customizing the forum

Use tables.

Start the table in the header:-

<table>
 <tr>
  <td>

Then close the tables in the footer:-

   </td>
  </tr>
</table>

The simplest way to do this is to create a template for your page leaving a table free to place the forum in.

The simply everyting before where you wish the forum to be shown place in the header and everything that is left place in the footer.

To add a colum down the side you would need to add another column to the table Borg created above.

Code in the Header:

<table width="100%">
 <tr>
  <td width="150">
   Navigation Menu
   Place html for navigation here!
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td>

The width="150" part specifies how many pixels wide you want the navigation to be.  The width="100%" part specifies that you want the table to use all the screen's real estate.

Code in footer:

   </td>
  </tr>
</table>

The above code would provide the basic shell for a navigation bar on the left hand side of the screen, with the forum appearing to the right of the navigation.

If you wanted a right hand column, add the code in red to the footer similar to how it is added to the header.

There are other attributes you can add.  If you need more information, you can do research on web about creating html tables.

Hi, I tried to use the code here, but my form seems to be pushed down to the bottom. Did I do something wrong?!

Here are the code I have in my header and footer, and I also post a image of my what I see on my form.

Here is the code I have in my header.asp
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<table width="100%">
 <tr><table width="750%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
  <tr>
      <td height="200" bgcolor="#99FFFF">&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
</table>

  <td width="150">
   <table width="150" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
  <tr>
        <td height="300" bgcolor="#99CCFF">&nbsp; </td>
  </tr>
</table>
  </td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td>
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footer.asp
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</td>
  </tr>
</table>
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