DreamWeaver/Html code thingy :)

[Markpyro]

(mmmm, I like arial)

Im kind of new to the HTML thing, but I'm getting better. Anyways; I created a template in photoshop, sliced out everything I wanted, saved optimized in Imageready, and then transfrerred to Dreamweaver. Now, I want to make it so the Title bar and text box extends to fit each person's screen, as Warboards does. Would I have to make frames or something else to do this? Or am I not explaining well enough...?
By the way, the size is 800*600 px.

[Uuugggg]

in whatever tables you use, do <table width=100%>. Should work, since you're using tables, right?

[TranquilNightElf]

Or you can define a style for the tag you want and use width:auto

[TheBB]

Can we see the page? Easier to get specific, then.

[OboeGuru]

Or you can define a style for the tag you want and use width:auto
Tables do it significantly cleaner and with less code.
For a one-time-use element, it's better to use a one-time-use method of approach.

[TranquilNightElf]

Yeah I guess but sometimes I prefer to use styles as they give you more flexiblity if you want to change things in the future.

[Markpyro]

Is there a function on dreamweaver that can set tables, or is there a way I can slice my image in photoshop, then convert it to a table in Dreamweaver?

[WeekendLazyness]

Tables do it significantly cleaner and with less code.
For a one-time-use element, it's better to use a one-time-use method of approach.
Nested tables (or any tables) can get extremely messy. I prefer divs and CSS.

[AJ]

css is the cleaner approach and has many bonuses. i'm a huge fan of css.
however, there are many sites and layouts that tables are the much more appropriate approach to.

[OboeGuru]

I'm a fan of DIVs and CSS for items that elements you're likely to be using over and over, but for a single block element, it makes far more sense to define everything having to do with it where it's used.

Nested tables are only messy if you're inept at using them. :Þ
In my experience, DIVs have far more potential to create mess, as this is not what they are designed to do, even though the capability exists.

If we're talking about something like a single, unchanging header that gets used on every different page, the most efficient method for handling that would be to use PHP or SSI to import a small block file containing all the code for the header, not redefining the code n every page and importing the CSS definitions, which would be what you are arguing for.

[AJ]

for example, i find that the css used throughout WarBoards is good.. however the display of the forumhome is left to nested tables.

it's needlessly complicated to clear that up with divs, etc.

[Markpyro]

Ahh.
Im about 50% proficient with CSS, and (for the site I'm working on) I use dreamweaver and do basicly no HTML coding.