Rask

If the <div> is going to get a fixed width, you can use a single background for all those images, just make sure everything tiles correctly. And to make sure content doesn't get displayed over the borders, just make the box a bit thinner horizontally and add padding to make the borders visible again. Let's assume your box is going to be 700px wide, with 10-20px wide borders on each side. First you make the background in Photoshop or whatever you use and then add it this way to the site: CSS: div.inline-box { width: 650px; /* bit thinner than 700px, padding added below. */ padding: 0 25px; /* '0' is vertical padding, '25px' is horizontal padding, added to both sides. */ background: #000 url('to/your/image.xxx') top center repeat-z; /* repeat-z or -x, not sure which one was the up-down direction in CSS. */ }

Unless I’m terribly wrong, you could make the inline-box with a <div>, giving it a specified width and height in CSS. Then change the CSS property ‘overflow’ to either ‘scroll’ or ‘auto’ (or something, not quite sure if these were the correct values). Only problem might be that the scrollbars will not fit the design. Then I think you need JavaScript or something similar to achieve scrollbars that fit... HTML: <div class="inline-box"> ... content here ... </div> CSS: div.inline-box { width: XXXX; height: XXXX; overflow: auto; } And please someone correct me if I’m misleading here.

Perhaps you could do it via PHP using variables and some basic math. First you insert the amount of money in GBP, which is then calculated with the factor of the other currencies and printed out under it. Not too good with PHP myself, but I believe this is quite a simple script. And it also relies only on whether PHP is installed on the server, no need for client-side programs and such.

Thanks for the answers people. Appreciated. I’ll try another color then, there can't be too much harm made.

CMS, Content Management System. It does exactly as the name indicates, manages your content in an easy manner. You can read more on the CMS section of these forums.

I use Photoshop, then edit the bits and pieces one by one for the optimal result. Might sound a bit tedious and frustrating, but then I get more power over each element. Not the one and only correct answer, just my way of getting things done.

If the site needs news postings or such too, I'd recommend a CMS. Once installed, there are options for the user(s) to use. You can add posts, change your information, edit the outlook with installable themes, etc. All this within an admin section. But if the site isn't that complex, learning the PHP (and MySQL too?) for the job might be quite rewarding on the long run.

I'd like to ask a question on the famous RSS button. What is everyone's opinion on changing it from the ordinary orange to match the colors of the whole design? Let's say I've got a blue/green/white design under work, and it needs that very button. Would it be too different to change the orange to green, or any other color if needed? Many see the button familiar when its orange, size and shape vary from site to site. But it's always orange, with the white logo. Or could the confusion be minimized with a clear text saying “RSS Feed”? For the time being, I've been too lazy to find any site with a RSS button in other colors... Discuss, suggest, bash, anything. Nothing's better than a good conversation on making ordinary things slightly different.

I think you could change the link coloring on the tag cloud to something more fitting with the rest of the design. Looks like it has the default blue right now, maybe change it to the skyblue as seen in the design elsewhere? And the footer’s gradient (the “recent entries” section) is a bit rough, try smoothening it up a bit and make it span the whole box. Anyways, for me this one looks like a good base to work on, keep it up.

I get a crash on certain sites. Not sure whether its Firefox or my computer. In example, I need to use IE7 to get to Wikipedia, and a handful of other certain sites. Firefox begins loading the website and then either freezes, letting you only close tabs and use the exit-button in the windows’ corner, or gives the Windows error dialog which tells that Firefox had an error and needs to be closed... Always the same certain sites. Oh well. I’ll try with another install when I’ve got the time.

Thanks for the welcome. I’ve been browsing this forum for a while now and seen some quite helpful threads and helpers, I’ll be sure to turn this way if I need help, be it concrete coding or anything in theory. And yes, although it might take a while, I’ll put a link pointing to a portfolio once it is a good state.

Here’s some I use: ConTEXT Web Dev Extension on Firefox Photoshop Various web design magazines web design galleries and toplists the occasional coffee

I’m Rask, a young Finnish web designer in the making. At least trying to be one. Been playing wth tags and pixels since year 2004 (was 14 years old back then) when our junior high’s IT teacher introduced our class to basic HTML. I've continued from that, with changing phases of visual design, back-end experiments and pure theory. Right now I’ve been thinking of settling (at least for now, you never know what’s the standard tomorrow ) with XHTML/CSS and Photoshop, the best things I've got to know over these years. My portfolio hasn't grown too much, practises and experimenting here and there, but once I’ve got a blog up and running (getting there!), I shall begin producing designs to fill up my portfolio to show my style(s) and skills. Other interests include photography, music, (PC) gaming and other computing. I also hope I can contribute to and with this community as an individual and as a part of it. Need to know anything else? Just drop a reply here or ask in a private message. Be happy to answer.