Noctorum Posted April 16, 2004 Posted April 16, 2004 Not a literal banner really... On sites such as http://www.planetside-universe.com The top of a webpage banner is what I'd like to add to my webpage, currently which I havn't done yet. I can't seem to find a good background for it, and what are good sizes for it? Is there anything I should know? Any help would be much appreciated. ~Alex Quote
LisaJill Posted April 16, 2004 Posted April 16, 2004 There are a few things to bear in mind when adding a banner: 1) kilobytes. Ideally this should be under 20k; but for many sites its around 50-60k. Just remember, the larger it is the longer it takes to download. Not usually an issue on high speed connections; but many people are still on dial-up. 2) If you are using a very wide image, it will affect the required resolution to NOT have horizontal scroll; which you want to avoid (people hate scrolling side to side). for instance, on the site that you linked, because the header image is so wide, at 800x600 (still a very common resolution) there is required sideways scrolling. It's fine in 1024.768 and if you want to build for that, it's up to you to decide if thats your target. 3) The rest is really design choices; do you want to choose a color scheme or banner first? I usually choose a banner first then build the color scheme around it, but that's just my personal style. Does that help? I'm not entirely sure I answered your questions, so let me know. Quote
arvind Posted April 16, 2004 Posted April 16, 2004 Another thing to remember with banners don't call the images *banner* or put it in a folder called *banner* as these are usually blocked by firewalls etc. Quote
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