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GlassEye

3:48 am on Apr 17, 2005 (gmt 0)

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This is undoubtedly a dumb question, I have been thrown from the comfy confines of SEO into web development.

If I have a basic table structure but I don't want different elements (like the top navigation and the sidebar on the right that has some banners) to seem so squared off--basically I'd like to present the appearance of a graceful arc instead of the two areas meeting at a sharp corner, what's the best way to do it. Can you use some sort of background image that the table lays over or do you use small gif to outline the structure and presen the look you want.

I use Dreamweaver so if Dreamweaver makes this process easier I'd love to learn how :)

bill

10:21 am on Apr 17, 2005 (gmt 0)

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Welcome to WebmasterWorld GlassEye.

Normally what is done in such cases is to add a background image to certain cells to create this effect. A good way to see how this is done is often to open a page that already does something similar to what you are trying and see how they do it. A WYSIWYG editor like DW can be used to open these pages and you can see how the site uses tables and images to create the effect. (Of course this could also be done with CSS and positioned elements.)