Image Border?

[imported_Blindchild02]

I Would like to request this... could sum1 help me out....
i want it so its an image border on ONLY the left and right sides, not on the top or bottom, could sum1 help me out?

[Chris Gwynne]

Left and right hand sides of what, the whole forum, the categories, the postbit.... :)

[imported_Blindchild02]

the forum... like... i added a regular border, like how do i add em to the left and right side of the border?

(A Forum Border)

[imported_Blindchild02]

Bump! Bump!!

[Buddha]

if i'm understanding your correctly, you'll need to add a td on either side of your main td that houses the forum. then set their width, and use css to set the background as the image you'd like displayed.

[imported_Blindchild02]

uhhh......

[Breaker]

me tries to tlk lamens :D u need 2 add a table fingy either side of your main forum table. then u can set the image you want for the sides as a background.... i tihnk that's it :D

[SaintDog]

Not that much to it :), start the table in the header like so (i.e. this would be at the very top of the header template):

<table width="XX%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-left: 1px solid #000000;">
<tr>
<td>


The close the table in the footer template (i.e. this would go at the very bottom of the templat):

</td>
</tr>
</table>


That is just the basics with a black border, if you want the border another color, change the #000000's to a Hex color of your choice. Also, don't for get to change XX% to the width of your table.

[Buddha]

i may be reading his first post incorrectly then, cause initially i thought he just wanted a border on either side and i was going to suggest just this, but then when i reread the post, i thought i understood that he wants an image as a border on either side.

[Breaker]

the title of the thread is "image border" so i guess that's what he wants

[imported_Blindchild02]

yea, i know how to add a regular border, i want an IMAGE one

[Buddha]

i would just add a
< table >< tr >< td > with the image set as the background for that < td > in the header and set the width, then < td > and then the rest of your forum (it'll be within this last < td >.
then in the footer, at the very bottom, add < /td >< td > and set the same info for the image that you want as the right border in that last < td >. then end it with < /td > < /tr > < /table >

remove the obvious spaces, set the parameters as to how wide you want everything as well as the colors, and then you're set.

basically all you have to do is set your entire forum (from header down to the footer) within another table... more specifically, nested within the middle < td > of another table.

<table>
<tr>
<td> <-- this is your left border
</td>
<td> <-- this is your forum
</td>
<td> <-- this is your right border
</td>
</tr>
</table>

[imported_Blindchild02]

ok, i'll try

[imported_Blindchild02]

it didnt work, cuz i dont know how... plz sum1 explain it like they do in the teplate release forum

[dstruct2k]

<table>
<tr>
<td> <-- this is your left border
</td>
<td> <-- this is your forum
</td>
<td> <-- this is your right border
</td>
</tr>
</table>
So, in the header, add this at the beginning:
<table width="95%" background="{imagesfolder}/background.jpg" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
<tr>
<td>

In the footer, add this at the end:
</td>
</tr>
</table>

Quite simple. :D

[dstruct2k]

Well... Mess with that. :confused: I'm not the best with making HTML tables do what I want. I don't completely understand the meaning of "td" and "tr" yet... I'll get it soon! :D