I've just started working on a new project in which I would like to use a photpgraph that I have scanned as a background on all my pages, such that it always resizes to the size of the text area and can have my text written over the top of it. I'm using Dreamweaver MX 2004 and hope someone can tell me the best way of doing this ?

I guess what you're looking for is something like this, right? ---->http://www.free-webspace.biz/cis/lebenslauf.htm (You need to copy and paste the link into your browser, cause an error message occurs when I set this as a direct link)

You will need to insert the desired image on each of your html pages and use layers, in which you write your text.

In order to have the written text not exceed the dimensions of your backround graphic, use a setting like this for the layers:

<div id="Layer1" style="position:absolute; width:487px; height:280px; z-index:1; left: 187px; top: 2px; overflow:hidden; overflow:scroll; overflow:AUTO">

As you can see I set width:487px and height:280px, because these were the approximate dimensions of the bg graphic I used. Now, if you type overflow:hidden; overflow:scroll; overflow:AUTO it tells the layer to use scroll bars, if the length of the text exceeds the dimensions of your bg graphic.

Please tell me if that helped you out at all!

nice one murphy. that come come in handy for me also!

Spot on, thats exactly the sort of thing I am after !! THANKS