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justine
post Aug 12 2010, 05:09 PM
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Hi. I am wondering if you can tell me how this site gets their header and menu bar to go all the way across the page especially since it is an image.
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http://www.lancastersciencefactory.org/
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Darin McGrew
post Aug 12 2010, 06:01 PM
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It looks like they use multiple backgrounds. Some are background colors or repeating background images that stretch the width of the display area. Some are non-repeating background images that fit the fixed-width layout that is centered in the display area.
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post Aug 12 2010, 07:16 PM
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QUOTE(Darin McGrew @ Aug 12 2010, 06:01 PM) *

It looks like they use multiple backgrounds. Some are background colors or repeating background images that stretch the width of the display area. Some are non-repeating background images that fit the fixed-width layout that is centered in the display area.



Is this another way I can make my header image stretch across the screen? That way sounds a bit complicated.
Thanks so much!
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post Aug 12 2010, 07:52 PM
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It isn't stretching. This background image is centered http://www.lancastersciencefactory.org/_di...ages/header.jpg and this one is tiling behind it http://www.lancastersciencefactory.org/_di...ages/header.jpg .
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post Aug 12 2010, 10:02 PM
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The repeating image appears to be http://www.lancastersciencefactory.org/_di...er_repeater.jpg
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post Aug 12 2010, 10:04 PM
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Another approach would be the one shown here:
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/customcorners/
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/customcorners2/

But I don't think it's any simpler than the one used at the lancastersciencefactory site.
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post Aug 12 2010, 10:19 PM
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It's done with CSS background properties. Specifically: background-image and background-repeat.

Example, Here is a CSS snip-it from one of the site's style sheets:

CODE
body {
    background: #880c18 url(../images/header_repeater.jpg) repeat-x top;
}



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