Guest Posted October 9, 2005 Share Posted October 9, 2005 Quite enjoying this skinning lark still working with the legend format for now but having firefox probs still, looks fine in i.e. any ideas much prefer this cc3 compared to ver 2 http://www.sherbetlemon.co.uk/shop/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest vrakas Posted October 9, 2005 Share Posted October 9, 2005 I had the same problem when i did the Legend skin in full screen. 1st I had to make the Header taller and it worked ok in FF also. I cannot remember where and how exactly i did this. 2nd I tryed and removed the search to another location in one of the side columns. Under skins\your skin\style templates\global\index.tpl Give it a try and hope this helps :whistle: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sunshine Posted October 9, 2005 Share Posted October 9, 2005 Wardy, That design came out very well :whistle: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sunshine Posted October 9, 2005 Share Posted October 9, 2005 Wardy, Do you plan on selling that Christmas Skin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest vrakas Posted October 9, 2005 Share Posted October 9, 2005 I should get commision on these sales LOL :whistle: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerseyjoe Posted October 9, 2005 Share Posted October 9, 2005 Since you did not say what is the exact problem, I found it only by comparing in FF and Ms/IE. FF and IE appear to interpret code differently, thus causing the header to appear differently. The header image size is 180px but the space defined for it (I think in layout.css) is only 116. So your soultion would be to either reduce the height of the image to 116px or increase the space to 180px in the CSS. I suggest the former. I believe that even a 116px header is a waste of valuable real estate. I think that 100px is plenty. While yours is a holiday theme, when 180px it is used on a commercial site to display a huge logo on every page, it is self defeating. It's like shouting at the customer, on every page, "SEE HERE, YOU BLIND TWIT. THIS IS THE GALACTIC HEADQUATERS OF A SOON TO BE FAMOUS ORGANIZATION THAT RIGHT NOW IS SUFFERING FROM LOGO INADEQUACY AND YOUR EYEBALLS ARE OUR VIAGRA." Also, images need to be run through Photoshop's "save for the web," or something else like it, that will accomplish the same byte reduction. Your header is more than 40KB, the size of what an entire home page should be for optimal download speed. The footer is more than half that and the box header images alone add up to more than the suggested max for a home page. All in all, your page KB total is about 3 times what is should be. And that's before you add in the Flash or some other content. We still live in dial-up world and ignore its users at the expense of losing their attention. Yes, it's a lovely design. Nicely done. But, take the final step of preparing the images and it will be perfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest vrakas Posted October 9, 2005 Share Posted October 9, 2005 @jerseyjoe ok ok, we got the message but i do like the perfection you seek and i also like the save as option you recomended I like the design with all its "faults" Good job wardy */* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 10, 2005 Share Posted October 10, 2005 Since you did not say what is the exact problem, I found it only by comparing in FF and Ms/IE. FF and IE appear to interpret code differently, thus causing the header to appear differently. The header image size is 180px but the space defined for it (I think in layout.css) is only 116. So your soultion would be to either reduce the height of the image to 116px or increase the space to 180px in the CSS. I suggest the former. I believe that even a 116px header is a waste of valuable real estate. I think that 100px is plenty. While yours is a holiday theme, when 180px it is used on a commercial site to display a huge logo on every page, it is self defeating. It's like shouting at the customer, on every page, "SEE HERE, YOU BLIND TWIT. THIS IS THE GALACTIC HEADQUATERS OF A SOON TO BE FAMOUS ORGANIZATION THAT RIGHT NOW IS SUFFERING FROM LOGO INADEQUACY AND YOUR EYEBALLS ARE OUR VIAGRA." Also, images need to be run through Photoshop's "save for the web," or something else like it, that will accomplish the same byte reduction. Your header is more than 40KB, the size of what an entire home page should be for optimal download speed. The footer is more than half that and the box header images alone add up to more than the suggested max for a home page. All in all, your page KB total is about 3 times what is should be. And that's before you add in the Flash or some other content. We still live in dial-up world and ignore its users at the expense of losing their attention. Yes, it's a lovely design. Nicely done. But, take the final step of preparing the images and it will be perfect. Thanks, will take your thoughts on board for skins, as a graphic designer i was getting more caught up with the look and feel that the practical aspects of downloads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 10, 2005 Share Posted October 10, 2005 Wardy, Do you plan on selling that Christmas Skin? Yes, i would like to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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