Dante
07-15-2004, 05:21 PM
Hi there,
I've just downloaded a freeware photo editor called photofiltre and am trying to make backgrounds for a website design but i'm having problems. I'm wondering how you people go about making background images for different columns/headers etc.
For instance : I've been trying to make a header design but i'm finding that it's not fitting. If the size for the CSS width property is 85% does that mean that i just take fifteen percent off 800 pixels? Or is it less, because when i sized it, made a design (yeah i really am a beginner here!) and then put it in it didn't fit!
Sooo, when you say 85% in css for the width, what would that convert to in pixels?
Finally, when i look at some of the sites on the net they have things like borders coming off the edges of the columns and going into the backgrounds with all types of blur effects or whatever it is, and yeah, hopefully i'll pick this all up but when they do this how do they adjust it if it's part of the background and more content has been added? Its hard to explain what i mean really and i can't get photoshop at the moment so i'm having to use a freeware program, but to finish off, do you know of any sites that i could learn how to make effects for columns/headers/footers/backgrounds etc that a beginner can learn from?
I guess it's just a case of messing with stuff and learning how it works, but i just got a bit stuck when i realized i couldn't convert CSS width percentages into pixels, so i thought i'd post and see if anyone had any advice.
Hopefully in a year or so i'll be able to help others out who are new to this, but at the moment i'm going through a wierd patch where i know some CSS and HTML but i need to be able to add effects to make my websites look anything above average, it's annoying!
(but i'll try and chill, perhaps i should have a smoke and take a few deep breaths. :p )
Thanks if you got to the end of this mini rant!
I've just downloaded a freeware photo editor called photofiltre and am trying to make backgrounds for a website design but i'm having problems. I'm wondering how you people go about making background images for different columns/headers etc.
For instance : I've been trying to make a header design but i'm finding that it's not fitting. If the size for the CSS width property is 85% does that mean that i just take fifteen percent off 800 pixels? Or is it less, because when i sized it, made a design (yeah i really am a beginner here!) and then put it in it didn't fit!
Sooo, when you say 85% in css for the width, what would that convert to in pixels?
Finally, when i look at some of the sites on the net they have things like borders coming off the edges of the columns and going into the backgrounds with all types of blur effects or whatever it is, and yeah, hopefully i'll pick this all up but when they do this how do they adjust it if it's part of the background and more content has been added? Its hard to explain what i mean really and i can't get photoshop at the moment so i'm having to use a freeware program, but to finish off, do you know of any sites that i could learn how to make effects for columns/headers/footers/backgrounds etc that a beginner can learn from?
I guess it's just a case of messing with stuff and learning how it works, but i just got a bit stuck when i realized i couldn't convert CSS width percentages into pixels, so i thought i'd post and see if anyone had any advice.
Hopefully in a year or so i'll be able to help others out who are new to this, but at the moment i'm going through a wierd patch where i know some CSS and HTML but i need to be able to add effects to make my websites look anything above average, it's annoying!
(but i'll try and chill, perhaps i should have a smoke and take a few deep breaths. :p )
Thanks if you got to the end of this mini rant!