html help please

three column layout

[macrost]

Hello everyone. I have a website that I took over from the old developer and I am having troubles with their old layout. I'm in the process of cleaning the code, but now, I have a gif that is at the bottom of the 1st and 3rd column. Now what is happening is that the gif isn't aligning down at the bottom as specified in the code:

<tr>
 <td valign="bottom" bgcolor="Black"><img src="fadebg.jpg" width="127" height="196"></td>
</tr>

This part is for the first column. The Third column is at the bottom of the page and looks just like this. I have it setup right on an asp page, but I tried to copy what I did there and it doesn't work on this.
Any ideas?

Mac

[le_gber]

Not sure what you wanted to achieve but try this:

<tr>
<td valign="bottom" bgcolor="Black"><img src="fadebg.jpg" width="127" height="196"></td>
<td valign="bottom" bgcolor="Black">&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="bottom" bgcolor="Black"><img src="fadebg.jpg" width="127" height="196"></td>
</tr>

Leo

[macrost]

Leo,
Thanks for your input. I don't think that would work in my situation. I would post the whole code here but it is way to big... need to shrink that down too. Is there a way that I could send it to you?
Thanks for your help,
Mac

[tedster]

Can you just post the "skeleton" of the layout?

I mean just the table tags, row tags and cell tags, so we can see how the three columns are achieved? You can skip any attributes that don't affect positioning and put in short, dummy content for the cells.

[macrost]

tedster,
Let me try... I'm going to have to bring in each section that's an include now... :-D

Mac