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From: Tim Beadle
Date: Nov 26, 2004 5:41AM

"michael.brockington" wrote on
26/11/2004 12:06:46:
> No, no, no - you don't need to use images for structure!

I wasn't suggesting that at all! If you actually read the article I linked
to, you'll see that the image is in the CSS, and therefore quite separate
from the structure of the page.

> All you need to do is next your divs in such a way that the div with the
> border contains the largest element, then it will automatically size to
your
> content.

Heh - that's easier said than done. You might have pages of varying
lengths, possibly with content coming from a database or other data
source. You can rarely guarantee that one column will always be longer
than the other.

Tim



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