Re: FN-FORUM FrontPage and style sheet quickie?

date posted 26th July 2001 18:47

I'm a new boy on the forum - hope you don't mind my input!

Try taking the picture into photoshop. Make it into a layered psd file,
alter the layer opacity and then save for web as a jpg. I did this for a
large background and i was impressed at the reduction in file size. The
lessened opacity gives the image a 'watermark' feel and reduces it's
interference with the site text.

Iain


----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul J White" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 6:02 PM
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM FrontPage and style sheet quickie?


> 220K..... can we see it, I may be able to improve on that size for you.
>
> Paul
>
> P J White
> www.BW3.co.uk
> Digital Media Stuff
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter" [EMAIL REMOVED]
> To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 5:44 PM
> Subject: RE: FN-FORUM FrontPage and style sheet quickie?
>
>
> > I've got the size of the file down to 220kb, so the size is on the
> outskirts
> > of acceptable(grayscale would bring it down more but that would be
dull).
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> > [EMAIL REMOVED] Behalf Of Vendetta Sales
> > and Admin
> > Sent: 26 July 2001 11:19
> > To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> > Subject: Re: FN-FORUM FrontPage and style sheet quickie?
> >
> >
> > Wouldn't that be very slow (picture of mountain) to load as a background
> > over a dial up? Could you persuade him to use the pic as a regular
> > graphic. I have the design sense of a dead flea, so maybe one of the
> > artistic types could suggest something.
> >
> > Kathy
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Peter" [EMAIL REMOVED]
> > To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> > Sent: 26 July 2001 09:08
> > Subject: RE: FN-FORUM FrontPage and style sheet quickie?
> >
> >
> > > Thanks Vendetta
> > >
> > > I have a client that wants to use FrontPage to maintain his web after
> > I've
> > > finished. Also he's a climber and wants to use a picture of himself,
> > on the
> > > top of a mountain, as a background. the only way this looks ok is if
> > the
> > > background is fixed.
> > >
> > > The other problem is a large number of his clients are still using
> > older
> > > legacy systems ( he's a school teacher as well) which means i.e. and
> > > Netscape 4. Hence the problem.
> > >
> > > What if I just removed the background image and replaced it with
> > colour for
> > > these browsers? (just thinking out loud
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> > > [EMAIL REMOVED] Behalf Of Vendetta Sales
> > > and Admin
> > > Sent: 25 July 2001 22:36
> > > To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> > > Subject: Re: FN-FORUM Frontpage and sytle sheet quickie?
> > >
> > >
> > > BTW that is exactly the same as typing the text into the style sheet
> > > yourself, but slower.
> > >
> > > body {
> > > background-image: url(whatever);
> > > background-repeat: repeat whatever;
> > > background-attachment: fixed;
> > > }
> > >
> > > Yeah, the fixed stuff only works for browsers that support CSS2
> > properly
> > > (IE4x isn't reliable on that) which is Opera 5, NN6 and IE5x as far as
> > I
> > > can tell. Do you need FP extensions for the other stuff to work? I
> > must
> > > say that fixed backgrounds make me feel seasick, but that's my weird
> > > eyesight.
> > >
> > > I tend to make sure it looks right with valid CSS and passable with
> > no
> > > CSS at all and leave it at that--but I always know what the platform
> > > will be as I only do Help and Intranet sites (MUCH easier!)
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Peter" [EMAIL REMOVED]
> > > To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> > > Sent: 25 July 2001 21:50
> > > Subject: RE: FN-FORUM Frontpage and sytle sheet quickie?
> > >
> > >
> > > > Thanks Kathy.
> > > >
> > > > I've tried the style sheet approach [background:fixed} this doesn't
> > > seem to
> > > > work. They way I found that does work is calling up the css from
> > > within
> > > > frontpage. Then choose style - modify -format -border -then select
> > > the
> > > > shading tab. In the shading tab their is an entry box for adding a
> > > > background image. After this their are four other options -
> > vertical
> > > > position - hztl pos -repeat (set this to no repeat) and scroll style
> > > (set to
> > > > fixed).
> > > >
> > > > A very long way round but does mean that the css is set up for all
> > > pages -
> > > > but the fixed background only works in ie4.01 and 5.
> > > >
> > > > There is another way around this but it means handwriting the code
> > for
> > > each
> > > > window:-
> > > >
> > > > (found this in .net issue)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >