Follow link below to view a sample web page using a table as vertical divider line...

http://www.webmastercourse.com/web-design-weekly/vertical-line-divider.htm

This page was created using Netscape Composer, and steps taken were as follows:

1. Create a three-column table that is 600 pixels in width.

2. Sizes are as follows: Far left column size (18 % of table), middle column (1 % of table), far right column size (81 % of table).

3. Changed color of middle column to match my text links (navy blue).

4. Inserted number "0" into divider column and made number "0" same color as column (navy blue). The reason I did this is because Netscape Composer web pages will not show a table or column of a table unless it has text within it. Don't know why, but it's so. I insert number "0" so that divider column will show, but visitor does not see this number because I've made it same color as column - it's hidden.

Take these four steps in Netscape Composer to create a vertical divider line that's neat and easily viewed by your visitors.

You can get very creative with tables!

Just because you are offering something for free (no money), it doesn't mean that you can't ask for something in return - like their email address. This is how some very successful ezines build their lists. They offer something that is valuable for FREE, but insist that visitor joins their opt-in list. This really is a win - win situation for visitor, because they can unsubscribe two minutes later (if they really want to), but by staying on list they will likely be exposed to more information that is of interest to them. The theory is that if they are interested in FREE site information, they will absolutely love current material in ezine.

4) Internal Banner Exchanger.

This tool was an afterthought that has paid huge dividends. We all know that Banners and Banner Exchangers are quickly losing their effectiveness, yet a large part of advertising on Internet still revolves around them. So we thought 'why not use them in a way that keeps traffic within site, but allows us to test various banners' If we discover that one particular banner design or word arrangement is working especially well, then perhaps some funds can be devoted to using it on outside sites.

The banners also reinforced image of pages that they were aimed at, without losing one single click through.

There are of course many other considerations for designing your main page. These are just ones that were most pertinent to us.

To summarize; make sure that you have a very appealing and professional look to your page that is consistent throughout site, use high impact, value oriented words in your copy, reduce number of outgoing links and increase number of internal site links. And most important of all... create a work of art that you are proud of, but not afraid to improve upon (change)