more detail to question above
As requested, I've thrown together a very simple demo of my question.
Using the image slicing in imageready & photoshop, I've created the basic interface as seen at http://www.legaljustice.net/testinterface/index.html
Not much to see graphically, but it will work for my question.
When I add more text to my main area, the borders cannot "grow" to fit the new length requirement:
http://www.legaljustice.net/testinterface/index1.html
As you can see, the interface "blows up"
The only solution I can come up with is to manually change the code to make the left and right bars the needed length, seen at
http://www.legaljustice.net/testinterface/index2.html
At least 2 problems with this "fix":
1. You have to do this for every page, every update - and no chance of any dynamic site content with my method as you have to manually guess the length required.
2. If my "bars" have a texture (like metal gradient for example), the image will be "stretched to fit" and will no longer have the same look as the rest of the static images with the same metal gradient.
How can I set up my interface to expand and contract as needed to fit text of any length? Is there a way to declare an image as a background when using the slicing tools in photoshop? Does this make any sense?
If I'm lacking the code dept, please post the correct code.
I tried using percentages, but have been unsuccessful so far.
Thanks
