Locking column widths

greetings,
i have set up various pages and templates in dreamweaver with
editable regions . however, when i add or remove content, my
columns automatically adjust and throw my whole design off. this
also happens when editing these remotely in contribute.
is there a way to lock column widths in dreamweaver so they
don't automatically adjust?
thanks in advance,

Yes. Don't use tables. Or build tables that are intended to
collapse
around their contents thereby retaining their shape. What you
have
described is simply how HTML tables behave.
If you have used any 'wizard' HTML (i.e., that written by
ImageReady, or
Fireworks) in the process, then you no doubt have tables that
are filled
with not only invalid HTML but also col- and rowspans. The
combination of
the two is sure to exacerbate the problem - to see why I say
that, read this
page -
http://apptools.com/rants/spans.php
To get specific comments about how to triage your tables
(including throw
them out and start over recommendations), please post a link
to one of your
pages.
Murray --- ICQ 71997575
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> greetings,
>
> i have set up various pages and templates in dreamweaver
with editable
> regions
> . however, when i add or remove content, my columns
automatically adjust
> and
> throw my whole design off. this also happens when
editing these remotely
> in
> contribute.
>
> is there a way to lock column widths in dreamweaver so
they don't
> automatically adjust?
>
> thanks in advance,
>
>

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