Using Borders in <div>´s

[Belerofonte]

Hello,

I want to create a site using some boxes in a cool graphic way, so they can have text inside, something like links or news... But the question is: Do i need to specify all borders, i mean border-left, right, etc, or I can only use the full graphic as a background for the <div> in case it would be a leftnav div.

Hope I could explain it well, if not I´ll try again and maybe with some code if necessary.

Thanks!

[rbutler]

Not sure if this will help since I'm not sure if I understand right but you wouldn't have to specify border-left, border-right, use shorthand syntax when dealing with border property. Something like:

#mainbox{
    border: 1px solid #000;
}

<div id="mainbox">
Content here with a border all the way around
</div>

This will give your div a border all the way around, unless you only want a left or right border. Graphic would probably work too, I just don't understand what you're saying in regards to it