Some things are oh so simple when you actually look at them. Most web sites contain some sort of background image these days, why not just place your vertical columns in a vertically tiled background image?
The explanation is at A List Apart – I know it’s been around for a while, but better late than never.
And, yes, the column divisions on sophos1 are done using the faux columns technique!
My name is Peter Holloway and having lived in Southport, England for 20 years, followed by a couple of years back in Northern Ireland I’m now working as an IT Manager in West Sussex. I was born in Northern Ireland and raised in the suburbs of Belfast just off the Saintfield Road, attended Cairnshill Primary School and Annadale Grammar School. I studied for a London University BD at Belfast Bible College.