Re: CHAT: Finally! My conlang is now up on the Web...

Barry Garcia wrote, quoting someone else:

> > Personally, I love background images as long as they aren't bright
> > color or too close to the color of the text. I think of them exactly
> > the same way I think of stationary with ghosted images -- an
> > expression of the writers personality. I usually glean as much
> > information for the background image (or glaring lack thereof) as I
> > do from the text itself. Long live background images!
>
> I agree here. Glaringly bright back ground images are bad. Subdued
> ones give visual interest, yet, they fade into the background when you
> are really reading something. My background images do reflect my
> aesthetic tastes at least.
Anything I write here is superflous to anyone who's seen my page, but:

IMO, the first two rules for personal web pages are:

 (1) Express your personality though all aspects of the design,
     including background image, colour scheme, content, etc.
 (2) Simplicity is a virtue; use features economically.
 (3) Ease of navigation through good, intuitive organisation.

I only use background images on menu/content pages.

And yes they are similar colours to the text because this adds to the
'dark and dramatic' feel. I think this is allowable for menu pages, but I
wouldn't do it for pages with actual content.

My title page has a fractal background image that looks like spider webs
inside spider webs inside spider webs ad infinitum, which I consider a
good picture of the internet itself.

All my background images were created through the freeware program
FRACTINT. The source files containing all the original fractal formulae
and parameters are available from my 'FTP Warehouse' page
<http://web.netyp.com/member/dragon/create_ftp.htm>.

People with archaic games still on their computers will find much else of
interest on my FTP warehouse page.

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