Creating a table border with a break in it? how?
 

Im in the process of designing a site that has way to much white space, because of this the sections seem to merge together so i want to create a bit of seperation.

My idea is to implement something like the Search Products section on http://www.templatemonster.com where there is a solid border round some text, however it is broken at the top where the text appears...

The same idea is repeated further down for Template Monster Blog and Newsletter...

Im a tables person, can this be done in tables or am i going to have to start using layers? is some CSS the answer to this problem?

I recommend that you learn to use CSS. That doesn't mean throw out tables; use them for tabular material. Did you perhaps view the source associated with your link in an attempt to see how they did it? I didn't, but it's a technique I use quite often. In that particular instance I suspect that the "text at the top" and the border are both images, but there are a number of ways to achieve the look, so I could easily be wrong.

DaWei is right. Using tables for designing everything can be pretty, but it's more trouble than it's worth. It's also increasingly looked down upon by W3 standards.

Agreeably, you should learn CSS and make use of the DIV tag. :P

I think ive worked it out, a combination of divs and the LEGEND tag...