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Adrian W. West, Practical Web Design for Absolute Beginners, 10.1007/978-1-4842-1993-5_13

13. More about Website Images: Create a New Appearance with Tiles

Adrian W. West1 

(1)Colyton, UK

Browsers will display three image file formats. In this chapter, the three formats are described and their pros and cons discussed.

This chapter contains the following sections:

  • Image file formats suitable for websites

  • Preparing pictures for a website

  • Creating a new appearance using background tiles

  • Tweaking the CSS style sheet

  • Explanations of the code

  • Creating pictures suitable for the header section

  • Summary

Image File Formats Suitable for Websites

Modern browsers and also Internet Explorer 8 can display three types of graphic files:

  • GIF, JPEG, and ...

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