Someone please help!!

[raindark]

My intention was not to upset anyone . I'm sorry if I did, but most of the time I have already tried the advice and it didnt work or Im inexperienced and I didn't do it right. I will try not to ask for help for help anymore . Thanks.....

[barco57]

We don't mind you asking for help, but it appears in your "panic" to fix this problem you have not taken the time to understand what it is we are trying to explain, or in our attempt to explain we overshot the mark by either being vague or just a bit to technical. We here are all willing, well with a few notable exceptions, to stick it out and find that place of common understanding. Whether that be us finding the right terminology that you understand or sending you to other sites/threads to bring you up to speed with the basics, so that we may better work in our comfort zone(s) better. Reposting the same question will turn off some as it means to us that you ignored us or didn't try. Better to ask clarifying questions, we like nothing better than to show how smart we are
With that said lets move on to the problem at hand.
Could you give me a list of the sideboxes you want to use and what order you want to use them in from top to bottom. Remember to pay attention to those boxes that are not there until there is content in them (I.E. shopping cart sidebox) and those boxes which will disappear if there is no content, like the new products sidebox, which will go away if you haven't added new products in a while and they expire. With this info I should be able to mock up the layout and css that you need. Have I been long winded or what

[raindark]

Well,

I understand what u are saying and thanks for your patience with me. I ended up just putting in one large image . Now I just have to get the text to move down slightly. There are tables inserted on my front page but I'm not sure what folder to go in and edit and add pics and text. Take a look and tell me what you think of the sidebox! http://www.veryprrettythings.com


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Thanks

[kobra]

I ended up just putting in one large image

If you refresh your page you will see that the "New in the Closet" image rotates through the selectedd items and some of these are taller images than others. And also in the "Fashion Advice" area, when there is some content to display this area will also expand.

This is the reason that a static "single" image for this area is not the ideal solution.
You were, initially, attempting to do this almost correctly but with images that were not designed to be parts of a single box and rather were complete boxes in themselves. what you actually need to do is take the current single image and cut it into 3 parts top, middle and bottom.

Display the top & bottom only once(no repeat) and attached to the correct boxes. The the middle resized vertically and repeat it as repeat-y or vertically only. In this way it will grow and shrink as required.

[seethrou]

My intention was not to upset anyone . I'm sorry if I did, but most of the time I have already tried the advice and it didnt work or Im inexperienced and I didn't do it right. I will try not to ask for help for help anymore . Thanks.....

As said by barco57 eariler, and just quote some.

We don't mind you asking for help, but it appears in your "panic" to fix this problem you have not taken the time to understand what it is we are trying to explain, or in our attempt to explain we overshot the mark by either being vague or just a bit to technical.

In short, I think we need the communications and feed backs for we are only in remote and can't touch the real files. And don't know what happened exactly on your site. We need you to tell us the results after our suggestions, and we will change our steps and suggestions accordingly.

Otherwise, at least for me will lost.

What is the exact effect for the sidebox which you want to achieve?
Do you want to use the golden one or the purple one?
Or, do you want to have a Mirror inside another Mirror?

Anyway, the codes below both for the sideboxes and column left. It only follow the steps suggusted previously and with small adjustments.

The sideboxes decorated with your golden mirror and the column left decorated with your purple mirror.
The two mirror images as previous suggested, need to be separated into two parts. One is the mirror_top for the heading and the other is mirror_bottom for the bottom. And also need some basic graphic works.

The test is very simple, just insert the code below to the end of the stylesheet.

/* For Column Mod */
#navColumnOne {
	margin: 0;
	background-image:url(../images/column_mirror_top.gif);
	background-repeat:no-repeat;
	padding: 2.2em 0; /* tune it to fit */
	background-color: transparent;
}

#navColumnOneWrapper {
	background-image:url(../images/column_mirror_bottom.gif);
	background-repeat:no-repeat;
	background-position:bottom;
	padding: 0 0 5em 0.2em; /* tune it to fit */
	background-color: transparent;
}	

/* For Sideboxes Mod */
h3.leftBoxHeading, h3.leftBoxHeading a,
h3.rightBoxHeading, h3.rightBoxHeading a {
	font-size: 1em;
	color: maroon;
	}
#manufacturersHeading, #currenciesHeading, #musicgenresHeading, #recordcompaniesHeading, #searchHeading, #search-headerHeading {
	font-size: 0.9em;
	color: maroon;
}

.leftBoxHeading, .rightBoxHeading {
	margin: 0;
	background-image:url(../images/sidebox_mirror_top.gif);
	background-repeat:no-repeat;
	padding: 2.8em 0.2em;
	color: Maroon;
	background-color: transparent;
	}

.leftBoxContainer, .rightBoxContainer {
	border: none;
	margin-top: 1.5em;
	}

.sideBoxContent {
	background-image:url(../images/sidebox_mirror_bottom.gif);
	background-repeat:no-repeat;
	background-position:bottom;
	padding: 0.5em 2em 3.6em 2em;
	background-color: transparent;
	}

Attached is the screen capture of the test for reference. It only show some of the sideboxes for there are limitions in forum for the file and image sizes.

[raindark]

Hello Seethrou,,

Ok the mirror I would like to use is the on I have now. But I inserted one image and as Kobra pointed out the text moves and the boxes shrink with every page change. So I know I have to cut the box , but in three pieces or two which would be easier? Or work better? I'll try both and the code you gave me.And I'll let you know how it turns out.

Thanks

[seethrou]

In my test I only cut the mirror into two pieces. And it will both shrink and stretch depended on the contents inside.
The mirror in purple in my test is for the column left and I think it work for your effect now.
Although I only provide and show the Categories Sidebox in it, it's length is about two screen pages long and contained other sideboxes.

Note,
the mirror_bottom.gif should be long enough for the maximum data contained. If not it will be broken in the joint and under the mirror heading.