Custom background

[Guest]

Is it possible to create gradient colored backgrounds in Frontpage similar to
the ones you can make in Publisher?

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

No. You would have to create them in a image/graphic application.

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[Guest]

You'll need to make your background in a graphics program (PaintShop Pro,
Photoshop, etc.), then you can use it in FrontPage.

Teri

 

[Steve Easton]

Yes.
However they will only display in IE. If you don't have an image editor you can create it
in FP and then take a screenshot and paste it into paint or IrfanView, then "cut" the part
you want and save it as an image.

Here's one that is blue at the left and fades to white.

<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse"
bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="AutoNumber2">
<tr>
<td width="100%"id=msviRegionGradient1 style="FILTER:
progidXImageTransform.Microsoft.Gradient(startColorStr='#0000ff',
endColorStr='#FFFFFF',gradientType='1')">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>

To make the gradient verticle change gradientType='1' to gradientType='0'

To play twith the colors, change the hex values for: startColorStr and?:
endColorStr

hth

 

[Guest]

Steve~

The code that you've displayed - that code is one that will work but only in
IE?

Teri

 

[Steve Easton]

Hi Teri.
You are correct, as I stated in the first sentence.
Filters and DXImageTransform are IE only and have been around since IE 5.0

However, I posted it so people can use it and then take screenshots, cut the images and
then use them as a background if they want to.
It's basically a work around for folks who don't have / can't afford one of the "upper
end" image editors because the image can be cut using paint or the free IrfanView.

;-)


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[Guest]

Pretty cool - didn't even realize IE did that. I do, however, wish that at
some point before we die, the various platforms could sync on some of this
stuff to make the dev world happier. Yeah, right...

Teri

 

[Steve Easton]

There are a lot of things that IE is capable of that are never used due to "compatibility" issues.
In a sense it's really kind of sad because the majority of people never look "behind" what they see
in their monitor.

A lot of people have made a lot of money creating and selling programs / applications ( applications
is the correct word ) that mimic in "other browsers" things that IE is capable of all by itself.
( I'm talking about visual effects )

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[Trevor L.]

Steve,

Your example is terrific. Adding height = "100%" to the table spec fills the
page and would make a very nice background image. Possibly in different
colours.

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[Steve Easton]

Yes it will. However, for faster loading it is better to make an image "slice" and then set it as
the back ground and let it repeat to fill the page. It can be a horizontal or vertical slice.

Here's an example: http://www.95isalive.com/reflections/age.gif

Used on this page : http://www.95isalive.com/reflections/age.htm

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[Trevor L.]

Thanks, Steve

I have earlier learnt that using the background repeat can save a lot of
space. So that is clearly a better way to go.

Not wanting to flog a dead horse, but what is the code you used in the
reflections page to create a gif file that increases and decreases in shade.
The top is a violet then it changes to yellow and back to violet.
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[Steve Easton]

No problem, the horse is still kicking although you made me stop and think, because I did that with
Windows 95, FP 98, IE 5.0 and IrfanView.

iirc I created a 4 column 1 row table because it's easier to work in the horizontal plane than the
vertical.

Left to right:
Column 1 start color "a" stop color "b"
Column 2 start color "b" stop color "c"
Column 3 start color "c" stop color "b"
Column 4 start color "b" stop color "a"

Then took a screen shot, pasted it into IrfanView, cut out the color part, pasted it into a new
instance of IrfanView, rotated it 90 degrees so it was verticle and then saved it.



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[Trevor L.]

Steve,

Brilliant :-D

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