Let\'s say you have a website where the body\'s background color is red and a content area with a white background that is 1,000 pixels wide. Now let\'s say you want a drop
<html>
<body style="background:url(bg.jpg) red repeat-y center top">
<div align="center" width="100%" background="bg.jpg">
<div style="width:870px;align:center;background:silver" align="center">test</div>
</div>
<body>
</html>
The image below is small so you need to look closely :)
Can the content area be 904px wide (1000-47-47) ? :P Afraid I'm going to need some code to help describe what you're talking about...
See this answer to my accidental duplicate: Technique for using a wide background div without affecting body width. Similar to @Leigh's, but possibly cleaner.