[BarryoBrien]

Originally Posted by Dismounted

Set the overall width as a static value.

its just a table not a layer can this be done to a table?

<table border="0" bgcolor="#000000" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="800">
<tr>
<!-- Shim row, height 1. -->
<td><img src="statusicon/spacer.gif" width="199" height="1" border="0" alt="" /></td>
<td><img src="statusicon/spacer.gif" width="51" height="1" border="0" alt="" /></td>
<td><img src="statusicon/spacer.gif" width="224" height="1" border="0" alt="" /></td>
<td><img src="statusicon/spacer.gif" width="104" height="1" border="0" alt="" /></td>
<td><img src="statusicon/spacer.gif" width="108" height="1" border="0" alt="" /></td>
<td><img src="statusicon/spacer.gif" width="114" height="1" border="0" alt="" /></td>
<td><img src="statusicon/spacer.gif" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" /></td>
</tr>

<tr><!-- row 1 -->
<td rowspan="3"><img name="header_r1_c1" src="statusicon/header_r1_c1.jpg" width="199" height="200" border="0" id="header_r1_c1" alt="" /></td>
<td rowspan="3"><img name="header_r1_c2" src="statusicon/header_r1_c2.jpg" width="51" height="200" border="0" id="header_r1_c2" alt="" /></td>
<td><img name="header_r1_c3" src="statusicon/header_r1_c3.jpg" width="224" height="60" border="0" id="header_r1_c3" alt="" /></td>
<td><a href="http://www.websiteforumz.com/register.php"><img name="header_r1_c4" src="statusicon/header_r1_c4.jpg" width="104" height="60" border="0" id="header_r1_c4" alt="Not registered why? register today for free and get chating" /></a></td>
<td><a href="http://www.websiteforumz.com/login.php"><img name="header_r1_c5" src="statusicon/header_r1_c5.jpg" width="108" height="60" border="0" id="header_r1_c5" alt="Registered members login" /></a></td>
<td><a href="http://www.websiteforumz.com/faq.php"><img name="header_r1_c6" src="statusicon/header_r1_c6.jpg" width="114" height="60" border="0" id="header_r1_c6" alt="Faq's on how to use the site" /></a></td>
<td><img src="statusicon/spacer.gif" width="1" height="60" border="0" alt="" /></td>
</tr>
<tr><!-- row 2 -->
<td colspan="4"><a href="http://www.websiteforumz.com"><img name="header_r2_c3" src="statusicon/header_r2_c3.jpg" width="550" height="33" border="0" id="header_r2_c3" alt="websiteforumz.com" /></a></td>
<td><img src="statusicon/spacer.gif" width="1" height="33" border="0" alt="" /></td>
</tr>
<tr><!-- row 3 -->
<td colspan="2"><img name="header_r3_c3" src="statusicon/header_r3_c3.jpg" width="328" height="107" border="0" id="header_r3_c3" alt="" /></td>
<td colspan="2"><img name="header_r3_c5" src="statusicon/header_r3_c5.jpg" width="222" height="107" border="0" id="header_r3_c5" alt="" /></td>
<td><img src="statusicon/spacer.gif" width="1" height="107" border="0" alt="" /></td>
</tr>
</table>

This is the code for the header I tryed to add a layer to add a background image but never works for me.