A problem...

metguitarist · 23rd March 2003, 03:33 AM

have a sidebar I made in photoshop and I want to use on my site.

As you can see its just pretty much a box... Now I want to get polls, text etc. inside that box that I made, how would I do that?

metguitarist · 23rd March 2003, 03:35 AM

also:
Is there an easier way to do this? :?

jdawes · 23rd March 2003, 08:39 AM

The image isn't working.
Fireworks is good for setting up nav bars etc, that or import your work into image ready after you build it in photoshop as it better handles layers, behaviours and slices interactions.

metguitarist · 23rd March 2003, 04:39 PM

Yeah, I did it with layers, I just thought there might be a neater way to do it...

**Mr. Tech** · 24th March 2003, 08:18 AM

I also can't see the image.. Try attaching it :cheesygr:

So you are wanting to add text inside it?

Maybe you should consider using tables...

With that you just need to create 2 side images and 2 images for the top and bottom.

Then make a table like so:

Code:

&lt;table>
&lt;tr>
&lt;td colspan="3" background="topimg.gif" width="whatever">&lt;img src="topimg.gif" border="0">&lt;/td>
&lt;/tr>
&lt;tr>
&lt;td background="sideleft.gif">&lt;img src="sideleft.gif" border="0">&lt;/td>&lt;td>Content goes here&lt;br>&lt;br>Breaks...&lt;/td>&lt;td background="sidright.gif">&lt;img src="sideright.gif" border="0">&lt;/td>
&lt;/tr>
&lt;tr>
&lt;td colspan="3" background="botimg.gif" width="whatever">&lt;img src="botimg.gif" border="0">&lt;/td>
&lt;/tr>
&lt;/table>

You see it makes a sort of a bot where you can add text in the middle and as much as you want!

That make sense?

metguitarist · 24th March 2003, 12:11 PM

wow... that actually made perfect sense! Thanks! Did you see the problem I'm having with the polls? I think its because of the way the database is setup... its kinda strange...

metguitarist · 24th March 2003, 12:14 PM

But that backround image... cant I just leave it out and have it be transparent?

**Mr. Tech** · 24th March 2003, 12:17 PM

What do you mean? Can you attach the image you had so I can see it. Thanks :cheesygr:

metguitarist · 24th March 2003, 12:37 PM

Hold on, I'll put it together a real quick screen shot of what it might look like

metguitarist · 24th March 2003, 12:43 PM

Okay... now I'm attaching a screenshot that shows what I have... and I didnt add the "backround" you said... now do I need that or is it not crucial?