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anyone here that can slice a template for me? I tried but I can get it to stretch when I put text on it in dreamweaver or any coding program..

What you're asking for is not as simple as it seems. Nobody can just slice up a template for you without knowing your page layout and what content your site is going to use, etc.

Slicing a template is about more than just cutting up an image into smaller pieces. You have to plan for how the page is going to be laid out. You'll need to figure out which parts of the image can be sliced to create re-usable images and/or background images that tile seamlessly. All of that should be done BEFORE you start slicing.

Once you have your images sliced and saved, then you open Dreamweaver (Code mode - forget the WYSIWYG design mode!) and start coding the page, creating the tables for your page layout (or CSS positioning if you're not doing tables) and adding the text and images as you go.

If you use Photoshop, it comes with Image Ready which can save you alot of time because you can save all of your sliced images at one time. Just don't use the HTML code that Image Ready spits out. It's garbage!

You don't have to have Photoshop and/or Image Ready to slice up your images, you can cut it up by hand, but it still takes planning before you start cutting.

Check out [ Register or login to view links on this board. ] . They have a few tutorials on slicing.