> Hi I faced the same problem this week, David Laakso pointed me here
> http://www.alistapart.com/articles/negativemargins/
> It describes a two column layout first but then goes on to add a third
> column. It might be just what your looking for...
>
> Best Regards
>
> Chris

Well, I'm half-way there! Chris, using the link you listed I got the image 
for the right column to come in but not the left one....everything looks 
okay so I'm stumped.

I'm setting up the code a bit differently then that tutorial though ...using 
absolute positioning so that the middle column collapses (I'm seeing this 
referred to as the Holy Grail...am not sure why...fluid in the middle I 
guess, like a cup ;o!). But since the right image sidebar image came in just 
fine, I'm not sure that's what making the difference.

http://www.drk-writing.com/3columnlayout/

Here's the part of the stylesheet that applies:

body {
   margin: 0;
   padding: 0;
   text-align: center;
}

#wrapper1 {
   background: #fff url(images/sidebar1.gif) repeat-y left;
}

#wrapper2 {
   background: #fff url(images/sidebar2.gif) repeat-y right;
}

#banner {
   background-image: url(images/daisiesbanner.jpg);
   border-bottom: 10px solid #4B5957;
   padding: .5em;
}

#left {
   position: absolute;
   top: 80px;
   left: 0px;
   width: 160px;
}

#right {
   position: absolute;
   top: 62px;
   right: 0;
   width: 190px;
   padding-top: 20px;
}

#center {
   margin: 0 190px 0 190px;
   padding:  20px 20px 10px 5px;
   border-right: 1px solid #4B5957;
}

Debbie 

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