on this site:
http://www.shellzstar.net/etc/links.php

see how that column where her content is continuous? how can I do something like that?

here is one way to do it...

the bubbly part is a body background image.
then add a centered DIV area that has a certain width.
put a background in that div area that would look like rope, color, rope. the width of this background image should be the same as the width of the div.
add a bit of padding to the div and enter the contents as you desire.

wht exactly is padding and why do i need it in the div?

padding would make the contents appear further away from the sides of the div. in this case, because you would want it away from the "rope" parts into the middle more.