How to create a background in MasterBorder -- please help

[Michael]

I am developing a website with a blue background (prototype at
www.nashcanspas.bizsolver.com). The Layout Area is filled with a text box
with a white background, which covers the site background. Banner and
footer are working fine. How do I make the area under the navigation
buttons white, all the way to the footer?

I tried placing a box under the menu bar, but I can't get it to line up
properly on each page.

[Micah Klesick \(www.learnNOF.com\)]

You could make a layout area there, and then put the nav bar in the layout,
and then make the layout white.

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"Michael" <Michael_spamnot@bizsolver.com> wrote in message
news:g29741$ed66@flsun90netnews01.netobjects.com.. .
>I am developing a website with a blue background (prototype at
>www.nashcanspas.bizsolver.com). The Layout Area is filled with a text box
>with a white background, which covers the site background. Banner and
>footer are working fine. How do I make the area under the navigation
>buttons white, all the way to the footer?
>
> I tried placing a box under the menu bar, but I can't get it to line up
> properly on each page.

[Nancy O]

Or, you could make a two-toned page background like the one in this
tutorial.
http://alt-web.com/Tutorials/centered.html


Nancy O.
www.alt-web.com/Tutorials/
NOF Tips & Tutorials

A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of
five.
-- Groucho Marx (1890 - 1977)


"Michael" <Michael_spamnot@bizsolver.com> wrote in message
news:g29741$ed66@flsun90netnews01.netobjects.com.. .
> I am developing a website with a blue background (prototype at
> www.nashcanspas.bizsolver.com). The Layout Area is filled with a text box
> with a white background, which covers the site background. Banner and
> footer are working fine. How do I make the area under the navigation
> buttons white, all the way to the footer?
>
> I tried placing a box under the menu bar, but I can't get it to line up
> properly on each page.
>

[Michael]

Micah,

Thanks, but using a layout region didn't work any better than a text box.
It just gave me another box to resize on each page.

"Micah Klesick (www.learnNOF.com)" <webmaster@learnNOF.com> wrote in message
news:g29amo$ed611@flsun90netnews01.netobjects.com. ..
> You could make a layout area there, and then put the nav bar in the
> layout, and then make the layout white.
>
> --
> Micah Klesick
> www.learnNOF.com
> Flash video and PDF tutorials on
> NetObjects Fusion
> --
> For a Forum on NOF versions 8-10 go to
> www.learnNOF.com/index.php
> --
>
> "Michael" <Michael_spamnot@bizsolver.com> wrote in message
> news:g29741$ed66@flsun90netnews01.netobjects.com.. .
>>I am developing a website with a blue background (prototype at
>>www.nashcanspas.bizsolver.com). The Layout Area is filled with a text box
>>with a white background, which covers the site background. Banner and
>>footer are working fine. How do I make the area under the navigation
>>buttons white, all the way to the footer?
>>
>> I tried placing a box under the menu bar, but I can't get it to line up
>> properly on each page.
>
>

[Dave@Web by Design, Inc.]

Michael,

As you are discovering there are several ways to approach this design
problem. If I understand what you are trying to do, I have had success
making the layout area a 1x1 table cell with a layout region inside it. This
allows a colored background, a border, and will resize itself when the
content changes. I would need to know some more specifics to know whether
this would work for what you're doing (or maybe by now you have your own
workable solution).

Dave



"Michael" <Michael_spamnot@bizsolver.com> wrote in message
news:g2b3fn$il43@flsun90netnews01.netobjects.com.. .
> Micah,
>
> Thanks, but using a layout region didn't work any better than a text box.
> It just gave me another box to resize on each page.
>
> "Micah Klesick (www.learnNOF.com)" <webmaster@learnNOF.com> wrote in
> message news:g29amo$ed611@flsun90netnews01.netobjects.com. ..
>> You could make a layout area there, and then put the nav bar in the
>> layout, and then make the layout white.
>>
>> --
>> Micah Klesick
>> www.learnNOF.com
>> Flash video and PDF tutorials on
>> NetObjects Fusion
>> --
>> For a Forum on NOF versions 8-10 go to
>> www.learnNOF.com/index.php
>> --
>>
>> "Michael" <Michael_spamnot@bizsolver.com> wrote in message
>> news:g29741$ed66@flsun90netnews01.netobjects.com.. .
>>>I am developing a website with a blue background (prototype at
>>>www.nashcanspas.bizsolver.com). The Layout Area is filled with a text
>>>box with a white background, which covers the site background. Banner
>>>and footer are working fine. How do I make the area under the navigation
>>>buttons white, all the way to the footer?
>>>
>>> I tried placing a box under the menu bar, but I can't get it to line up
>>> properly on each page.
>>
>>
>

[Michael]

Hi Dave,

Thanks for pitching in. What I have is a dark background with a 960 wide,
centered site. The banner and footer fill the full 960 px. The Layout has
a white background with dark text. I have a button navbar occupying 160 px
on the left. I want to fill the area under the navbar with white and line
it up with the layout area so that it meets the footer.

First I tried inserting a text box with a white background under the navbar.
I lined up the box under the navbar with the layout area text box perfectly,
but it never lined up in page preview or site preview. Based on your
suggestion I tried placing the navbar and layout text in tables and layout
regions, but I alway got the same result: The boxes did not line up at the
footer.

