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More web design questions
Posted: 2003-06-03 11:36am
by Towlie
Okay, thanks to those who offered suggestions earlier. I have two more questions:
1. How consistent is support for PNG files on the web? I am building a website for people mainly in North America. Will most people be able to view .PNG files?
2. What's the best way to go about creating a page full of clickable thumbnails? I want to create a picture page but I want it to be manageable.
Posted: 2003-06-03 11:43am
by Towlie
There's a way to have the browser/page create automatic thumbnails of the images it is linking to, right? What's that called?
Posted: 2003-06-03 02:37pm
by phongn
Most browsers support PNGs, but IE for Windows does not have complete support for alpha masking.
Most people generate thumbnails via a batch program or something, IIRC. Do not use the IMG HEIGHT="" WIDTH="" method.
Posted: 2003-06-03 05:23pm
by Lord Poe
I use .png on my website now, slowly replacing .gifs. Haven't figured out how to make the .pngs transparent like .gifs yet though.
Re: More web design questions
Posted: 2003-06-03 05:25pm
by Lord Poe
Towlie wrote:2. What's the best way to go about creating a page full of clickable thumbnails? I want to create a picture page but I want it to be manageable.
A good, easy way to create a picture page is simply use one symbol for the thumbnail, with an explanation of what the picture you are about to view is. Saves a lot of space, and there's no need to make a few hundred thumbnails of the main pictures.
Posted: 2003-06-03 06:39pm
by Towlie
Good ideas! Thanks, it helps alot.
Posted: 2003-06-03 06:45pm
by David
Towlie we have a forum for this kind of thing.
Thread moved.
Posted: 2003-06-03 07:59pm
by phongn
Lord Poe wrote:I use .png on my website now, slowly replacing .gifs. Haven't figured out how to make the .pngs transparent like .gifs yet though.
Do you have Photoshop?
Posted: 2003-06-04 12:15am
by Lord Poe
phongn wrote:Lord Poe wrote:I use .png on my website now, slowly replacing .gifs. Haven't figured out how to make the .pngs transparent like .gifs yet though.
Do you have Photoshop?
No, PhotoStudio 2000 (came bundled with my scanner) Paint Shot Pro 3 (yes, 3!) and Windows Paint. That's about it!
Posted: 2003-06-04 09:20am
by phongn
Damn. Sorry, but I'm not sure how to properly do alpha masking with PNG for that.
Posted: 2003-06-05 02:40pm
by Towlie
Thanks everyone. My next question is:
How do you advertise your site on Google, Yahoo, etc... By that, I mean, how do you put it into a category or give keywords that help people find your site?
Posted: 2003-06-05 06:51pm
by phongn
Look around on Yahoo for that. Google does it automatically when its robots crawl around the 'net.
Posted: 2003-06-09 01:54am
by Pu-239
Lord Poe wrote:I use .png on my website now, slowly replacing .gifs. Haven't figured out how to make the .pngs transparent like .gifs yet though.
M$ STILL hasn't put in proper PNG support. You have to use a CSS filter: hack.
There's a PNG activeX plugin though.
Posted: 2003-06-09 10:56am
by phongn
It was noted earlier that IE/Win32 does not have proper PNG support, you did not need to reiterate that. Needless Microsoft bashing is pointless, which was more or less the grist of your post.
As for solutions, you can use the CSS hack, the ActiveX control or even QuickTime if you must to do it. Plenty of solutions, none of them optimal.