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OK…… I’ll see if I can get my head around that… thanks for the help. Could you help me with one other thing…?

I’ve just tried to create a page using the ‘bio’ thingy as a template – but none of the text I typed in is being displayed. Is there a tag I need to insert to pull text into it?

Second, can I type css straight into the page creation area of wordpress and will it display correctly – or does the CSS for tables need to be part of either the template or style sheet?

This – http://www.davidcoltart.com/cv/ – is the result of a ‘template’ I created (dropping the sidebar as suggested above). I find it hard to belive that the convoluted way I’ve approached this correct – surely its easier….? And I’m a logn way from being where I need to be.

First I did as you suggested – and dropped the sidebar. My ‘template’ (I use the word advisedly) has code that looks like this:

<?php
/*
Template Name: Bio
*/
?>

<?php
get_header();

?>

<?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>

<?php endwhile; else: ?>
<?php _e('Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.'); ?>

<?php endif; ?>

<?php
require('footnoside.php');
?>

It calls ‘footnoside’ – yup! a footer without a sidebar – so I can get the bottom border in. And that looks like this:

</div>
<?php
require('sidebarbio.php');
?>

<div style="clear:both;height:1px;"></div>

<?php do_action('wp_footer', ''); ?>
<div class="footer">&nbsp;</div>
</div>

</body>
</html>

And that calls sidebarbio – which was bizarre way of trying to get some text over the blue bit (which I can’t lose. And that looks like this:

<div id="menu">
some text
</div>

Surely it isn’t this complicated………

I’m getting wrapped up in knots.

UPDATE: If I use the ‘bio’ file as a templte it doesn’t work – nothing I type into the create page area is displayed in the template…….?