Imar, I guess since you are more familiar with what I am trying to do. The site i am trying to model after is here
http://www.tlchealth.org/

They have like an embedded graphic in the main section of there website. i was wondering how I can achieve the same effect with a graphic that I have?

Also see how their side nav bar is curved. I was wondering if there is a way to get a similar effect using CSS or is that the benefit of tables? Or could I mix the 2 like have Table'd Side Nav menu with CSS specifiying my main content and banner areas? Hope this makes sense. Thanks

Hi Keith,

The curved stuff comes from a background image, or an image placed directly in a table cell. You can achieve the same with CSS. Look at background-image and background-position properties.

The same can be accomplished with the embedded graphic. Create a new image in your graphics program, and then make it very light so it isn't interrupting the page content too much.
Then use background-image on your MainContent div to display the background image.

These questions belong in the CSS forum, so I think you should post future questions about this subject there. This forum is for the book Beginning Dreamweaver MX only, but I am sure you already knew that... ;)

Imar
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