CS3 Template help

Hello. I'm going to use one particular template (3 column
elastic) as an example in my question, but there's several similar
ones that would work...
So, if I go to "File"--->"New" and choose "Blank
Page"--->"HTML"--->"3 column elastic", the page that comes up
says the following on the left and right sides:
The background color on this div will only show for the length
of the content.
How do I get it so that it expands to the bottom of the page,
regardless of the user's resolution or monitor size? An example of
a site that it's bothering me on is here:
www.americanidiotsband.com
You can see that the page looks fine on anything up to
1024x768 or so, but if you have a nice newer big monitor that
accepts a higher resolution (like many people are getting
nowadays), then the left side of the page just kinda "stops".
Thanks!...

Google "faux columns".
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"DIY_Lobotomy" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Hello. I'm going to use one particular template (3
column elastic) as an
> example in my question, but there's several similar ones
that would
> work...
>
> So, if I go to "File"--->"New" and choose "Blank
Page"--->"HTML"--->"3
> column
> elastic", the page that comes up says the following on
the left and right
> sides:
>
>
The background color on this div will only show for the length
of the
> content.
>
> How do I get it so that it expands to the bottom of the
page, regardless
> of
> the user's resolution or monitor size? An example of a
site that it's
> bothering me on is here:
>
>
http://www.americanidiotsband.com/
>
> You can see that the page looks fine on anything up to
1024x768 or so, but
> if
> you have a nice newer big monitor that accepts a higher
resolution (like
> many
> people are getting nowadays), then the left side of the
page just kinda
> "stops". Thanks!...
>
>
>

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> the only message I get
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> Hello everyone,
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> I was wondering if I could get some help on an odd issue
I've been
> experiencing with DW CS3. I have been tasked with adding
content to two
> templates we use (which include a vertical nav bar,
footer and header).
> After
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> Pages. During this process, I don't receive any errors
(the only message I
> get
> is something like "Dreamweaver needs to check out this
file in order to
> update").
>
> After all is said and done, I take a look at a few of
the (checked out)
> pages
> and I can see the template changes have been made to
them. However, when I
> check the file back in and take a look at it online, the
changes are not
> there.
> Incidentally, I saw the page here by Murray featuring 7
points that may
> cause
> this issue, but to the best of my knowledge, I have not
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> them.
>
> Here's where things get weird: When I go back into DW
and check out the
> file
> (to see what went wrong), the web page (which showed the
template change
> not
> moments before) goes back to its original, unmodified
state. I've found a
> way
> to get around this by using the "Modify > Templates
> Apply Template To
> Pages..." process, but with so many web pages, this
seems
> counter-productive.
> And this is the third time this issue has occurred for
me. Considering
> that, I
> wonder if I'm missing a step. Do I need to check in the
.dwt file after
> I've
> made the change but before I update?
>
> Insights would be greatly appreciated. Thank you all for
your time and
> patience.
>

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