Admin, let me post some simplified code (see below) for one such table to make sure I understand you correctly. Maybe if you could highlight any particular cell that I could delete without effecting the overall design I would know what you mean. (as I feel I must be missing something blatently obvious here)
I've also uploaded all the files for this table in a zip file at this
LINK to make it easier to illustrate.
Thanks (oh, and I have ampersand_nbsp; in each 'empty cell')
PHP Code:
<table width="370" border="0px" cellpadding="0px" cellspacing="0px" align="center">
<tr height="2px">
<td background="../images/TL.gif"> </td>
<td background="../images/T_Fill.gif"> </td>
<td background="../images/TR.gif" width="5px"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td background="../images/L_Fill.gif" width="2px"> </td>
<td height="102" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" style="padding:3px;">
<!-- START CONTENT -->
<img src="../images/welcome1.gif" width="363" height="40" />
<p>Content. Content. Content. Content. Content. Content. Content. Content. Content. Content. Content. Content. Content. Content. Content. Content. Content. Content. Content. Content. Content. Content. Content. Content. Content. Content. Content. Content.</p></span>
<!-- FINISH CONTENT -->
</td>
<td background="../images/R_Fill.gif" width="5px" valign="top">
<!-- (Floating DIV tag inside right hand side cell column) -->
<div valign="bottom"><img src="../images/det2.gif" /></div></td>
</tr>
<tr height="5px">
<td background="../images/BL.gif"> </td>
<td background="../images/B_Fill.gif">
<!-- (Floating DIV tag inside bottom cell column) -->
<div align="left"><img src="../images/det1.gif" /></div></td>
<td background="../images/BR.gif" width="5px"> </td>
</tr>
</table>