Elated PageKits:
http://www.elated.com
This is the README file for the Elated PageKit: "WIPED
OUT "
Created
in Photoshop 6.0
Fonts used: Digit from Hi-Type at www.fontalicious.com
Please see the Copyright and Usage Agreement
sections at the end of this file for copyright information
and terms of use.
Introduction
The idea behind the Elated PageKits is that you can either
use the ideas here as is, and develop them from our startpoints,
or you can take the bits that you need (like the basic frameset)
and customise them for your own use. We hope you'll also find
the PageKits educational. Obviously, to make the best use
of them you'll need to know some basic HTML.
About This PageKit
This is a 'Kit based around a surfing idea, but mainly it's
a content-heavy design that coud easily be adapted to different
uses by changing that one picture.
The original photo has obviously been extensively modified.
This was achieved by turning up the contrast to give quite
a "jagged" and saturated photo, then removing the
background. It was a decision to make that cutout pretty rough
and ready, to compliment the design. When the background had
been knocked out, we just filled the remaining area with the
colour, so there was no tonal differences within the photo,
and leaving just the ragged outline we were after.
The text areas on the 'Kit are bounded by those ragged edge
sections. These are just distressed edges, with one for top,
one for bottom and a repeating pattern as a TD background
image to give the edges. This means that however much text
you put in, the edges will effectively "scale" with
it!
The 'Kit was made on an Apple G3 machine running photoshop
6 and BBedit. The photo was taken by us in Devon, England
on Saunton Sands with a Canon IXUS digital camera.
Hints & Tips
The font size and face is controlled by a stylesheet linked
to from the pages (default.css). It also controls the neat
rollover effects seen in IE (but not Netscape, which doesn't
support it) If you want to change all this open up default.css
and edit this code:
<style>
body { font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 11px; color: #ffffff }
td { font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 9px; color: #ffffff }
.text {color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica,
sans-serif; font-size: 9px; text-decoration: none}
.textdark {color: #666633; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica,
sans-serif; font-size: 9px; text-decoration: none}
.textdark2 {color: #333300; font-family: verdana, arial,
helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9px; text-decoration: none}
.textlight {color: #FFFFCC; font-family: verdana, arial,
helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9px; text-decoration: none}
.header {font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; color: #333300 }
.headerlight {font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; color: #FFFFCC }
.pageheader {font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; color: #666633 }
.subheader {font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; color: #666633 }
a:link {color: #ffcc99; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica,
sans-serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10px; text-decoration:
none}
a:visited {color: #ffcc99; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica,
sans-serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10px; text-decoration:
none}
a:active {color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica,
sans-serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10px; text-decoration:
none}
a:hover {text-decoration: none; font-family: verdana, arial,
helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10px;color:
#ffffff}
a.light:link {color: #CC3300; font-family: verdana, arial,
helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10px;
text-decoration: none}
a.light:visited {color: #CC3300; font-family: verdana, arial,
helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10px;
text-decoration: none}
a.light:active {color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana, arial,
helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10px;
text-decoration: none}
a.light:hover {text-decoration: none; font-family: verdana,
arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; font-size:
10px;color: #ffffff}
</style>
...to be whatever you want for colours, links etc, being
careful to preserve the syntax. Note that there's different
colours of links depending on what colour box they're sitting
on.
Support...
...is at our Forums on the Elated site at http://www.elated.com/forums/
Forums powered by Teemz - http://www.teemz.com/
Copyright
The contents of this PageKit, including all HTML and images,
is copyright Elated Communications Ltd 1997-2001.
Usage Agreement
By downloading any of the material from our site, http://www.elated.com/,
you agree to abide by the conditions of the Usage Agreement,
available online at:
http://www.elated.com/usage/
Specifically:
"The Pagekits are free to use on any type of site, provided
you do not redistribute them in any form on the Web or on
a CD-ROM (whether for free or for profit). They are free for
"end-users" only. What this means in English is
that if you're a business wanting to use a Pagekit for your
own bar/bookshop/restaurant etc, then that's fine, even if
you're taking money over the site. What's not fine is if you're
a web designer using a Pagekit to produce a website for a
client, whether you're getting paid for it or not. You may
also not take Kits (or any of the free stuff) and put them
up on your site for download or examples. The above legalese
element is legally binding and failing to comply means you
are infringing international copyright law."
And Finally...
There are many more Kits of varying kinds as well as some
Web Design tips at our website:
http://www.elated.com/
We don't really offer tech support for the PageKits as we
are constantly busy with updating the site, but we do want
them to be a good as possible for you all, so if you run into
problems or have any other questions relating to the PageKits,
you can use our PageKits Help Forum at:
http://www.elated.com/forums/
Search for your PageKits question there, or post a new question
and we'll do our best to help you. It's free to register and
post questions!
Have
fun and see you on the site.
Best wishes,
The
Elated Team.
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