Have you tried looking at using framesets.
You can do exactly that layout using them.
You can create one in the IDE as a html doc and then copy
and paste the htlm code to a aspx blank page.
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
> I wish to create a page layout that has a title area
across the top, a
>menu down the left side, the main body down the right
side, with a page
>footer across the bottom of the page. I have been able
to create this using
>tables. This works fine on pcs running IE 5x but it does
not seem to work
>well on other platforms. Is there a better way of doing
this with ASP.Net
>that will degrade nicly for other browsers. I have seen
a little bit on
>panels should I be doing this.
>
>Ps. The layout would be much the same as microsofts
website layout.
>
>Thanks
> Kenneth
>
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