I want to achieve this in CSS - not CSS3 as I want it to be supported by all browsers
ie a div containing content, with the shadows on every side. The top area will be
Box Shadow works in all mordern [IE>8] browsers, This code uses no images and works in all browsers in IE versions below 9.
box-shadow:2px 2px 10px 10px #C9C9C9;
-webkit-box-shadow:2px 2px 10px 10px #C9C9C9;
-moz-box-shadow:2px 2px 10px 10px #C9C9C9;
/* For IE<9 */
filter:
progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Shadow(color=#C9C9C9,direction=0,strength=5),
progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Shadow(color=#C9C9C9,direction=45,strength=2),
progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Shadow(color=#C9C9C9,direction=90,strength=5),
progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Shadow(color=#C9C9C9,direction=135,strength=5),
progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Shadow(color=#C9C9C9,direction=180,strength=10),
progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Shadow(color=#C9C9C9,direction=225,strength=5),
progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Shadow(color=#C9C9C9,direction=270,strength=5),
progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Shadow(color=#C9C9C9,direction=315,strength=2);
Box shadow supported from IE 9 onwards.