I have recently made a template... www.xing-designs.com/gfx/Templates/5

I have made it so that all the images are the cells backgrounds instead of <img src>

www.xing-designs.com/gfx/Templates/5/index3.php

BUT! When i try add my news script into it, into the main white washed section, it just messes everything up.. Can anyone help? The whole template falls apart when adding content.. grrr!

SOMEONE HELP!!! PLEASEEEEE

I am not sure this is the problem but ill take a run at it....

If you build a table that holds an image in each table cell as a bg image with no content, then add content to one cell, and it makes it stretch it will expand the cells in the same row, mucking up the design. If this is the problem you are having, the template will blow up and the positioning will be way wrong...

In my experience, the best way to solve this is to use CSS for positioning and backgrounds. The next best way is to nest tables with expantion in mind... use the base table to set the bg that repeats for expantion, then place a nested table for containg content, buttons, graphics etc.

Nested tables take a bit to draw in comparison to CSS... so I would consider CSS first.... but I have a number of sites that use nested tables...

I hope this helps just a little... and was close to being on target for your situation...

hmm, well, i understand what you are saying.. but really i dont know anything hardly about css... and yes ur right when i do add content which is bigger than the cell size / image size, it does blow up... dont suppose u cud gimme some tips? or them links ur on about?

I think I know what you are trying to do. I looked at the code for your site. Im not sure which image is the white washed image, to get that image to be the background for the cell, I think you are going to need to code it as
<TD background="imagename">Put the news feed script here</TD>
The way you have it now puts the image in the cell, its not setting it as a background. I could be wrong, but I would give this a try!
EDIT: Okay, so maybe I should look at everything before I give my 2 cents! lol! It does look like the problem you are running into is caused by the size of the main box. If you stretch it, its going to mess up everything else, just like the previous person said. I dont know much about php scripting, but I wonder if you could put that script in an iframe?? That way, the text would just scroll, no matter how big it gets. I know some people have gripes about iframs, but I think if you find a way to solve the size problem you will be in good shape.

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yeh... its something to do with having to re-code it? css or something i really dont know... im trying to find some help, but no 1 can lol, know anyone peeps who can?

All beginning template-makers have this kind of problem... They don't make the template sizable/scalable for the content. I don't know where you could find information to help you revise to do so... Sorry.