Michael Beaudoin wrote: > I have received a few replies to go to the following: > > http://www.satzansatz.de/cssd/companions.html > http://www.alistapart.com/articles/fauxcolumns/ > > I checked them out, plus a lot of other links from these, and I'm > still confused. I tried many of the techniques and I can't get them > to work. > > I really feel that I'm missing something simple, as this should be a > simple exercise. > > More suggestions? > > Thanks, > Michael > > > This is in reference to your uri: <http://www.ba-doyn.com/gydesign/site_test/retail/index_retail.htm>
Make a .gif image that is 200px wide by 10px high the same color as the background of the menu. Amend this selector to include that image as a background that repeats on the y-axis like so (and set the correct path to that image) #page-container { background: #fff url(background.gif) repeat-y; <---- :: add this :: margin: auto; width: 800px; text-align: left; border: 1px solid; border-color: #CCCCCC; } HTH, ~dL PS Please do not top-post (write below when you reply) for a lot of reasons. And "balancing columns" (delete Newb alert) will suffice for a subject line for anyone searching for a solution to a similar problem as yours. -- http://chelseacreekstudio.com/ ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/