Posted by dorayme on 02/26/07 22:40

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<1172526021.665502.251130@m58g2000cwm.googlegroups.com>,
"alokw" <alokwadh@gmail.com> wrote:

> Heres where it gets tricky: In the middle area which is not touched by
> the border should be an image that I have created that is excessively
> large, like 2000x1200 pixels or so.

You said it, excessively large. Everyone has to download a huge
file no matter what they can see of it. Bad idea.

> On a smaller screen, only some of
> the 2000x1200 image should be shown - so the image should always be
> sized at 100% - the black border is essentially a window into the
> image. As the border (browser window) becomes bigger, more of the
> image should become visible.
>
> Right in the middle of everything should be a frame of some sort. It
> can just be an iframe for all I care, but i want to place the main
> content in this.
>

You know how to make a big black border on a box? You know how to
set a bg image? You know how to put a box within another box? You
know you can make boxes have backgrounds or just be transparent
so the parent bg shows through? You say you are "currently using
CSS to drive most of my site" so you must know these simple
things, so what is actually the problem? How to code for a frame?
How to stop the pic showing up in the frame? What?

> I'm currently using CSS to drive most of my site, so if it's possible,
> I'd like to stick with CSS, but its not a big deal if I can only do
> this with straight HTML or java or something.

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dorayme

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