look at this page:

http://www.hinhey.com/goalies/index2.html

how do i make it so that the text lines up with the inner table, so it only goes up to the end of the banner? (the dark grey outer table is for looks (a border)

if you dont understand please ask... and then.. please help!

You could use div layers. I hope this is the right code, heh.

<DIV Layer ID="Text" z-index="0" width="xxx" height="xxx" top="xxx" left="xxx">

Change the xxx to your digit preference.

Eh I checked and wrong code here's the correct one:

<div style="position: absolute; left: ##; top: ##; height: ##; width: ##;"> Text Here</div>

is there a way of specifying the width of table cells <td>?

yes just put a width tag inside the td tag.

i did that, but i want it to be in pixels, how do i do that?

height="#px" width="#px"

or

style="height: #px; width: #px"

it's automatically in pixels though. but just to make sure, add the px at the end :)

is it 166#px or #166px?

It should be 166px

the PX is only used if you are using the STYLE method...

height="166" width="166"

or

style="height: 166px; width: 166px;"