Background Image for Browser Page not Lining up

[Eyescream]

Ok, a few weeks ago I asked for advice on getting my Background image (the one that is for the browser background) to work how I want and was directed to the Tweak Set.
I have now created LITERALLY and Nearly 1000 background images... over and over moving and shifting content and redesigning it to try and get it just right for the background to no avail.
What I want is a Background that is NO Scroll, No Tiling (not sure but possibly static as well, unless that is causing my Center page content to not shift when browser is collapsed). I would like One large image to be used as a Background for the web browser. That DOES NOT start at the edge of the Page Background and go right and then double back around. But starts at the left of the Browser background instead. Every time I tried this, It always starts at the left behind the content Page Background and wraps around tiled. I just want the Image to start at the Very Left of my Web Browser and not repeat, not tile, not scroll (although if there is a way to make it shift a bit when I make the browser Larger or smaller I would like that so that the Center Page Content would move with it.
I was told to use and read the tweaks set. I did this but the problem is... there were Single Background subjects and Not one that had multiples of what I needed and unfortunately I could not drag a tweak into another tweak I had opened as it is set up like a .xar

I also noticed that in Xtreme5 (which didn't have some of the ease that XWD had which was odd)... that I could click for Page Options and DOUBLE the Background spread. Which was the only way My full image would show up starting at the left of the Browser background rather than the left of the page content background. But this option was not in XWD and it then created a longer scroll at the bottom of the page.

UGH... making nearly a 1000 designs and variations of designs over and over shifting content etc to have background line up is Frustrating...
Seriously all these weeks and I still can't even get the background to do what I want.
Any thoughts???

[covoxer]

I would like One large image to be used as a Background for the web browser. That DOES NOT start at the edge of the Page Background and go right and then double back around. But starts at the left of the Browser background instead.

Use these two tweaks simultaneously (drag and drop both to your page):
1. Static background
2. Don't tile background

[steve.ledger]

Have a look at the attached .xar
I have used the tweak for 'do not tile' / 'do not scroll' and thrown in a 'left-aligned page' as an extra

I also noticed that in Xtreme5 (which didn't have some of the ease that XWD had which was odd)...

Which 'ease' is missing??

[Drwyd]

Hi Eyescream

I had a look at your other thread and your example at http://future3.eyescreamjewelry.com/

As I understand it you want one big background that remains centred within the browser window and it is to remain fixed within it. i.e. no vertical or horizontal scrolling.

If that is the case then it is relatively simple to do. If the attached is what you are after then I will have a go at explaining it.

Drwyd

[Eyescream]

Hi Eyescream

I had a look at your other thread and your example at http://future3.eyescreamjewelry.com/

As I understand it you want one big background that remains centred within the browser window and it is to remain fixed within it. i.e. no vertical or horizontal scrolling.

If that is the case then it is relatively simple to do. If the attached is what you are after then I will have a go at explaining it.

Drwyd

Drwyd,
YES. This was Exactly what I am trying to do. Of course with a different image but you got my drift. The only thing I would change about it is I want the Center Page Content background (not browser background) to not have anything in it (no transparencies) and Definately want the Entire center Page to go from top to bottom of the page/window w/no rounded corners. thx so much for taking the time... i may be seeing a light at the end of the tunnel (at least for my background concerns as long as I can impliment something like this into my project :P

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[Eyescream]

thx I will try examples again... also The 'Ease' I mentioned was not well thought out in my relaying my feelings... hard to explain, but more so a few minor things I felt were missing or too hard to find in trying to design and or view the Web page I was building in Xtreme5 that XWD had in the forefront. And Vice Versa. But I may go into detail one day in another thread but more focused on my background right now.

[steve.ledger]

thx I will try examples again... also The 'Ease' I mentioned was not well thought out in my relaying my feelings... hard to explain, but more so a few minor things I felt were missing or too hard to find in trying to design and or view the Web page I was building in Xtreme5 that XWD had in the forefront. And Vice Versa.

As far as I can tell there is nothing in Xtreme which is hidden or in harder to find places for Web Site work or differs from XWD. Xtreme is in fact Xtreme + XWD.
On the other hand, XWD is a subset of Xtreme, it of course, doesn't have the advanced drawing tools or setup options of Xtreme.

But I may go into detail one day in another thread but more focused on my background right now.

Perhaps you could attach a .web file for us to look at?

[Eyescream]

As far as I can tell there is nothing in Xtreme which is hidden or in harder to find places for Web Site work or differs from XWD. Xtreme is in fact Xtreme + XWD.
On the other hand, XWD is a subset of Xtreme, it of course, doesn't have the advanced drawing tools or setup options of Xtreme.



Perhaps you could attach a .web file for us to look at?

not sure what .web file you wanted me to attach???

and one thing I noticed was Xtreme5 over XWD Extreme has Double Spread for web page customizing in Page options, XWD doesn't which is odd if that is part of a web design option. Though not sure when or if Double spread would have a use, but XWD seems to have less options for Page option sizing then extreme i think...

on Xtreme I noticed that Freehand Brush tool is weird, it allows you to potentially select style of brush and look of brush but when it comes down to it, anything you draw still looks like a Thin Pencil line and if you want a thicker 'brush' you have to wait until after you are done drawing each line and then set line width. I can't seem to figure out why I can't set a brush thickness and keep it without having to do extra work for each line I draw (unless I am missing something).

I was also amazed that there weren't more options for brush Sizes/widths, and possibly an eraser & smudge tool. That would have been cool. In case I want to erase part of an image without recropping it with stark shapes. Again, I am new to both softwares and most notably Xtreme5 but these are things upon first working with it that I am trying to figure out.

[steve.ledger]

not sure what .web file you wanted me to attach???

Background Image for Browser Page not Lining up
One of the 1000 designs that are giving you problems with the background? Or have I misread your OP

UGH... making nearly a 1000 designs and variations of designs over and over shifting content etc to have background line up is Frustrating...
Seriously all these weeks and I still can't even get the background to do what I want.

and one thing I noticed was Xtreme5 over XWD Extreme has Double Spread for web page customizing in Page options, XWD doesn't which is odd if that is part of a web design option. Though not sure when or if Double spread would have a use, but XWD seems to have less options for Page option sizing then extreme i think....

This isn't a web Page template option, it's a normal drawing page option which has been a template included with Xtreme for many versions.
You can see the difference by opening the Object Gallery. Web templates will have MouseOff and MouseOver layer already in place.
XWD is a subset of Xtreme, designed with basic tools and designed to be used for Web Page design.
It's target audience is reflected in it's price (much much cheaper than Xara Xtreme or Xtreme Pro.)

on Xtreme I noticed that Freehand Brush tool is weird, it allows you to potentially select style of brush and look of brush but when it comes down to it, anything you draw still looks like a Thin Pencil line and if you want a thicker 'brush' you have to wait until after you are done drawing each line and then set line width. I can't seem to figure out why I can't set a brush thickness and keep it without having to do extra work for each line I draw (unless I am missing something).

Yes you are. The Brush tool is a very powerful one which is too big a subject to go into here.
Please read the Help File on this one.
Also have a look at the Xara Brushes forum

I was also amazed that there weren't more options for brush Sizes/widths, and possibly an eraser & smudge tool. That would have been cool. In case I want to erase part of an image without recropping it with stark shapes. Again, I am new to both softwares and most notably Xtreme5 but these are things upon first working with it that I am trying to figure out.

Because you are thinking 'pixel editing' software, Xtreme is a Vector illustration application rather than a raster/bitmap editor.
Smudge tools and erasers are common raster tools.

[Eyescream]

now i understand the following attached .web file I am attaching may not have all the tweaks I wanted but I could not figure out how to 'drag and drop' a tweak let alone multiple tweaks into my document/page I was building. Because each tweak when unzipped was either a .xar file which treated as a seperate .xar document only to open as a New document and wouldn't allow me to drop it into a document I was already creating. The others in the download were .htm which same thing wouldn't allow me to drag and drop. And Somehow after I installed Xtreme, those files are automatically showing with Xtreme logo, if that even matters.


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