help with slicing and coding in ps

[AaronWood16]

i posted this on the graphics forums too but i was thinking that this forum might help too because it has to do with html too



umm my basic question is that i want to slice my layout which i kno how to do....but i cant figure out how to make the content boxes auto expand so they look perfect. I can slice my layout and have all the links and such set up but when i type in the content boxes...the images just get all messed up and they wont auto expand without the images going crazy.

heres my website (i am just starting) and this is what i am trying to slice and code (preferbly the content boxes)

www.cyanproductions.com

please take a look and help!!!

-Aaron

[Kravvitz]

Ugh. Slicing is not a good way to make layouts.

I suggest using a lot of CSS and repeating background images.

Why tables for layout is stupid (http://www.hotdesign.com/seybold/index.html)
Why avoiding tables (for layout) is important (http://davespicks.com/essays/notables.html)
Why go table free? (http://www.workingwith.me.uk/tablefree/why/)
Tables Vs. CSS - A Fight to the Death (http://www.sitepoint.com/article/tables-vs-css/)
Why Tables Are Bad (For Layout) Compared to Semantic HTML + CSS (http://www.phrogz.net/CSS/WhyTablesAreBadForLayout.html)
The layout is dead, long live the layout (http://www.westciv.com/style_master/house/good_oil/dead_layout/)
Tables or CSS: Choosing a layout (http://evolt.org/article/Tables_or_CSS_Choosing_a_layout/25/21429/)

[AaronWood16]

so how would i go about and use css to make www.cyanproductions.com a interactive site and with auto expanding content boxes? or what do u recommend i do?

[welsh]

you could use transparent iframes for the main content box.

[Kravvitz]

Look at high traffic sites like Yahoo, MSN, Google, Ebay, etc. They only use a few images compared to he number of images you would have after spliting that up.

http://www.tizag.com/cssT/background.php

http://www.google.com/search?q=CSS+2+column+layout

[ray326]

That would actually be a pretty simple design to build right. It's just a few divs with backgrounds. Really quite vanilla. It would be a good one to learn on.