# Photoshop Slicing - Expanding Borders

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-slicing-expanding-borders/60103>\
**Category:** web dev\
**Created:** [August 6, 2004, 3:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-slicing-expanding-borders/60103 "2004-08-06T15:20:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Vexir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a183cd/32.png) [@Vexir](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Vexir)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 3:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-slicing-expanding-borders/60103/1 "2004-08-06T15:20:48Z")

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How do I slice my layout and then table it in a way that the borders of the content boxes expand to fit the stuff inside them?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2004, 9:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-slicing-expanding-borders/60103/2 "2004-08-08T21:13:52Z")

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Well, you slice the layout in imageready or photoshop, then delete anything you don’t need (spacer etc) then code it liquidly:

[http://www.alistapart.com/articles/elastic/](http://www.alistapart.com/articles/elastic/)  
[http://www.digital-web.com/topics/liquid\_web\_design/](http://www.digital-web.com/topics/liquid_web_design/)  
[http://www.alistapart.com/articles/negativemargins/](http://www.alistapart.com/articles/negativemargins/)

are just some articles/tutorials that should help you

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2004, 11:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-slicing-expanding-borders/60103/3 "2004-08-08T23:26:03Z")

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Ok I’ll see what I can do with that 🙂

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2004, 11:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-slicing-expanding-borders/60103/4 "2004-08-08T23:32:08Z")

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Nooo lol thats not what I meant… Like er… go look at a template on [webdogpro.com](http://webdogpro.com), and if you put some text in it, you’ll notice that the borders expand vertically