I was browsing through the thread where people are showing off sites they've created with VSD and I noticed that they all seem to have a space/border on both left and right side of the pages. Some have put a colored background there...may not be describing it correctly...but it looks like the website pages don't fit the screen entirely from left to right...is that the way the VSD program works?

Here is a cpl example of what I'm trying to describe:

http://www.stbonifaceschool.net/

Can a website be made with the VSD program without those borders on the left and right side of the screens?

Set the background fill properties to continue the page background fill. This is found under settings- Background fill properties-continue the page background fill.

I'm sorry...I don't actually have any Coffee Cup software yet...have been reading through the forums learning about the various software here, and found the listings of sample websites made with VSD, and then saw the borders I asked about.

So the solution you outlined would make the webpage here: http://progrower.coffeecup.com/
"fill" in the gray borders on each side of the page? (Note: I'm using a 42-inch flat screen monitor, so perhaps what I'm seeing might not be so noticeable on a smaller monitor??) I see two dark gray borders running from top to bottom, on both sides of the screen...but my browser's tool bars, etc. across the top fill the screen from left-to-right. On the 42-inch monitor those gray borders are each approx. 4-inches wide.

Thank you for your time and assistance.

Here's one that has what your looking for. I think.
http://www.johnvanhulst.com/

VSD creates static pages; they're a fixed size rather than fluid/elastic so they don't "stretch" to fill the screen. One can create the illusion by having the page background continue rather than adding a second background to fill the browser window on either side of the page.
Not everyone sees that space on either side, for instance mobile phone, pad and netbook users would see very little if any of the browser/screen area around a page. On larger screens, it's not abnormal to have space around the site/pages. What is odd is when paragraphs get stretched out to one long sentence on wide screens. It's also not good to make unusually wide pages (more than 1000px or so) because people viewing on smaller screens will have to scroll side to side as well as vertically.

Also, some people like to have more than one thing open at a time, so they may have the extra space on a wide screen filled with another site.

(my site, made in VSD, has a background pattern that will repeat to fill any size screen)

http://deloreanjewellery.co.uk/

The main design of the above website ends immediately left of the buttons, and immediately right of the grey of both headers.

The background image is the dark grey cross hatched area.

And then it was set to display outside of the design independently to fill any screen size.

OR i could have chosen to have an entirely different colour or image outside so the design itself would have ended and an entirely different screen fill, (ie) a christmas scene for december, a winter scene for winter, pictures of cars for a wedding car site, etc etc etc

you can edit at will, and change at a touch of a button for promotions etc. VERY USEFUL

Thank you all...I finally understand the answers...my mistake (I think) was referring to the areas on the left/right sides of the pages as "borders", when it's actually the background image. It is, in essence, layered then, and being able to change that background image, as Viv indicated, is very, very useful.

Thank you again for your time and assistance.

I will try posting this here because I can't seem to find a forum on what I believe should be an easy subject. I want to add border, frames around my pages and objects/pics within the page but can't find a way to do it in VSD. I am talking about line border or frames you might call it. Not the background fill. Any help is appreciated. TIA

Eric may pop in with a good answer for you. Until then you can check out his web site here... http://progrower.coffeecup.com/

He has a lot of good tips and examples for VSD sites. Hope this helps you but if not, wait a bit and someone else will be along...

Gunsmoke thank you