html tag help

[goldengob]

Hi
What I'm trying to achieve is place my image in the background so that I can apply text over it.
Here is what I have:

<div align="center"><img src="http://www.mywebsite/images/05.gif" width="220" height="27"></div>

What would I have to do to be able to write over the image without using layers, or is it not possible?
Taking into consideration that I already have a background for my page.

Thanks

[jetmaster007]

Are you coding by hand? Meaning in a text editor of some kind? If so, try to learn css. With css you can make an external document that you link to in the header of your html that will take care of all of the styling for your page.

[goldengob]

I actually use DW. Don't know if thats a good thing or a bad thing. I discovered I had a problem when I saw my website on a friends computer. I had been building my sites using layers. They looked great on my puter and still do. But my buddy pointed out that on his computer, everything was out of alignment and jumbled.
I now realize that at different resolutions, layers don't work :)
So I'm trying to find an alternative way of layering without layers if you know what I mean.

I have seen css and often wondered about it, but is it trying to run before I walk, if you know what I mean.

Someone in another forum said that there is a way of making layers stable at any resolution, but they never said how. Do you know if this is possible?

[jetmaster007]

I don't really know much about layers to be honest. But you can still code by hand using dreamweaver. Also css is very easy to learn. Try googling html dog and start from there. It gives you a lot more customization abilities and will be much easier to maintain over different browsers.

[Corey Bryant]

Using layers (they are actually called divides - but WYSIWYG editors call them layers) - you can basically use your image as a background image to 'write' on it

-Corey