background image problem

[benn]

Hey,

Im trying to mimc the effect that Chris went through in his latest screencast. The problem im having is that i have a gradient background so that when i try and use the main-content background image as a repeat im getting a nasty effect. So instead i tried just using the background as the complete section that i intend on having the main content area, but still getting a nasty effect.

What i really want is to be able to take a small section of the background image for the main content area and then repeat that in y so that no matter how much text is within the are the background will just repeat but respecting the gradient background. I also tried a png but got bad tiling effect.

Anyways enough rambling here is the link to the test page:

http://www.encorenails.com/encore

the style.css is http://www.encorenails.com/encore/style.css

Any help at all will be wicked

Thanks

[benn]

Nice one Chris, ill try the png method for this. I should still be able to repeat the png without any trouble right? and then switch back to a jpg to close off the content are?

Benn

[benn]

Just done what you suggested about using a png for the repeating image, but again the tiling is very weird, instead of being a seamless image its tiling and looks nasty

please visit the below site for an example:

http://www.encorenails.com/encore/

[benn]

Hey cheers for the replies.

I managed to tweek a few areas. I added a margin: -1px; to the main-content area to line it up with the header and footer links.

The issue im having now is that i can not get the nav-on image to work. You know, if you’ve seen it yet, Chris’s new screencast where he shows how he made the links using sprites, exactly what he has on this site.

Well i can not get my ‘on’ image to show i only get the ‘off’ and ‘rollover’ images to be working where as when the link is clicked i would like it to turn to the ‘on’ image.

Hope this all made sense, anyways here is the link to the site:

http://www.encorenails.com

Thanks

Benn

[tsaw]

I also have a site that I am doing the vertical drop shadow on the outside of the content area that will be expanding taller as the content changes…

The graphics designer placed the drop shadow over the background image and the client wants to keep changing out the background at various times…

So I had thought about trying to use the .png solution for the drop shadow… and the client said to not worry about users that are still using IE6…

My question is – :

1. Is that still the best way to accomplish this given the facts mentioned above…

2. Is there any other browser that might have a problem doing it this way?

Thanks so much!

Tim

[soap]

1. I believe that pngs are the best way to accomplish this and no, you don’t need to worry about IE 6 users if you use the png fix, which is very simple.

2. Maybe some ancient browser? I wouldn’t worry about it.

[soap]

@benn

I’m getting a 403 forbidden for your site.

When you say “on when it’s clicked” do you mean only for the brief moment when it’s clicked or do you want it to stay that way for the duration of the time spent on the page?

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