Re: Newspaper Column Format - solution and thanks

Jim Tom Polk <jtpolk(at)texas.net> wrote -

> > Now, I'm obviously missing something, but having poured over the source
of
> > that URL for an hour or so, I still can't figure out how they got the
> > vertical divider lines.
>
> By stretching a very small gif. Look at the source and look for this:
>
> <td valign=top width=2 background="/img/grey_rule_bg.gif"><font
> size=1>&nbsp;</font></td>
>
> The image is 77 pixels in width and 3 pixels high. As a background, it
> will repeat over and over, and since the grey is all the way to the
> left, and that just about matches the width of the column, you get a
> light gray look to gutter.

Your is one of several replies that I received with this information - many
thanks.

The upshot of this, is that I'll be going with the image method, rather than
the IE - specific coding that was also mentioned to me.

To everyone else who replied to me off-list, my sincere thanks at the
quality and speed of the replies; you all should have received a thanks note
off list, but this is the public thanks: HWG scores again!


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