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halavais (24:15)
10 months ago 0 + -See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T7ZbV-AFWo
LaurenMarie (0:29)
10 months ago 0 + -This is a link to another MySQL database tutorial. http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/database-use.html
wp-megan (7:23)
9 months ago 0 + -I found this resource on the web that may assist in creating a site background with Photoshop: http://www.photoflashgraphics.com/tutorials/photoshop_bkground.htm
swright (7:55)
9 months ago 0 + -Here is a link on opacity and how to achieve it using photoshop
http://iit.bloomu.edu/vthc/Photoshop/SpecialEffects/opacity.htm
katiemc (6:45)
9 months ago 0 + -Must background images ALWAYS be AS washed out as possible. If you can still make out what's going on and still see text and other important information, isn't degree off washed outedness up to the designer? I would thing that some situations might merit a background image that isn't SO washed out.
halavais (6:45)
9 months ago 0 + -Yes, designing a MySpace page. I kid!
Basically, there is never a case when you want low contrast between text and what is behind it. If you are not using text (e.g., it is just an image), or if you otherwise buffer the text with text-boxes, etc, to increase the contrast, you are fine. Otherwise, no: you need to have your text be high contrast, which means it shouldn't be dark blue text over medium blue background, and any pattern or design should be so minimal that it interferes in no way with legibility.
The best bet is easy: don't use graphic backgrounds for pages with text.
drumdiva (4:13)
9 months ago 0 + -like the Princeton study (PEAR)?
drumdiva (6:45)
9 months ago 0 + -Unless we do it the way that I did for my quiz? I used an image that was light, but was also off to the side so as not to interfere with the text and give a "Hollywood feel" to the page.
drumdiva (29:35)
9 months ago 0 + -Doesn't the placement of classes and IDs sometimes affect the way things appear in the browser? I seem to recall having to move something to get a part of my site to look a certain way. I may be wrong, though.