How do i put a border around my page

Hello

Ive designed a simple webpage using tables to lay it out. I would like to put a border around the outside of the it, sort of so that when it loads it looks like a poster. Ive though of creating a row top and bottom and then a column either side to hold pics of straight lines but would they always join up at the corners?

Also, if im designing for 1024 x768 screens, which i presume is standard now? What size should my page be?

Hope you can help
Newbie at this as you can tell...

Regards

Gary

re: How do i put a border around my page

Never, ever use tables for layout.

In your CSS:
table{
border: 1px solid red
}

Many people now design for 1024x768. Many don't. Many use fixed width sites. Many use fluid sites.

re: How do i put a border around my page

All im doing is taking a pdf booklet and plodding it on the web (bad design basis for website i know, no need to say!), instead of making each whole page a graphic screenshot that sits in the centre of the webbrowser i want to keep the text areas as real text for seo purposes, as each page is a rectangle, would i not get away with a centred table and then use absolute lengths to divide the internal cells in this case just preserving internal layout?

re: How do i put a border around my page

Yes, that would work.