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Graphic Resources
There
are thousands of free graphic resource sites on the internet that make
their work available for use on web sites. You must remember, however,
that all graphics and information is copyrighted (stated or not).
To use their works without proper acknowledgement is against the law!
In most cases authors request both notification and acknowledgement of
their work!
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IMPORTANT!
On
most graphic sites you will see a warning about direct linking. What
does direct linking mean? Instead of downloading a graphic to your
own drive you set your web page to access the graphic from the artists
server. This creates a nightmare - slows down their server
and ultimately results in excessive costs to the artist. If you are
going to use a graphic YOU MUST DOWNLOAD THE GRAPHIC AND THE UPLOAD
IT TO YOUR SERVER. When a site finds someone directly linking
to one of their graphics they are forced to remove it from their page thus
resulting in a loss for everyone.
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How
To Copy Graphics
Begin
by creating a graphics file on your hard drive so you will have a location
for storage of the graphics you will be collecting off the internet.
For PC Users:
Put your cursor on top of the
graphic that you want to save, and right click - when the menu box pops
up you simply choose "save picture as" into the file you created
on your hard drive. If the graphic is a background then a different
menu box will pop up and you simply choose "save background as" - storage
is the same.
For Mac Users:
Hold down the mouse button
until the menu appears, choose "save picture". It may be necessary
to hit the escape key if the graphic is animated.
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WebTv Users:
Unfortunately WebTv Users are
the biggest offenders of direct linking. Because of technology of
your browser you can not directly download a graphic. It is necessary
that you obtain your graphics by using a tranloader service. This
site will give you a detailed esplaination
The
Transloader: What And Why and the service is Here!
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More Help For
WebTv Users Here!
Backgrounds
Lots
of choices - backgrounds are available in all colors, textures, and themes.
You have the option of a simple color background which can be be done with
HTML code or an elaborate design.
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Graphics
The
images you use on your web site will help convey your message but will
also affect the page(s) loading time. The old addage "Less is more
applies to graphics especially in the case of animated gifs." Your
choice of grahics will depend our your artistic skills. There are
paint and illustration programs that will allow you to create your own.
Just as in the case of backgrounds, there are many free graphic sites on
the internet that make their work available.
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