Freedom Kilts Web Site down!

**wsk** · 1st November 07, 07:59 AM

Originally Posted by kilted_brewer

If you're looking for a specific color, have you considered the admittedly "old school" technique of using a background tile (made of a photographic image)? Perhaps something like this?

The problem with backgrounds like that is that you have to find just the right color of foreground (text usually). You have to make it easy for your customers to read what you have written or they'll go away. After all, the preponderance of what people read is printed black on white. While this is, no doubt, partially driven by economics, it is what we're used to seeing and so is what we are most comfortable with. I would go no darker than the background to this message.

For my own web site I use a white background and black text so that it's easy for my customers to read. For visual interest I use large red drop caps to begin the text of major sections. I also add boxes with a pale gray background where I put thumb nails and links so that the contrast is maintained and the solid white background is broken up.

**kilted_brewer** · 1st November 07, 11:02 AM

Originally Posted by wsk

The problem with backgrounds like that is that you have to find just the right color of foreground (text usually). You have to make it easy for your customers to read what you have written or they'll go away.

No doubt. I only suggested using it in the same way, perhaps that the X-Marks tartan is used on this site -- to add visual interest and warmth (and in the case of wood grain). Points well taken. Design digression off.

**McMurdo** · 8th December 07, 09:57 AM

It looks like the site is down again, I've tried it directly and from the banner, from various pages however it will not show for me today, I know it was working earlier.

**The Wizard of BC** · 8th December 07, 10:09 AM

I think the new web guys are doing something. I'll check. Thanks.

**The Wizard of BC** · 8th December 07, 10:58 AM

I have a report from the guys who host my site. It seems that their servers were attacked last night and so they have been isolating individual programs. It is temporary. I'm sorry for any inconvenience.

**Chef** · 9th December 07, 12:25 PM

Well your back up but I'm sure the last thing you want to deal with is more web probelms.

**Jeff_MacDonald** · 27th December 07, 08:43 AM

Hey, Steve, any word on when your web site will be straightened out? It's frustrating to hear about all your cool stuff and not be able to see it (though not nearly as frustrating for me as it must be for *you*.) Fingers crossed here.