Oversized Web Backgrounds

[NoAssmblyReqdGA]

Hi Everyone,

Can anyone explain the technique behind creating Web pages with large photos/graphics as their background?

(Example: http://www.futureofwebdesign.com/2008/newyork/)

Thanks in advance!

[FourCourtJester]

Technique? What?

All 'oversized' web pages just do one simple thing; they make a background that is really big (aka - much bigger than 1024x768, or even more these days, 1280x1024) and they either set it to no-scrolling in the css, or fade it into a bg color.

In this face , FOWD took a really big image and replicated it twice, re-saved it, and put it to no-scrolling in the css code. and then they put the content over top of it, and presto, it looks liek its overtop of a city!

[NoAssmblyReqdGA]

Oh ok, I was thinking there was something more technical to it. You know, to save bandwidth or something. When I make my really big issues are should I optimize it a cetain percentage so that it downloads quickly? Should it be in a particular format, i.e. jpg, gif?

Thanks again.