Hi again Amy Fascinating stuff, I must take a closer look sometime. :) It really doesn't look as if it presents any complex layout problems in terms of the approach that's been discussed. CSS-based approaches to 2 and 3 column layouts are widely covered in online docs and tutorials, particularly relating to blogging software like Wordpress (e.g. http://addictedtonew.com/archives/60/how-to-nail-a-sexy-layout/), and mostly revolve around this kind of structure: <html> <head><title/></head> <body> <div id="outer"> <div id="wrapper"> <div id="header"></div> <div id="content"> <div id="content-side"></div> <div id="content-main"></div> </div> <div id="footer"></div> </div> </div> </body> </html> So you'd only need to tweak your XSLT to output <div>s instead of HTML documents, apart from the frameset template, which will probably look a lot like the skeleton example above. Then get busy with the CSS...! All the best Richard Amy McCrory wrote: > Richard, > > This way to the finding aid: > http://images.lib.ohio-state.edu/cga/Mendez/SPEC.CGA.TMf.html > > And, for what it's worth, the XSLT: > http://images.lib.ohio-state.edu/cga/Mendez/mendez_frames.xsl > > Many thanks to everyone who posted advice! I'll be looking at all the > suggestions and figuring out what I might do. > > Amy > > -- / \ Richard M Davis / Digital Archives Specialist \ University of London Computer Centre / Tel: +44 (0) 20 7692 1350 \ mailto: [log in to unmask] /