Re: pixel.gif file on site: http://info.med.yale.edu/caim/manual/

The pixel gif is a trick-of-the trade. It generally is a 1x1 pixel, 
transparent gif. Being so small, it's download time is negligible. 
And being transparent, it's not seen.

It can be used to create margins or block out space much larger than 
it's size by setting its attributes in an IMG tag (e.g., width = 
whatever you want; height = whatever you want). It usually would be 
placed in a table's cell as part of a page's format scheme.


The single pixel gif was popularized by David Siegel

	http://www.dsiegel.com/

although he has since moved in other directions: e.g., you can use 
stylesheets to format pages instead of complicated tables.


--Jeff






>Browsing the source for the above web site I noticed the source referenced a
>graphic file, pixel.gif.  The only graphic I could seem to find (by
>right-clicking over various parts of the screen) is sm_bg.gif.  I assume it
>is some kind of gutter filler.  I was wondering if any of you could further
>explain this graphic and what exactly the graphic consists of.  I am
>designing a web site modeled after this layout and would like to know if the
>absence of this graphic would seriously derail the look of the layout.
>Thanks for your assistance.  While I am going ahead and trying it without it
>I would still appreciate your valued opinion.
>
>Jason Alan Smith
>mailto:bsmith1(at)kscable.com

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