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<03fcf697-946d-4d47-b1c9->,
wrote:
....
> > > The borders are why I posted the thread, that's what I really
> > > needed some advice with or a good tutorial on.
> >
> > I am sorry, have not had time to examine your code properly. One thing I
> > have on line about borders is, I notice:
> >
> > <http://netweaver.com.au/alt/fancyBorders/twoCol_fancyBorders.html>
> >
> > If this does not help I will have to take a closer look at yours or else
> > call Nick Coughlin in from whatever he is doing...
> >
> > --
> > dorayme
>
> Ah, it took me a while but now I see what you did there. That's a
> really simple and practical technique, just let the background repeat
> as necessary and use the inner content to appropriately define the
> border by hiding the repeats. I think I'm seeing how I might be able
> to adapt this to my own layout. I'm experimenting right now and will
> check back soon, thanks a lot!

I notice I had an inappropriate fallback color for the background - it
was a left over from experiments - and I mention to remind you to attend
to this for a serious use in a real webpage. If the background image is
not available, *sometimes* it is better to fall back to the "natural"
colour so no border at all appears... You will see what I mean if you
experiment a bit. Temporarily munge the name of your background image
slightly so you can test what look you want in case of failure.

--
dorayme

On Jan 8, 1:27 pm, dorayme <doraymeRidT...@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> In article
> <03fcf697-946d-4d47-b1c9-63960a8c7...@p2g2000prn.googlegroups.com>, midor...@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> ...
>
>
>
> > > > The borders are why I posted the thread, that's what I really
> > > > needed some advice with or a good tutorial on.
>
> > > I am sorry, have not had time to examine your code properly. One thing I
> > > have on line about borders is, I notice:
>
> > > <http://netweaver.com.au/alt/fancyBorders/twoCol_fancyBorders.html>
>
> > > If this does not help I will have to take a closer look at yours or else
> > > call Nick Coughlin in from whatever he is doing...
>
> > > --
> > > dorayme
>
> > Ah, it took me a while but now I see what you did there. That's a
> > really simple and practical technique, just let the background repeat
> > as necessary and use the inner content to appropriately define the
> > border by hiding the repeats. I think I'm seeing how I might be able
> > to adapt this to my own layout. I'm experimenting right now and will
> > check back soon, thanks a lot!
>
> I notice I had an inappropriate fallback color for the background - it
> was a left over from experiments - and I mention to remind you to attend
> to this for a serious use in a real webpage. If the background image is
> not available, *sometimes* it is better to fall back to the "natural"
> colour so no border at all appears... You will see what I mean if you
> experiment a bit. Temporarily munge the name of your background image
> slightly so you can test what look you want in case of failure.
>
> --
> dorayme

Oh do you mean using the three letter color code instead of the six
character alpha-numeric color code? I always use six character method,
but if that's not what you meant please fill me in.

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<34c210fd-aacd-47f4-83a4->,
wrote:

> On Jan 8, 1:27 pm, dorayme <doraymeRidT...@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
....
> > If the background image is
> > not available, *sometimes* it is better to fall back to the "natural"
> > colour so no border at all appears... You will see what I mean if you
> > experiment a bit. Temporarily munge the name of your background image
> > slightly so you can test what look you want in case of failure.
> >
....
> Oh do you mean using the three letter color code instead of the six
> character alpha-numeric color code? I always use six character method,
> but if that's not what you meant please fill me in.

3 is just shorthand for 6, no I meant think about what colour you want
as fallback, that is all... it might not look good... so test it in your
page with the background image simulated to be missing.

--
dorayme

On Jan 8, 5:32 pm, dorayme <doraymeRidT...@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> In article
> <34c210fd-aacd-47f4-83a4-a23a86c1b...@d36g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
>
>
>
> midor...@yahoo.com wrote:
> > On Jan 8, 1:27 pm, dorayme <doraymeRidT...@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> ...
> > > If the background image is
> > > not available, *sometimes* it is better to fall back to the "natural"
> > > colour so no border at all appears... You will see what I mean if you
> > > experiment a bit. Temporarily munge the name of your background image
> > > slightly so you can test what look you want in case of failure.
>
> ...
> > Oh do you mean using the three letter color code instead of the six
> > character alpha-numeric color code? I always use six character method,
> > but if that's not what you meant please fill me in.
>
> 3 is just shorthand for 6, no I meant think about what colour you want
> as fallback, that is all... it might not look good... so test it in your
> page with the background image simulated to be missing.
>
> --
> dorayme

Oh I see, I defined a color for the parent div that holds everything
so hopefully that won't be a problem.

"dorayme" <> wrote in message
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> In article
> <6c002fe7-48c0-44ef-b4b3->,
>> > > > > > midor...@yahoo.com wrote:
>> > > > > > > http://www.tssarcade.com/test.html
>
> If this does not help I will have to take a closer look at yours or else
> call Nick Coughlin in from whatever he is doing...

You can try to use one of the various skinning techniques to create a box
effect rather than trying to use border images:
http://nrkn.com/skinning/

I have been meaning to play with doing it via border images myself but
haven't had a chance yet, but the link above outlines various ways of
achieving what you are trying to do and their pros and cons.

