Making galleries without design skills

GeorgeTH · 2005-04-27, 08:46 PM

I actually try my best to have CSS formatted text instead of all graphics on my galleries...
I think it works better with SEs, makes the page load faster, and can look just as neat.

Some graphics I simply copy from sponsor tours, some I make myself (in PaintShop) taking the sponsor tour as a guidance. But then it usually takes me some 2-3 hours to get a new template done (hence I don't have as many as I should have).

Only recently have I started to make my own thumbnails by hand (PaintShop again - I hate that Photoshop wants me to buy a new computer, where it works fine all day long without running PS) - and yes: great improvement, but again time consuming (~30 minutes incl. submission thumbs).

2005-04-27, 08:46 PM	#11
GeorgeTH Don't let a programmer design your front-end pages! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: currently on the road in CA Posts: 781	I actually try my best to have CSS formatted text instead of all graphics on my galleries... I think it works better with SEs, makes the page load faster, and can look just as neat. Some graphics I simply copy from sponsor tours, some I make myself (in PaintShop) taking the sponsor tour as a guidance. But then it usually takes me some 2-3 hours to get a new template done (hence I don't have as many as I should have). Only recently have I started to make my own thumbnails by hand (PaintShop again - I hate that Photoshop wants me to buy a new computer, where it works fine all day long without running PS) - and yes: great improvement, but again time consuming (~30 minutes incl. submission thumbs). __________________ Have a nice day!