background images

[Tom Gahagan]

Hi Chris.......

She may or may not want the links... but I sure would!

post them here or if you like, send them to....

(e-mail address removed)

Thanks
Tom Gahagan

 

[heidi]

I'm having trouble creating a background image that's the
right size, and doesn't tile. Any suggestions?

 

[Steve Easton]

The image has to be the same size as the browser resolution
of the browser that is viewing the page.
So you have to resize the image to that size.

However, if you design at 800x600 and someone else
views the image using a higher resolution, such as 1024x768
the image will still tile in their browser.


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I'm having trouble creating a background image that's the
right size, and doesn't tile. Any suggestions?

 

[Jim Buyens]

-----Original Message-----

I'm having trouble creating a background image that's the
right size, and doesn't tile. Any suggestions?

Most designers create very large backgrouond images, such
as 1600x1200, and then display the background image they
really want in the top left corner (i.e. the top left
800x600).

The "wasted" pixels generally add very little to the
overall image size, because they're all the same color and
compress very well.

Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
http://www.interlacken.com
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[chris leeds]

a good way to go is use .css (Cascading Style Sheet) to position the image
and make it either tile or not tile, scroll, or not scroll.
the .css code can be added to the page or used from an external file.
an example of what I mean:
www.leighton-smith.com you'll notice the medical emblem is about 500x500 and
its set to not scroll and be at the center left.
there is tons of info on doing it this way. If you like I can give you some
links I've been collecting.
HTH

 

[chris leeds]

here you go:
http://www.csscreator.com/

http://www.complexspiral.com/publications/rounding-tabs/

and I just LOVE this girl:
http://www.wannabegirl.org/firdamatic/

and http://cl.com.com

oh, this:
http://www.csszengarden.com/
this,
http://www.mako4css.com/
and I'd be remiss if I didn't include this:
http://www.decloak.com/Products/Dreamweaver/NestedTemplates/TablesOrLayers.a
spx

there are tons of these out there but follow links from the pages I listed
above. they've all got something good or I wouldn't have bookmarked them.

there are also some good resources on the subject at www.sitepoint.com but
you'll have to type your word into their search box because I don't bookmark
specific stuff there because I'm there every couple of days anyway ;-)

HTH and Hope you liked them. the link for Firda is good. I really like
some of the stuff she's done.
cl

 

[Tom Gahagan]

Thanks Chris.....

Always looking for stuff that good people have found valuable. Helps keep me
from having to mow through all the tall grass to get to the good stuff.
Thanks for sharing from your experience.

Tom Gahagan

 

[Kevin Spencer]

Always looking for stuff that good people have found valuable. Helps keep
me

from having to mow through all the tall grass to get to the good stuff.
Thanks for sharing from your experience.

Thankfully, it is nearly November, and you probably won't have to mow any
more until spring.

;-),

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
..Net Developer
http://www.takempis.com
Big Things are made up of
Lots of Little Things.

 

[chris leeds]

funny you should say that. I just registered a domain name:
www.blowandmow.com I've got an idea that I'm dying to try out, localized
(one guy per town) where the customer can order a quick mow, or blow (snow
and leaves) from a shopping cart.
Guess I better register that with the rating services ;-)

 

[chris leeds]

No sweat Tom,

there is a really cool thing I found in a newsletter from www.sitepoint.com
it's the mozilla firebird and an add-in that lets you view and edit any
site's style sheet while you visit it. good learning experience. you're
only editing your local copy of the sheet but the effect is real cool.

cl