Re: Opppps/tiled border?

I am working on a page of poetry for a client. I have a background of grey
brick with a table set up in two columns, with a border of black birds on
the left and the poems on the right.  However, there are 15 poems on the
page which makes the bird border very long also, so I have to use multitudes
of copies of the birds on a long page. I'm wondering if there is any way to
tile the border, i.e., make it a background within the one table column and
if so, will this work on all browsers?

Lori,

Try this; it's 'legal' and you specify each image only once. Create a one
row, three column table (3 cells).  In the first cell create another table
with only one row and column (1 cell).  Use your bird image for the
background of this 'nested' table.  Back in the main table:  the third cell
will contain your poetry.  The second (middle) cell will act as a spacer
between your border and the poetry.  And of course your page will still use
the brick background.  You will have to specify the width and height of the
cell in the nested table. The width will be that of the birds and the height
will be however long (high) your poetry is.  Adjust the width of the middle
cell in the main table to achive the desired spacing between border and
poetry.

Steve A.

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