Please help with the border thingy =X!!

I know how to make borders..
U make a new layer and then stroke rite?
but whenever i make a new layer, its transparent.
and the stroke wont work.
and when i fill it with another color, it covers everything.
the image blah watever.
I dont know any other way to put borders...
ive been searching tutorials but none seems to help me.
please help...:(

The layer needs to be transparant, because if it isn't you wont be able to see the layers below.

Make a new layer, use the Marquee tool to run a selection, then the stroke function will be availible. You can then use the magic want so make a selection on the outside of the stroke, and then fill that with a colour.

Hope this helps.

You could also choose Select > All on the top, empty layer, then choose Edit > Stroke.

In the Stroke dialog, set the stroke location to "Inside"

Yes, you just need any kind of selection... before you can use the stroke function