I need to add a border around the main content area. This border should wrap both the main and side columns.

The style "bodyrow" seems to be the one controlling the area I want to modify, but when I add a border through CSS to #bodyrow or tr#bodyrow nothing happens.

The strange thing is that I do see results if I add a background color or font styles to "bodyrow", but NOT if I add a border. So it seems that I am targeting the right class, but the border gets over-ridden by something else?

Running WordPress 3.0.5 and both Atahualpa 3.5.3 and 3.6.4

Thanks!

If I understand the question...the way I go about it is by styling the Sidebars with a border and style either the Header/Menu area with a bottom border, and style the Footer with a top border, thereby giving the Center Column/Content area the look of a border.

Thanks for the suggestion :-)

I tried that, but didn't quite work because of the margins between columns.

Also, I'd love to find a much simpler solution because that would require to style too many different items (bottom border of navigation bar, left border of main column, top border of footer and right border of right column) and it gets complicated for maintenance.

Thanks!

Try this CSS...

td#middle { border: 2px solid #000000; }

and see what you get.

Thanks. It works, but I need the border to be around both the middle and right columns, like the green-ish border around both columns here: http://www.e-ffectiveweb.com/partnerships.htm

Another thing I can't seem to get to work is adding a 10px padding to the right of the right column to create some space between the green border (once I get it going) and the right column.

Again, I'm trying to recreate the layout here: http://www.e-ffectiveweb.com/partnerships.htm

Thanks!

You may have your work cut out for you with that.

The top, left and bottom border in the center section will be easy, but getting your sidebar to look like it's part of the center content section (and extending the border in the center section into the sidebar will not be fun. Especially if you want the sidebar to have that inner border that's darker green.

ato->Style & edit CENTER COLUMN->Center column style

border-top: solid 4px red;
border-bottom: solid 4px red;

ato->Style & configure SIDEBARS->LEFT sidebar style

border-left: solid 4px red;
border-top: solid 4px red;
border-bottom: solid 4px red;

ato->Style & configure SIDEBARS->RIGHT sidebar style

border-right: solid 4px red;
border-top: solid 4px red;
border-bottom: solid 4px red;