In article <gk6o4o$2cs$>,
"Nik Coughlin" <> wrote:

> "dorayme" <> wrote in message
> news:doraymeRidThis-...
> > In article
> > <6c002fe7-48c0-44ef-b4b3->,
> >> > > > > > midor...@yahoo.com wrote:
> >> > > > > > > http://www.tssarcade.com/test.html
> >
> > If this does not help I will have to take a closer look at yours or else
> > call Nick Coughlin in from whatever he is doing...
>
> You can try to use one of the various skinning techniques to create a box
> effect rather than trying to use border images:
> http://nrkn.com/skinning/
>
> I have been meaning to play with doing it via border images myself but
> haven't had a chance yet, but the link above outlines various ways of
> achieving what you are trying to do and their pros and cons.

Thanks for helping OP. I have posted the usual cheque to you...

--
dorayme

"dorayme" <> wrote in message
news:doraymeRidThis-...
> In article <gk6o4o$2cs$>,
> "Nik Coughlin" <> wrote:
>
>> "dorayme" <> wrote in message
>> news:doraymeRidThis-...
>> > In article
>> > <6c002fe7-48c0-44ef-b4b3->,
>> >> > > > > > midor...@yahoo.com wrote:
>> >> > > > > > > http://www.tssarcade.com/test.html
>> >
>> > If this does not help I will have to take a closer look at yours or
>> > else
>> > call Nick Coughlin in from whatever he is doing...
>>
>> You can try to use one of the various skinning techniques to create a box
>> effect rather than trying to use border images:
>> http://nrkn.com/skinning/
>>
>> I have been meaning to play with doing it via border images myself but
>> haven't had a chance yet, but the link above outlines various ways of
>> achieving what you are trying to do and their pros and cons.
>
> Thanks for helping OP. I have posted the usual cheque to you...

Last one bounced. I'm sending the goons round. Sleep with one eye open!

On Jan 8, 10:41 pm, "Nik Coughlin" <nrkn....@gmail.com> wrote:
> "dorayme" <doraymeRidT...@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
>
> news:doraymeRidThis-...
>
>
>
> > In article <gk6o4o$2c...@news.motzarella.org>,
> > "Nik Coughlin" <nrkn....@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> "dorayme" <doraymeRidT...@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
> >>news:doraymeRidThis-...
> >> > In article
> >> > <6c002fe7-48c0-44ef-b4b3-3bbabfe38...@w1g2000prk.googlegroups.com>,
> >> >> > > > > > midor...@yahoo.com wrote:
> >> >> > > > > > >http://www.tssarcade.com/test.html
>
> >> > If this does not help I will have to take a closer look at yours or
> >> > else
> >> > call Nick Coughlin in from whatever he is doing...
>
> >> You can try to use one of the various skinning techniques to create a box
> >> effect rather than trying to use border images:
> >>http://nrkn.com/skinning/
>
> >> I have been meaning to play with doing it via border images myself but
> >> haven't had a chance yet, but the link above outlines various ways of
> >> achieving what you are trying to do and their pros and cons.
>
> > Thanks for helping OP. I have posted the usual cheque to you...
>
> Last one bounced. I'm sending the goons round. Sleep with one eye open!

Thanks guys! I can't wait to see if I can get one of these techniques
integrated into the site.

<> wrote in message
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> On Jan 8, 10:41 pm, "Nik Coughlin" <nrkn....@gmail.com> wrote:
>> "dorayme" <doraymeRidT...@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
>>
>> news:doraymeRidThis-...
>>
>>
>>
>> > In article <gk6o4o$2c...@news.motzarella.org>,
>> > "Nik Coughlin" <nrkn....@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >> "dorayme" <doraymeRidT...@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
>> >>news:doraymeRidThis-...
>> >> > In article
>> >> > <6c002fe7-48c0-44ef-b4b3-3bbabfe38...@w1g2000prk.googlegroups.com>,
>> >> >> > > > > > midor...@yahoo.com wrote:
>> >> >> > > > > > >http://www.tssarcade.com/test.html
>>
>> >>http://nrkn.com/skinning/
>
> Thanks guys! I can't wait to see if I can get one of these techniques
> integrated into the site.

Nesting is probably best for what you are trying to do

On Jan 9, 12:52 pm, "Nik Coughlin" <nrkn....@gmail.com> wrote:
> <midor...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>
> news:56c46d89-ede4-4f83-b82b-...
>
>
>
> > On Jan 8, 10:41 pm, "Nik Coughlin" <nrkn....@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> "dorayme" <doraymeRidT...@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
>
> >>news:doraymeRidThis-...
>
> >> > In article <gk6o4o$2c...@news.motzarella.org>,
> >> > "Nik Coughlin" <nrkn....@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> >> "dorayme" <doraymeRidT...@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
> >> >>news:doraymeRidThis-...
> >> >> > In article
> >> >> > <6c002fe7-48c0-44ef-b4b3-3bbabfe38...@w1g2000prk.googlegroups.com>,
> >> >> >> > > > > > midor...@yahoo.com wrote:
> >> >> >> > > > > > >http://www.tssarcade.com/test.html
>
> >> >>http://nrkn.com/skinning/
>
> > Thanks guys! I can't wait to see if I can get one of these techniques
> > integrated into the site.
>
> Nesting is probably best for what you are trying to do

Yes, that's the section I was reading now. I was faintly piecing
together exactly what you did by going over each little line in
firebug.