Matt, Give me more details. What type of border is this around your page content?
like if you had a square you have a series of images surrounding this square creating a border? So that if the square scales the border scales with it? I am no purist however i do believe tables should be used for tabular data and the extra time should be taken to find a suitable solution using CSS. I have done several things using the parent child relationship CSS has to offer. --DK On 7/31/07, Matt 0000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Mark, > It was my impression that tables provide a very flexible way to define > boundaries and sub sections within those, regardless of content type - > video, image, text... I kept my question short for the sake of brevity. > However, I'll eventually need a structure that has several images that forms > a border with shadow around the particular table background image in > question. The sizes and scaling for these secondary images are easily > computed with the help of a table. Further more, some parts of this table > will provide constrained texts (think text within an image slide). On top of > this, several such tables will form part of a bigger table (this concept is > quite similar to a thumbnail view of a slide show) > If you perceive the general idea, perhaps you might have examples that > illustrate this using CSS ? > > Matt > > On 7/31/07, Mark L Hedley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Just use CSS and DIVS? > > > > > > > > Tables are not so good for this type of thing. > > > > > > > > Cheers. > > > > > > > > *Regards,* > > > > > > > > Mark Hedley > > > > *Voxia Web Development Solutions > > > > * > > > > *Mobile: +44 07894 009 932* > > > > *Office: +44 01670 840 752** > > **Web: ** http://www.voxia.co.uk* ** > > > > * * > > > > Proud Members of: GAWDS (Guild of Accessible Web Designers) | Web > > Standards Group | Independent Web Developers Portal | HTML Writers Guild > > > > > > > > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > *On Behalf Of *Matt 0000 > > *Sent:* 31 July 2007 17:03 > > *To:* wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > > *Subject:* [WSG] Auto scaling within a table's background image > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > My goal is to set the background image of a table and add individual > > cells (text or images) that can be opaque or transparent. The height and > > width of the table is fixed. The image that needs to be set in the table > > background however, is not under my control, and can be larger or smaller > > than the table's viewing area. Tagging the code as shown below does not > > automatically up/down-scale the image to fit within the desired viewing > > area: > > > > > > > > <table width="100" height="50" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" > > border="0" > > > > style="background-image:url(images/image1.gif);background-position: center; > > background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: > > fixed;"> > > <tr> > > <td> > > <img src="..."> > > </td> > > <td width="30"></td> > > <td> > > some text here... > > > > </td> > > </tr> > > </table> > > > > > > > > Is there a standardized way to present this without resolving to a > > Javascript or CSS hack ? > > > > > > > > Matt > > > > > > ******************************************************************* > > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ******************************************************************* > > > > ******************************************************************* > > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ******************************************************************* > > > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ******************************************************************* > ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
