reload div? maybe

[zac_exuro]

hey, so i have a table that contains mesages and a clock.. i need 2 of the 4 the message types to check for new messages every x seconds and the clock to reload every 1sec.. i was going to try a reload div but i was thinking that might be a little bit of overkill.. even though it might be the easiest for me since i am a complete noob and trying to learn all this stuff with no outside help.. any help or point in the right direction is appreciated

 

sorry if there is alot of mess to sort out, like i said im the new guy

 

<table id="center" width="393" height="104" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
	<td colspan="5">
		<img src="images/center_01.gif" width="393" height="13" alt=""></td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td rowspan="6">
		<img src="images/center_02.gif" width="10" height="91" alt=""></td>
	<td width="372" height="28" colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#000000" alt="round time">round ends in: <? echo $dleft?> days, <? echo $hleft?> hours, <? echo $mleft?> minutes, <? echo $sleft?> seconds</td>
	<td rowspan="6">
		<img src="images/center_04.gif" width="11" height="91" alt=""></td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td colspan="3">
		<img src="images/center_05.gif" width="372" height="8" alt=""></td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td width="152" height="23" align="center" bgcolor="#000000" alt="messages"><a href="messages.php?uid=<? echo $uid ?>&secid=<? echo $secid ?>&type=1">messages</a> (<? echo  $mmyrow[0] ; ?>)</td>
	<td rowspan="3">
		<img src="images/center_07.gif" width="68" height="49" alt=""></td>
	<td width="152" height="23" align="center" bgcolor="#000000" alt="cartel messages"><a href="view.cartel.messages.php?uid=<? echo $uid ?>&secid=<? echo $secid ?>&type=1">cartel messages</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td>
		<img src="images/center_09.gif" width="152" height="4" alt=""></td>
	<td>
		<img src="images/center_10.gif" width="152" height="4" alt=""></td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td width="152" height="22" align="center" bgcolor="#000000" alt="message board"><a href="cafe.messages.php?uid=<? echo $uid ?>&secid=<? echo $secid ?>&type=1">message board</a></td>
	<td width="152" height="22" align="center" bgcolor="#000000" alt="attacks"><a href="messages.php?uid=<? echo $uid ?>&secid=<? echo $secid ?>&type=2">attacks</a> (<? echo  $mmyrow1[0] ; ?>)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td colspan="3">
		<img src="images/center_13.gif" width="372" height="6" alt=""></td>
</tr>
</table>

[monkeytooth]

Wrap everything in your lone div tag.. like I assume your talking about, then either put seperate divs floating in that master div to keep them lined up but seperate and give them all unique id's then have each one reloading the data over and over individually as needed rather than reloading everything within one div..