.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/myalarmclock.htm


its is not acceptable to use this as backgrounds, I wonder, or are there rules which i don't know about,
any input would be gratful,



Giomanach -> RE: borders (11/22/2004 9:39:12)

Hi Sue

Unfortunatley, the auto shapes feature in FP is a waste of space, the real way to create a border like that is with a table, or use CSS positioned DIV layers, but that's getting a bot complex for FP.

If you could email me the image used for the background, I can make it so you can have the background you want? No charge[;)]..after all...us UK-ians need to stick together[:D]

(thrownouttahell{at}gmail{dot}com)



flowers -> RE: borders (11/22/2004 10:21:29)

thank you so much, I would be embarrest to tell you how long I have been trying to sort it out, I have been hearing about css, through here, but at the moment I am barely walking FP, you said email you my bits, would it be easy if I took the right click of my web page, [:-],



Giomanach -> RE: borders (11/22/2004 11:07:44)

Would be easier for you to email them to me, saving them can be tedious.

I just need the background image and the HTML file, nothing else[;)]



flowers -> RE: borders (11/22/2004 12:31:47)

image





Giomanach -> RE: borders (11/22/2004 12:39:55)

Will get it back to you later on tis evening[;)]



Giomanach -> RE: borders (11/22/2004 12:54:54)

can you iupload/email me the images for the textured background (purple and silver one) please?

Thanks!



flowers -> RE: borders (11/22/2004 13:04:08)

thanks again your going straight on my christmas card list,





flowers -> RE: borders (11/22/2004 13:07:38)

silverish one



Giomanach -> RE: borders (11/22/2004 16:15:23)

Have emailed you a template to use, it works In FP, I know, I built it in FP, and keep all files on the same directory level for it to work[;)]



flowers -> RE: borders (11/23/2004 7:38:32)

thank you, dan its all working great, I just had a look at the css, tuts, and I couldn't make heads or tails of it, ..



Giomanach -> RE: borders (11/23/2004 7:42:51)

No worries, get to learn CSS and the like, and you will come to love it, and then you will be able to see how I have done the page for you[;)]



bobby -> RE: borders (11/23/2004 17:22:48)

CSS info for beginners:

www.w3schools.com/css

You'll wonder how you ever got along without it...

[;)]



flowers -> RE: borders (11/25/2004 5:42:38)

Thanks for the above links , I got a week off, from work next week and I am going to do some serious studying of it,


2 questions, is it possible to do a table , with another table inside,

I have seen spacers being mentioned time and time again, I understand why they are used, but will you use them with table or inserting shape thing with frontpage.



Giomanach -> RE: borders (11/25/2004 7:33:16)

That's how I did it[;)]

I created three tables, and gave the body a margin of 4. I added padding to the table cells, and nested the three tables together:

<table>
<tr>
<td>
<table>
<tr>
<td>
<table>
<tr>
<td>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>

Then if you look at the CSS in the <head> section of the template I gave you, you will see padding: 20px; or something close to that....it's all simple really....[;)]



flowers -> RE: borders (11/25/2004 8:54:20)

quote:

nested the three tables together:



and this is what I got to learn, [&:]




Nigel -> RE: borders (11/25/2004 15:03:21)

Nesting tables is very common and easy. It just means a table inside a table - so you create a table click inside it and create another table - thats it - nested table. Very common in many sites to control layout.

Nigel (also from UK)



flowers -> RE: borders (11/25/2004 18:12:51)

http://suescorner.co.uk/new_page_2.htm

dan take a look, I have been messing around,
Tell me where I have gone wrong,

I didn't know what size to start of on so i just copied yours, [:)]




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