dynamic tables in dreamweaver, for anysize browser, HELP, thx

[zynizen]

I am making a site, that has a top banner, middle content, and bottom banner, 3 rows/1 column, nothing changing but the content, but i want the sides to expand/contract depending on the screen resolution the viewer is using. Is there a simple way to do this, or would it require some structural changes to the generic table I have created now?

I would just like the content to expand inside the middle table, I hope this is clear, if there is anything I can do, please let me know.

thanks for your help, and I know this is a fairly simple question, but I don't have an exteme amount of programming skills with this type of thing, and see it on many sites I have been to, if I resize my window, the sides of the website expand/contract to a maximum of my screen / minimum either 640 w or 800px wide...

thanks again

 

[zynizen]

Actually to rephrase this, I am wondering how I can create all parts of the window you see on the page, to stick to the borders of the browser.

for instance, this is 1 column, three rows:

row 1: header / title(companyname) and menu bar.
want it to be complete from side to side no matter the browser/screen res.
so the site looks good on both widescreen monitors and regular.

row 2: content that is viewed when clicked on menu item.
dynamically moves down when more content is created in said pages.

row 3: footer
always stays at the bottom of the screen/browser window and always expands/contracts again to match header if viewed on widescreen/res changes.

I hope this is clear. In dreamweaver I can create new html pages with options for like:

"1 column liquid, centered, header and footer"
"1 column fixed, centered, header and footer"
"1 column elastic, centered, header and footer"

I dont know what one to even choose, or if it will be sufficient for my layout.

OH, and one last important detail, when you go to the main page, for the layout, I would like it to look just like this even if there is no content in the main page. Like a few paragraphs that isn't enough to push the footer to the bottom, I'd like just a gradient I made to be the bottom of the page at all times.

again, any questions just let me know, or please post. thanks!

Thanks again

 

[mdnky]

You'd be better off utilizing DIVs and CSS than tables for layout (especially the kind you're describing). Tables are for tabular data, not layout. In reality tables are more of a hassle than doing it the right way is. Its a lot easier to learn the right way if you haven't been tainted by the old hack of using tables, but anyone can pick it up pretty easily.

Here's two quick examples: