Absolute positioning can be a pain, a neccessary evil for WYSIWYG.
Mpaige, was this the backgound/content effect you were looking for in your second example ? (working version)
Absolute positioning can be a pain, a neccessary evil for WYSIWYG.
Mpaige, was this the backgound/content effect you were looking for in your second example ? (working version)
Tutorials: The Basics of Web Design - Tips and Tricks - Creating a Nav Bar - Video Tutorials - Stretchy Buttons - Manual Nav Bars
Interesting - didn't even notice that it scrolled up,
However, couldn't you accomplish that with an anchor in the middle of the page that is jumped to from the start?
I know there are some extra things in these sites, but what I thought the OP was asking about was specifically how to get similar background effects - which I think you can see is possible at least.
It probably is slavelle with a lot of trickery. Itīs certainly not achievable with the default tools.
Thatīs why i was asking for people to post solutions or stuff that may help to overcome the problems.
Iīm trying to understand whatīs going on with Drwyd example. I still donīt get why he has given the name/attribute head to the tweak. Is it really needed?
But it works in terms of look. The problem is that we have to use a very big image for the background to work.
Thereīs no synchronization between page background and pasteboard background while using a sticky footer for example. Thatīs what i think itīs not achievable in terms of functionality.
Thanks for posting Drwyd
Last edited by MEB; 01 July 2010 at 04:14 PM. Reason: trying explaining things better
The <head> name due to Covoxer's tweak, not me
Agreed on the image size. Some serious optimizing would need to be done
Tutorials: The Basics of Web Design - Tips and Tricks - Creating a Nav Bar - Video Tutorials - Stretchy Buttons - Manual Nav Bars
Thanks everyone for your input.
miguel: i agree that those sites are far too complex for xara. tons of stuff going on there.
sledger: thanks for the example. I think that this is useful for situations where I could use a background that was tiled, for example a strong texture or something with some repetition across the top of even the whole page as your example demonstrates. It won;t be applicable for every application but this certainly gives from design flexibility and opens up things for me quite considerably. thanks.
Drwyd: actually the effect I am after is probably smpler than that even. I'm just sort of tired of all my backgrounds having to be a solid clor. I'd like to play around with images or graphic backgrounds. I've "mastered" the solid background and also doing a background with a strip across the top or whatever (you know, the whole create a sliver>export> import>set as background thing). I want to try to create a website with a background that maybe looks like parchment paper or tire tracks or retro wallpaper or a deep forest. I don't want to open dreamweaver. Unless I have to.
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