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Started by DeathCow, January 29, 2006, 10:53:25 PM

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February 01, 2006, 08:24:29 PM #45
I like the feather background valentine.
February 01, 2006, 08:36:00 PM #46
Ok I just resized it again it should be the normal with of a banner now but a have a little more height to it. Does it look better then when it was big or are there other problems now?


Valentine, I like the fonts you picked. 

TCA
February 01, 2006, 08:46:51 PM #47
Merci, TCA & DC....fonts and background...that'd be like 80% of my creation :)

For what it's worth, I think a couple different banner sizes are in order. Typical banner size is meant for advertising, hence the 468x60 limit. For a website/forum, I think something larger is in order, so as to span the top and not look silly (at least width=800 and probably height=100-ish)
"...There was always a minority afraid of something, and a great majority afraid of the dark, afraid of the future, afraid of the past, afraid of the present, afraid of themselves and shadows of themselves..." --Ray Bradbury, The Martian Chronicles
February 01, 2006, 09:14:25 PM #48
True different sizes come in handy but you all so have to figure out loading time. If its too big then most people have already scrolled past it by the time it loads.

TCA
February 01, 2006, 09:24:35 PM #49
A standard banner heading isn't going to stress out many modems...besides it only matters that the user see it once (not to mention, after the initial load it'll come up faster anyway thanks to cache memory). I know I don't generally look at headings after my first visit to a page just to make sure it's still there.

But then, I can't even tolerate more flash intros...so annoying.
"...There was always a minority afraid of something, and a great majority afraid of the dark, afraid of the future, afraid of the past, afraid of the present, afraid of themselves and shadows of themselves..." --Ray Bradbury, The Martian Chronicles
February 01, 2006, 09:30:55 PM #50
The problem for us actually comes from the banner not being located on this server but on comcast. So in the order that it loads it will load local images first and then the non-local ones. So there is a little more loading time involved.

Grin I thought about doing a flash banner but figured I'd rather not hurt peoples brains.

TCA
February 01, 2006, 10:12:08 PM #51
There should be one made that is on fire, with a soundfile of evil laughter attached. That one can be used on sigs on mudforums.
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