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TOPIC
- CREATING TILING BACKGROUND
BACKGROUNDS A website’s
background is an easy way to add colour to a website. READING Even more
important than a website’s look is the ability to read the website’s
content. Therefore, your background
should allow users to still easily read the content. Research has
shown that black text on a white background is the easiest to read. This is even more true for older adults
that generally have more difficulties to see. TILING The
background in an HTML document automatically tiles. Therefore, if you have a background that is
too small, you will see the image break and start repeating – unless there is
a smooth transition. Such a transition
simply requires that that top of the image matches the bottom of the image,
or that the left of the image matches the right of the image. ADVANTAGES OF TILING
DISADVANTAGES OF TILING
HORIZONTAL GRADIENT
BACKGROUNDS Here are different
horizontal backgrounds. While the
image seems simple, the resulting background is quite interesting.
VERTICAL GRADIENT
BACKGROUNDS We can also use vertical images for backgrounds. There is one challenge however. If your page is too long, you will see the
bottom of the image. The solution is
to create a background that tiles both horizontally and vertically. SQUARE BACKGROUNDS Squares allow
for repetitive content. The size of
the square can greatly affect the look of the pattern. If you line up the angles perfectly, you
can also do 45 degree stripes.
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