Mike

"Dave@Web by Design, Inc." <dave@nospam_wbdi.net> wrote in message
news:g2bf99$lf92@flsun90netnews01.netobjects.com.. .
> Michael,
>
> As you are discovering there are several ways to approach this design
> problem. If I understand what you are trying to do, I have had success
> making the layout area a 1x1 table cell with a layout region inside it.
> This allows a colored background, a border, and will resize itself when
> the content changes. I would need to know some more specifics to know
> whether this would work for what you're doing (or maybe by now you have
> your own workable solution).
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> "Michael" <Michael_spamnot@bizsolver.com> wrote in message
> news:g2b3fn$il43@flsun90netnews01.netobjects.com.. .
>> Micah,
>>
>> Thanks, but using a layout region didn't work any better than a text box.
>> It just gave me another box to resize on each page.
>>
>> "Micah Klesick (www.learnNOF.com)" <webmaster@learnNOF.com> wrote in
>> message news:g29amo$ed611@flsun90netnews01.netobjects.com. ..
>>> You could make a layout area there, and then put the nav bar in the
>>> layout, and then make the layout white.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Micah Klesick
>>> www.learnNOF.com
>>> Flash video and PDF tutorials on
>>> NetObjects Fusion
>>> --
>>> For a Forum on NOF versions 8-10 go to
>>> www.learnNOF.com/index.php
>>> --
>>>
>>> "Michael" <Michael_spamnot@bizsolver.com> wrote in message
>>> news:g29741$ed66@flsun90netnews01.netobjects.com.. .
>>>>I am developing a website with a blue background (prototype at
>>>>www.nashcanspas.bizsolver.com). The Layout Area is filled with a text
>>>>box with a white background, which covers the site background. Banner
>>>>and footer are working fine. How do I make the area under the
>>>>navigation buttons white, all the way to the footer?
>>>>
>>>> I tried placing a box under the menu bar, but I can't get it to line up
>>>> properly on each page.
>>>
>>>
>>
>

[Nancy O]

http://alt-web.com/Tutorials/centered.html



Nancy O.
www.alt-web.com/Tutorials/
NOF Tips & Tutorials


"Michael" <Michael_spamnot@bizsolver.com> wrote in message
news:g2ct1o$qik1@flsun90netnews01.netobjects.com.. .
> Hi Dave,
>
> Thanks for pitching in. What I have is a dark background with a 960 wide,
> centered site. The banner and footer fill the full 960 px. The Layout
has
> a white background with dark text. I have a button navbar occupying 160
px
> on the left. I want to fill the area under the navbar with white and line
> it up with the layout area so that it meets the footer.
>
> First I tried inserting a text box with a white background under the
navbar.
> I lined up the box under the navbar with the layout area text box
perfectly,
> but it never lined up in page preview or site preview. Based on your
> suggestion I tried placing the navbar and layout text in tables and layout
> regions, but I alway got the same result: The boxes did not line up at
the
> footer.
>
> Mike
>
> "Dave@Web by Design, Inc." <dave@nospam_wbdi.net> wrote in message
> news:g2bf99$lf92@flsun90netnews01.netobjects.com.. .
> > Michael,
> >
> > As you are discovering there are several ways to approach this design
> > problem. If I understand what you are trying to do, I have had success
> > making the layout area a 1x1 table cell with a layout region inside it.
> > This allows a colored background, a border, and will resize itself when
> > the content changes. I would need to know some more specifics to know
> > whether this would work for what you're doing (or maybe by now you have
> > your own workable solution).
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >
> >
> > "Michael" <Michael_spamnot@bizsolver.com> wrote in message
> > news:g2b3fn$il43@flsun90netnews01.netobjects.com.. .
> >> Micah,
> >>
> >> Thanks, but using a layout region didn't work any better than a text
box.
> >> It just gave me another box to resize on each page.
> >>
> >> "Micah Klesick (www.learnNOF.com)" <webmaster@learnNOF.com> wrote in
> >> message news:g29amo$ed611@flsun90netnews01.netobjects.com. ..
> >>> You could make a layout area there, and then put the nav bar in the
> >>> layout, and then make the layout white.
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Micah Klesick
> >>> www.learnNOF.com
> >>> Flash video and PDF tutorials on
> >>> NetObjects Fusion
> >>> --
> >>> For a Forum on NOF versions 8-10 go to
> >>> www.learnNOF.com/index.php
> >>> --
> >>>
> >>> "Michael" <Michael_spamnot@bizsolver.com> wrote in message
> >>> news:g29741$ed66@flsun90netnews01.netobjects.com.. .
> >>>>I am developing a website with a blue background (prototype at
> >>>>www.nashcanspas.bizsolver.com). The Layout Area is filled with a text
> >>>>box with a white background, which covers the site background. Banner
> >>>>and footer are working fine. How do I make the area under the
> >>>>navigation buttons white, all the way to the footer?
> >>>>
> >>>> I tried placing a box under the menu bar, but I can't get it to line
up
> >>>> properly on each page.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >
>

[Michael]

Thanks Nancy, that worked. I'm not really sure how it works, but your
tutorial was clear enough that I got through it. You're the best!

Michael
"Nancy O" <nancyoshea1@NOSPAMatt.net> wrote in message
news:g29c31$ed613@flsun90netnews01.netobjects.com. ..
> Or, you could make a two-toned page background like the one in this
> tutorial.
> http://alt-web.com/Tutorials/centered.html
>
>
> Nancy O.
> www.alt-web.com/Tutorials/
> NOF Tips & Tutorials
>
> A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of
> five.
> -- Groucho Marx (1890 - 1977)
>
>
> "Michael" <Michael_spamnot@bizsolver.com> wrote in message
> news:g29741$ed66@flsun90netnews01.netobjects.com.. .
>> I am developing a website with a blue background (prototype at
>> www.nashcanspas.bizsolver.com). The Layout Area is filled with a text
>> box
>> with a white background, which covers the site background. Banner and
>> footer are working fine. How do I make the area under the navigation
>> buttons white, all the way to the footer?
>>
>> I tried placing a box under the menu bar, but I can't get it to line up
>> properly on each page.
>>
>
>