Making borders look more 3D?

[pigpog]

Hi everyone.

This has probably got to be something really simple, because it's always the simple things I have trouble doing!

This chap here - http://forum.zaphyous.com/ - has some paler lines beneath the horizontal darker lines of his cell borders, making the "Forum", "Topics", "Replies" and "Last Post Info" colums look a bit more three dimensional.

I'd love to know how to do this please.

Thanks!

Kate xxx

[Princeton]

it's just a background image (1pixel) with highlight at the top

[pigpog]

Thanks! Hmm. Okay, how do you set that for the table itself? Is it literally one enormous background image set to the dimensions of the table? I can do that but it seems a bit impractical to me... unless there's something that I haven't found yet that allows you to set a background literally for the table.

[napy8gen]

YOu can set the background image repeat in main css
STyle manager> your style name> main css> Table Header > Standard CSS Attributes > Background

example:

#5C7099 url(images/gradients/gradient_thead.gif) repeat-x top left

change the color and the path according to your image.

but first you must have the image to repeat like in the forum you mention above.
http://forum.zaphyous.com/ just right click in the browser to view background image.You will see this image

[Ohiosweetheart]

Originally Posted by Princeton

it's just a background image (1pixel) with highlight at the top

What do you mean by highlight at the top, Princeton?

[Princeton]

highlight as in a light source from above

[pigpog]

Thank you napy8gen. :up: I got it working perfectly with your instruction and now my grids look much better. As I say to my members when they do something great - have a carrot!