"Rich" <nosp@amnospam.net> wrote in message
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> "Blinky the Shark" <no.spam@box.invalid> wrote in message
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>> Rich wrote:
>>>
>>> "Blinky the Shark" <no.spam@box.invalid> wrote in message
>>> news:slrnfe6iej.rtq.no.spam@thurston.blinkynet.net ...
>>>> cf wrote:
>>>>> let it be known on 8 Sep 2007 18:11:17 GMT Blinky the Shark
>>>>> <no.spam@box.invalid> scribed:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>| |More important: does everyone? |
>>>>>
>>>>> Does "anyone?"
>>>>
>>>> I'll bet OP does. Y'know, for a lot of computers-as-toaster users,
>>>> resizing a window would fall under "high tech". See also, "i just
>>>> wan't to do e mail and look at pix of kittens he he lol omg".
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks for the replies so far, I guess more information about what I
>>> wanted to achieve would be good...
>>>
>>> I really mean browser window size, and I'm not bothered if someone
>>> spoils their own enjoyment by browsing without the window fully open,
>>> if they want to see the full background then they'll open the window !
>>>
>>> I'm putting together a website for a local band, and at the moment
>>> working on a template.
>>>
>>> I've made a background image which is basicly black, but has picture
>>> of the band playing on stage, well lit, against a black backdrop at
>>> the bottom.
>>>
>>> This looks great, but of course only with the right screen res set.
>>> I'm not about to put up a "best viewed in 1024 x 786" on the page, and
>>> I'm well aware I might be better to simply do the design with the
>>> photo as part of the body. But I would like to try serving up the
>>> right image size based on user settings, even if in the end I don't
>>> use it this time.
>>>
>>> But I'm sure everyone here is the same, when you hit a wall of
>>> something you don't know how to do, you simply have to know how, even
>>> if you don't use it in the end solution!
>>>
>>> -- http://www.richdavies.com
>>
>> How big does the background image you're using now make that page? I
>> never saw a background image even start to render; I got tired of
>> waiting and bailed.
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>
> Sorry thats just my own personal page in my sig. The band project hasnt
> even made it to upload. I'll upload a page and post the URL.
>
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I've posted an example at
http://www.richdavies.com/test/copyright.htm ,
ignore the design and layout, this page is purely to illustrate what I'm
trying to do with a background image.
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