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I am trying to put a BG Image around the Content area without overlapping the Nav or Header -

I've 4 IDS:
Container
Banner
Nav
Content

        #container {
            width: 760px;
            \width: 760px;
            w\idth: 760px;
            margin: 0px;
            margin-left: 23%;
            margin-right: auto;
        }


        body {
            margin-top: 10px;
            padding: 0;
            background: url(images/side_bg.gif) top left repeat-x;
            font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
            color: black;
            height: 135px;
        }

        #banner {
            padding: 0;
            background-image:url(images/impluse_logo.jpg);
            width: 760px;
            height: 160px;
        }
        
        #nav {
            padding: 0;
            background-image:url(images/nav5.gif);
            width: 442px;
            height: 32px;
            margin-top: 1.3%;
            margin-left: 23%
        }

        #content {
            padding-top: 25px;
            padding-bottom: 4px;
            padding-left: 7%;
            background-repeat: repeat-x;
            margin-left: 10%
            width: 85%
        }
        
            
        p, pre {
            letter-spacing: 0.2px;
            line-height: 16px;
            font-size: 12px;
        }
    
        h1 {
            letter-spacing: 1.1px;
        }

It should look something like this

<div id="container">
      <div id="banner"></div>
       <div id="nav" ></div>
<div id="content">
  <h1 class="text">First Heading</h1>
  <p class="text"></p>
  <p class="text"></p>
  <p class="text"></p>
  <h1 class="text">Second Heading</h1>
  <p class="text"> </p>
<p class="text"> </p>
  </div>
</div>
</div>

What would be the best way to do this?

Thanks
Whytey

1 - make the body background the same color as the solid part of the gradient
2 - make a 'container' div (no width set) and make the top gradient a background that only repeats horizontally. You can make it a very small slice of the gradient width-wise, but make it high enough to include the whole gradient to where it turns solid.
3 - create a background image that includes the shadows on the right and left of your main content area, make it small and repeat it vertically.