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[Rev. Morgana RedSkye Black]

Please check out my site and let me know what you think. Opinions welcome!

 

http://templeofourladyofthemoon.ning.com

 

Thank you

[Janettee McCrary]

I like it:) The "static" headers are neat, and the colors go well together.

However, there are a few things I would do:
•Put photos, members, etc (something visual) closer to the top.
•Make the "header" smaller. What I would do is crop the background image so all you have is the moon with the candles, in a square. Then I would go to bannerfansand create a header. Mine was 955 wide by 100 tall, but you could probably make it up to 200 and still be okay... I think yours now might be about 300. For one thing, then we could see the entire image. For another, it would make more of your site visable "above the fold", which is the big thing nowadays.
•Add a plain black image as the page background, which would look better anyways since the moons are on the left and right side as well as the middle, anyhow.
•Make the background color of the modules (or a slightly darker gray, or white) the background color for the body, as some of your links are hard to see against the black.
•Try to get all of your tabs on one row. This would give you more room for your content.

[Rev. Morgana RedSkye Black]

Thank you so much!

Ok at the risk of sounding very stupid right now..what is a static header? The logo for the site was also made on bannerfans and I couldnt figure out how to get it the right size without screwing up the picture. I will have to have my s/o help with a few of your suggestions coz Im thumbs when it comes to banners....

[Janettee McCrary]

I referred to "static" because it looked like static from a TV:) I meant subheaders, btw. I can help you create a banner, but I have some things to do today (we're evicting our roommate, yay!) and can't get to it until this evening. When I get back I'll give you step-by-step instructions. If you could have your s/o crop the background photo (moon and candles) to a square that would help:) Then you can just follow the instructions.

[Rev. Morgana RedSkye Black]

the moon and candles is actually a ning background from themeworx. I wouldve prefered to have the picture for the site (the pic of Artemis) as the banner....ty Janettee.

[Janettee McCrary]

Ah. Well it really doesn't matter which one you use:) I'll give you two different versions of assistance here...

Go to: http://www.bannerfans.com/banner_maker.php
If you are using a square logo and wish to have the name of the site or some other text next to it:
Under "SELECT YOUR BANNER SIZE", select "Custom - Enter size: 0 px wide & 0 px high". Change the width to 955 and the height is variable. When you save the header, then upload it to your site, you can play with it until you get it right. Under "SELECT A BACKGROUND MODE", select "I want to upload my own image". Upload your image, then under "IF YOUR BACKGROUND IMAGE'S DIMENSION IS NOT THE SAME AS YOUR BANNER'S", select "Resize and left-align (or select the right-align option, this is your preference) it, then fill any empty space with this color". Select the color you would like as the background for your text. Click the "Text & Fonts" tab. Enter your text (line by line) and then select the appropriate fonts, colors, size and rotation of the text (per line).
The last three tabs are totally optional (I didn't even mess with them).

OK now if you wanted JUST a banner, or a banner with text over the photograph, then you would do all of the same stuff, but instead you would choose either "Stretch it to fit my banner" or "Resize and center it, then fill any empty space with this color" for the "IF YOUR BACKGROUND IMAGE'S DIMENSION IS NOT THE SAME AS YOUR BANNER'S" option. Once you have finished, go to your ning site, click the Manage tab, then choose the "Appearance" Option. Go to the "All Options" tab and upload your banner to "Network Logo". Make sure you add this code to your css to remove the network name and tagline from over your banner!: #xg_masthead {visibility:hidden;}

Sorry if I had more time I might have made this more understandable... If you are confused just ask me. Hubby's off work tomorrow and we've had the roomie for two years so yah I'll be with him all day, see you guys in a couple of days:)