Background and/or Layers

C

cydog

The look I am going for is a menu on the side that flows into the top, like
this:

----------banner------
--------
-----
--- content would
-- go here
-

How do I get that banner and sidebar to be one image?
If I create it in Photoshop, it doesn't seem like I can layer anything on
top of it once it's in Front Page (i.e. button, other .gifs, text, etc.).

I guess what I am asking is how do I get started? I've been looking for
days on the internet but can't find the answer.
 
S

Steve Easton

Place it in a cell as the background image. Then you can add content to the cell

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C

cydog

To Rob and Steve,
Thank you for your responses. The problem with making it a background image
is it repeats itself instead of being one banner.

I like the cell idea, but I heard something about not using cells to make a
webpage. Is that a different type of cell? And if the cell is okay to use,
how do I get it to fill up three cells (top, left, and top-left)? Do I share
the borders?

Maybe a better question to ask, and I can take it from there, is....how do
people put a banner up on top of their webpage? It seems to me they just
fill a cell with their chosen picture. But if they want another picture
layered on top of that one, what do they do? Make the picture property
absolute instead of relative, and just drag it on top?

Sorry for so many questions, but thank you again for the responses.
 
M

Murray

Use CSS to control the repeating of the background image:

table.special { background-repeat:no-repeat; }
....
<table class="special">
 
C

cydog

Thanks for all the advice. There's all kinds of good stuff to learn from you
guys.

Here's what I finally did (and please don't think I'm asking questions just
to ignore the answers). I created an image 1500x1000 pixels. The banner is
connected to the left-hand side. I inserted it as the background and the
size will stop the picture from repeating.

I don't intend on making my page scroll down too much so I shouldn't have
the repeating problem at the bottom either. Now all I need to do is put my
buttons over top of the menu area (on the left) and my logo over the banner
(on top). I've been having some transparent .gif problems, but that's
another story. I'll search the archives.

ANYONE SEARCHING THESE IN THE ARCHIVES FOR A SOLUTION:
Make your background 1500x1000 pixels. Then keep in mind you will only use
800x600 of this area for your initial webpage (depending on what you are
using to look at it with). I used Photoshop to create the background. And
 
M

Murray

Depending on the character of your background image, 1500x1000 may use up
too much of your 50K budget for page weight - it may even overflow it by
alot. Don't do it this way. Make your background as small as you can, and
either let it tile to fill the page, or center it and fill in the rest with
color. Your visitors will be much happier with that approach.
If this is wrong, I'm sure somebody will add to this thread.
Click to expand...

It is wrong. You are trying to guess the length of a piece of string, which
will surely fail.
 
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