Background Gradient - Page Slicing

[SpeedMule]

The backdrop of my Photoshop-generated splash page is a smooth, even gradient running from top to bottom.

I wanted to check with you Web/Adobe wizards out there the best way to prepare/optimise the backdrop for HTML.

Should I take a thin slice from top to bottom and get it to repeat itself across the width of the page?

As always, your assistance would be much appreciated.

 

[tviman]

Gradients for web page backgorunds are never a good idea because they need to be full size - and you'll need one for each screen resolution (or use the largest one). Also. doing this creates slow download times becasue the background image can be huge!

Taking a slice and tiling it will only give you a repeating patten of your slice and won't produce a gradient.

There's always a better way. The fun is trying to find it!

 

[barehug]

have a look at this thread, SPYDERIX explains it very well

http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?SQID=786968&SPID=229&page=3

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