Background Predicament

[elli]

It seems I've gotten myself into a tight spot with a background. P:

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As you can imagine, I can't just put that bg as it is. It wouldn't fit with other screen sizes, right? Which means I'd have to use flash and make a masking background for that to work. That's fine and dandy, but if you'll notice, that black shadow covers part of the banner as well, and I'm not sure how to make that work.

Are there any tutorials or suggestions that might help with this?

[++ Misery Bless]

You could align the image to the center, and make the background behind that black. That may work. Or, you could get someone to edit the image.

[elli]

Sept 5, 2009 23:27:53 GMT -8 ++ Misery Bless said:

You could align the image to the center, and make the background behind that black. That may work. Or, you could get someone to edit the image.

Do you think you could explain that a little more? Like, who could I get to edit it? Edit it how?

Thanks. (:

[Charles Stover]

For this, you would need a fixed width website. That way, it would work in all screen sizes (but won't grow larger with larger screens).

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I could do it for you, but it'd cost moneh.

[elli]

Sept 6, 2009 8:38:43 GMT -8 Charles Stover said:

I could do it for you, but it'd cost moneh.

Thanks, Charles. I'm almost tempted. P:

Your image gave me an idea. In theory, I think it would work, but practically, it may not be possible. What if I had four divs spanning 100% of the page, each with a different piece of the shadow as the background, set to repeat x or y and top left, bottom left, etc?

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Then the coding would be layered so these divs are over the content... Hopefully that makes sense. It's kind of a random thing that popped up in the shower earlier. The shower is a good place to think, even if the thoughts are a bit far-fetched. P:

[Charles Stover]

The problem with that (if I understand it) is making the left/right have heights relative to the middle div, which isn't fixed-height. But if you can get it to work, yay.

[elli]

After learning the magic of z-index, I got it figured out. ^^ Thanks, Charles. (: