Wedding Belles

**ahmedkadora** · 20 August 2012, 07:08 PM

very simple.. and impressing btw.. it really gives a wedding mode

**Big Frank** · 22 August 2012, 12:33 PM

the banner is all black for me in FF 14.0.1
had to open up IE to see that there shd be a banner in there

possibly something to do with FF extensions, but there is definitely a problem
i thought it might be adblock plus so i switched it off but still it shows a black area

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**Cloud** · 22 August 2012, 01:13 PM

I have checked it on firefox 14.0.1 and it is perfect for me, as you say possible an extension you may have installed. Tried it on all the pcs in the office and on my laptop, all are ok. I contacted snacktools (with which I created the banner) and they tested it to be ok as well. Just one of those things I suppose.

**Big Frank** · 22 August 2012, 02:16 PM

yeah, these things are often the results of imperfect extensions

**MLong** · 18 January 2013, 07:32 PM

The wedding site you created is fabulous! I already posted this in one of Skech's posts, but am going to ask here as well. I absolutely low how you and he manage to create a background that fits in with the website itself (stretching it across the whole width of the screen). I would like to know how that is done but I can't find what I'm looking for in the help section. Can you assist? Is it something somewhat simple to do?

Michelle

**angelize** · 19 January 2013, 07:06 PM

Hi Michelle, I believe that Skech is using the long thin bar method (at least that's what I call it) where he takes a long thin rectangle that is at least as tall or even a little taller than the page and applies the colours to it. Then a bitmap copy is made (or if you are using one of the web designer programs you need to export and and reimport the bitmap) and you simply set the bitmap as your background. I recall a video that showed this process nicely, I'm sure if you ask in the Xara Web Design Forum that some one there will be able to help you find a link to that video, and/or answer any further questions you have about this

**pauland** · 19 January 2013, 07:39 PM

Excellent job!

**MLong** · 20 January 2013, 01:54 AM

Originally Posted by MLong

The wedding site you created is fabulous! I already posted this in one of Skech's posts, but am going to ask here as well. I absolutely low how you and he manage to create a background that fits in with the website itself (stretching it across the whole width of the screen). I would like to know how that is done but I can't find what I'm looking for in the help section. Can you assist? Is it something somewhat simple to do?

Michelle

Thank you Angelize. I will check out that forum and see what I can find. I've been looking in my manual and I just can't seem to find what I'm looking for. I think that I would like to create a graphic background for my website. I haven't completely decided what I want yet, but, I first need to figure out how to create a background that blends with the actual page. He seems to be able to do that nicely.

Michelle

**MLong** · 20 January 2013, 01:56 AM

Originally Posted by angelize

Hi Michelle, I believe that Skech is using the long thin bar method (at least that's what I call it) where he takes a long thin rectangle that is at least as tall or even a little taller than the page and applies the colours to it. Then a bitmap copy is made (or if you are using one of the web designer programs you need to export and and reimport the bitmap) and you simply set the bitmap as your background. I recall a video that showed this process nicely, I'm sure if you ask in the Xara Web Design Forum that some one there will be able to help you find a link to that video, and/or answer any further questions you have about this

Thanks Angelize. I will check out that forum. I think I want to create smome type of graphic background however, I haven't quite made up my mind what I want yet. Skech seems to beable to blend his backgrounds with his pages very nicely and I would like to incorporate something that will do the same. I just can't seem to find what I want in my manual.

**pauland** · 20 January 2013, 07:55 AM

[Edit: Sorry Frances, I see you've already explained it!]

Sketch uses a repeated background image - it is long and thin in this case 35pixels wide by 1400pixels. He has carefully created this image to match the rest of the page design. It is an old trick used commonly by web designers and often mentioned on TG. I'm sure sketch doesn't mind me explaining it.

http://www.inspireweddingflowers.com...tm_files/0.png

A quick google took me to: http://www.xaraxone.com/webxealot/wo...workbook_2.htm

Paul