You can create frames around your photographs using any background image you want for the frame—without creating new graphics. Just use this easy table technique:

<.table background="bg_name.jpg" width="220" height="300">
<.tr><.td align="center" valign="middle">
<.img src="yourPhoto.jpg" width="180" height="250">
<./td><./tr><./table>

You'll have to adjust the sizes to fit the picture you're framing and the width of the frame border you desire. Change the image source to reflect your image and add the path to image if it's kept in a different directory. The align=center centers the picture horizontally inside the table, and the valign-middle centers the picture vertically.

You can get even fancier by using CSS to define and color the frame borders. Amazing frames can be created with a little imagination and experimentation.

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