> i'm looking at the source for the page:
>
> http://www.linuxuniversity.net
The site's not responding right now, so I can't look at it. But...
> and can't figure out two things:
>
> 1. how are the lines around the boxes drawn? i would've thought that would
> be the border=3D"1" attribute for <table>, but apparently, it's not.
Perhaps something like this:
<!-- Begin "border" table (black (#000000)) -->
<table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=1 bgcolor="#000000"><tr><td>
<!-- Begin "inner" table (white (#FFFFFF)) -->
<table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4 bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
width=100%><tr><td>
<!-- Content for this bordered table... -->
Blah blah blah blah
<!-- End "inner" table -->
</td></tr></table>
<!-- End "border" table -->
</td></tr></table>
Of course, having some of that whitespace before the inner table's
"<table>" tag and after it's "</table>" tag could cause a little
messiness (because of the text space character the the browser might
try to shove in there next to the inner table; hence causing a thicker
black border on one side or the other), but you get the jist.
> 2. how does the background image (the black part) "know" how far down to
> go so that all the content fits within the white part of the page?
Really can't tell without seeing, but it sounds suspiciously like it's
not a background image; that it's just an inline. Or maybe some more
table trickery.
I wonder why the server's not responding... <:^(
-bill!
