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vindaloo

04-24-2003, 03:49 AM

Hi,

I'm in the process of creating a site (my first one ever) for my flying instructor.

http://home.freeuk.net/pete.collins/

I've had a few goes at creating a banner using Cooltext.com, but as you can see it looks rubbish (this is the extent of my graphics talent). I found the aeroplane icon that can be freely used, but this was only ever meant to be temporary. Can anyone help me out with designing a new banner? I've thought of an aeroplane towing a banner with 'Hall & Writer Aviation' on it, maybe with an animated propeller.

I'm also open to any criticism of the site in general - I did post on the Showcase forum a while ago, but was really only looking for technical comments then.

I'd be very grateful if anyone could help in any shape or form.

Vindaloo

tmmoose

04-24-2003, 04:35 AM

Have This One...http://www3.sympatico.ca/terry.mckee/plane-5.gif
Don't Know Where I Got It From...If You Need It Manipulated
I Can Help With That..

vindaloo

04-24-2003, 04:53 AM

Tmmoose,

Thanks for that, that's exactly the sort of thing I was looking for. I think it would be too annoying though animating constantly like that - maybe it should move in from the side of the screen and then stop in the middle with the propellor spinning. I'll have a go at editing it myself to change the text to 'Hall & Writer Aviation', and I suspect I'll need Javascript or something to make the actual image move (my programming is much better than my graphics).

Vindaloo

tmmoose

04-24-2003, 11:56 AM

Check My First Post Edited The Banner...Maybe That Will Help..

animgirl

04-24-2003, 12:57 PM

I don't want to butt in or anything here, but because the anim only looped twice or so, by the time I saw it I didn't even see an anim and didn't know there was animating before I saw it until I read that it was animating.

tmmoose

04-24-2003, 01:11 PM

Butt Away Animgirl....Help Yourself...I'm Just Wasting Time...Fooling With The Gif Editor...Do You Think More Loops..Or
What Maybe Slower On The Text Frame..??http://www3.sympatico.ca/terry.mckee/CBaner-3.gif

Coreyp_1

04-24-2003, 02:51 PM

I think an infinite loop in the animation is fine, as long as the animation isn't constant.

Put a long delay on the last frame, or something.

Animations are great to notice, but should not keep distracting from the main text.

Just my opinion. I don't have near the experience of some of the others on this board.

vindaloo

04-25-2003, 08:23 AM

Thanks again for your efforts,

I tried editing the image myself with a trial of Advanced Gif Animator (Creabit), but like I said before I'm hopeless at it, so I'm really grateful to those taking the time to help.

I've written some Javascript which will scroll the #banner in from the right-hand side of the page, and stop it where required. A sample of the code is below. Tmmoose, is it possible for you to save the gif as a standard banner size, with the whole aeroplane and banner in view, and just the propellor animating?

If you're ever in the UK give me a shout and I'll take you up for a flight!

Here's the code - I've only checked it in IE5 so far:

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Test scrolling div</TITLE>
<style type="text/css">

</style>

<script language="JavaScript">
<!--
var banner;
var xPos = 800;

function initialise()
{
banner = document.getElementById("banner");
moveleft();
}

function moveleft()
{
var distance = Math.sqrt(xPos);
xPos -= distance;
if (xPos > 0) {
banner.style.left = xPos + "px";
setTimeout("moveleft()", 50);
}
else banner.style.left = 0;
}
</script>

</head>
<body onload="initialise();">
<div id="banner">
<img src="dummy.gif" alt="not yet created" width="468" height="60">
</div>
</body>
</html>

Vindaloo

animgirl

04-25-2003, 08:28 AM

I agree with Coreyp_1, a long delay on the last frame would work good, you could read the headline and still keep the anim part of the page.

tmmoose

04-25-2003, 09:38 AM

http://www3.sympatico.ca/terry.mckee/plane-6.gif
Changed Banner Background To Match
Page Background

vindaloo

04-26-2003, 04:55 AM

That looks great - I've put it on http://home.freeuk.net/pete.collins so you can see how it looks in context. I'll get rid of the plane already at the top left of the screen - I believe my instructor already has a company logo that can go there. I'll also put the above Javascript in next week when it's tested properly. Is there a way to reduce the file size? Maybe a separate gif for the animation / rest of the plane.

Thanks,
Vindaloo

tmmoose

04-27-2003, 09:50 AM

http://www3.sympatico.ca/terry.mckee/just-plane.gif
http://www3.sympatico.ca/terry.mckee/plane-7.gif
Croped To Just The Plane Much Smaller Size....Found A Plane That Is Like One On The Page..

vindaloo

04-28-2003, 02:32 AM

I've decided to use the white plane along with a banner from cooltext.com. From the advice given by Tmmoose's signature, I've decided not to use the Javascript to scroll the plane+banner in. It did look quite nice, but I think there would be too much fiddling about to get it to work in different browsers. It's already served its purpose in that I've learned a bit of Javascript from it.

Let me know of any ideas / improvements I could make. Thanks Tmmoose for your time.

Vindaloo.

tmmoose

04-28-2003, 01:32 PM

http://www3.sympatico.ca/terry.mckee/plane-1.gifNoticed Some Transparent Spots....Reworked A Bit
..gif Was Not The Greatest To Start With