Why does this background image have a huge black bar at the bottom? - Page 2 - HTML Forums

JohnnyScience · 11-01-2009, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Pegasus

You had the colour as starting with the letter O rather than the number 0. Here's an updated version of the page. I've resized the image using Photoshop. Let me know if that's small enough. It's 900x156px, or 1/2 the size of the original. I can take it down to 1/4 of the size if you prefer.

awesome thanks.

Yeah I think 1/4 of the size would look better, its still pretty big. My guy did it as a vector though so it still looks good, but I dont want it that big.

Is there any way to change the link color & make the text bigger also?

How can I get this splash page up on the web now?

I dont have hosting, godaddy wanted to charge me $15 for 3 months or $56 for the year.

The thing is I only need this for about 2 months & I already have the main hosting set up for the website through a 3rd party software www.zocku.com

Can I use any type of free hosting with this kind of a file for just a month or two until my main site/host is ready for launch?

JohnnyScience · 11-01-2009, 04:49 PM

Also, I made this business card in PS

I am trying to find the color code of the two email addresses & phone number listed under the logo.

Once the layers have been flatened like they are, how are you able to find out the color code of the particular text?

Pegasus · 11-01-2009, 04:53 PM

Oh, while I think of it, the correct way of adding a font colour is color: #1a2b3c; not font-color. I knew there was something else unusual about your code.

Free hosting should be fine. Then you can put up a redirect page to the new site when that happens. You'll need a domain name, too, for the hosting package. Otherwise, you'll just be an addon to the host's site.

Here's the smaller image and the corrected font sizing.

JohnnyScience · 11-01-2009, 04:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pegasus

Oh, while I think of it, the correct way of adding a font colour is color: #1a2b3c; not font-color. I knew there was something else unusual about your code.

Free hosting should be fine. Then you can put up a redirect page to the new site when that happens. You'll need a domain name, too, for the hosting package. Otherwise, you'll just be an addon to the host's site.

Here's the smaller image and the corrected font sizing.

That logo looks much better with that size, thank you.

What about changing the font size & color of the actual email links? Is that possible?

Any ideas on good free hosts that have an easy dashboard?

I already own the domain of www.PunkRockPrincess.com so I'm good on that aspect of it.

Once the other software from zocku.com is completely ready, I wont redirect anything, I'll just take down all the old stuff & setup the new with the new host/3rd party software.

Pegasus · 11-01-2009, 05:01 PM

Okay, the closest colour to your card is #FF0033; or #F03; in shorthand. I used Photoshop to find the colours. You'll need to add the information under the a of the CSS code, just under where it says font-size: 14px; It'll look like this:

color: #F03;

Pegasus · 11-01-2009, 05:07 PM

Here's the changed code for the links:

a {
font-size: 20px;
color: #F03;
}

JohnnyScience · 11-01-2009, 05:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pegasus

Okay, the closest colour to your card is #FF0033; or #F03; in shorthand. I used Photoshop to find the colours. You'll need to add the information under the a of the CSS code, just under where it says font-size: 14px; It'll look like this:

color: #F03;

Awesome, here it goes, I've adjusted everything the way I want I think for now, what do you think about the color combos? I want things to pop...

I've attached updated .zip

What about the free hosting with a good dashboard? Any ideas on that?

Pegasus · 11-01-2009, 05:11 PM

I haven't used free hosting in years. I'm not sure which ones are available any more. Maybe do a site search for 'free host'. Seems to me as someone once put up a page of possibles.

Love the colour scheme you have, btw. Looks good. I'm not sure about the blues, but if they're going to match, both the text and the links, it'll be a killer page.

Pegasus · 11-01-2009, 05:16 PM

I found one site, http://www.jabry.com/

JohnnyScience · 11-01-2009, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Pegasus

I haven't used free hosting in years. I'm not sure which ones are available any more. Maybe do a site search for 'free host'. Seems to me as someone once put up a page of possibles.

Love the colour scheme you have, btw. Looks good. I'm not sure about the blues, but if they're going to match, both the text and the links, it'll be a killer page.

Technically the blue will be the color of the links once the site goes live, but I didnt want to put the sunburst orange that close to logo, I think it may have washed it out a little.

So in essence, yes that is the color scheme I'll be going with, but changing some things around.

Thanks for the all the help, check out the site and follow it on myspace if you're interested in that kind of thing. Its going to be a private adult social network for the alt community.

Do I have the links set up right? Because when I click on them I basically get an error? Is that because I have hosted it yet?

I swapped the color on the links so when the site goes live all links will have been the light blue.

Pegasus · 11-01-2009, 05:18 PM

You need to add http:// in front of your www. information

JohnnyScience · 11-01-2009, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Pegasus

You need to add http:// in front of your www. information

Ok cool, fixed that.

Do I need the ?subject=models in the below code?

<a href="mailto:Models@PunkRockPrincess.com?subject=models">Models@PunkRockPrincess.com</a>

Or can I drop that and just leave the actual email address?

Look at my last post, I put an updated index with color swaps

Pegasus · 11-01-2009, 05:27 PM

Well, technically neither one of those links will work because PunkRockPrincess.com isn't live yet. You can leave the subjects in. It'll help you keep organized later on. I believe you'll need to add the http:// information to those links, too.

JohnnyScience · 11-01-2009, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Pegasus

Well, technically neither one of those links will work because PunkRockPrincess.com isn't live yet. You can leave the subjects in. It'll help you keep organized later on. I believe you'll need to add the http:// information to those links, too.

I already have the email accounts set up through godaddy, so they are live now.

So you're saying I need to make it:

<a href="mailto:http://Models@PunkRockPrincess.com?subject=models">Models@PunkRockPrincess.com</a>

?

Did I put the HTTP in the right area?

so I can take out all that ?subject=models? I just think it will clean it up a little

I HAVE to have the mailto: before the email address though right? Or can I leave that out too?

I'm checking out that jabry, thanks.

Pegasus · 11-01-2009, 05:48 PM

The mailto stands, and the rest of it looks okay. You can take out everything after .com if you like.