[coathanger]

Created a website with what I think are the best freeware around. http://decentdownloads.freeservers.com
Any suggestions?

[gotrootdude]

Take a look at www.dynamicdrive.com for some good DHTML scripts, pick one for a menu system, also choose a scroller for the resolution statement. Really suggest you add some frames and a few pages for each category.

Use the P ALIGN=CENTER /P attribute for your body text to align it in the center of the page regardless of resolution.

I know it's a work in progress.

If you're looking for good freeware stuff to add on, you might consider doing a search for "freeware" in this thread.

[BillC]

You might also consider adding that web page to your Bio such that anytime you post, it will be easy for someone to explore.

By the way, a good selection of applications.

[gotrootdude]

Working on it right now I see, Thanks for realigning the vonage ad.

I see you're adding the DHTML scripts as well, love that letters flying in from the side stuff.

[Davey7549]

coathanger
Thanks for the links! I will sure go through them for a look.
Also here is an update Gif without the white for your page if you wish to use.

Dave

[coathanger]

Thanks a lot for the suggestions!
gotrootdude, will take me a while to go through dynamicdrive. Not sure I want a scroller for the resolution statement...prob more convenient using browser scroller. I thought the body text already aligns itself regardless of resolution?
BillC, where is my Bio and the webpage you'd like in it? davey7549, downloaded the gif but it still has the background - how to get rid of it?
Thanks once again everyone.

[Davey7549]

coathanger
How do you mean it lost its transparency?
When you saved it from here to your computer? or when you uploaded it too your website?

Once you download the Gif from here, rename to something else and then change the code line in your website to reflect that SRC IMG name and then upload image as part of website package.

Maybe the site didn't change the Gif since the name was the same in other words.

Dave

PHP Code:

Change this line to whatever you renamed the Gif to:
<CENTER><IMG SRC="lady_news_anchor_md_wht.gif" BORDER=0 ALT="The Best Favourite Freeware (free software) Downloads " HEIGHT="120" WIDTH="140" ALIGN="MIDDLE"></CENTER><P> 


[coathanger]

Thanks davey7549. Followed your suggestion and it worked. You got the gif from animation factory gifworks right? Originally had the non-animated gif with white background to speed up loading times a little but since you liked the original, I've replaced it

[GoJoAGoGo]

coathanger:

Nice site contains a lot of useful programs. Thanks...

[JohnWill]

Nice site, I like the fact there is a description for every application, that's something that's frequently missing.

I have one suggestion. Not many people run at 1280x1024, I'd consider optimizing it for 1024x768, which is the most common resolution for 17" monitors. I happen to run at 1152x864, the stuff at 1280x1024 is just a bit small for my tired old eyes.

I also notice that there's a brown bar on the left that covers some of the text, is that because I'm not using the "approved" resolution?

[Davey7549]

coathanger
No I didn't get the transparent animation from animation factory. I used my graphic editor Photosuite 4 Platinum to remove the white background. Unfortunately Photosuite 5 discontinued Animated Gif production.

Anyway somewhere in the process of downloading the animation from this site and uploading to your site you lost the looping characteristics of the animation. Did you open the animation with any other editor before you uploaded?

Also I agree with John that you should optimize your site for 1024x768 which is most common and maybe remove the brown side margins since they cover-up some of the typing at left and the matching right bar is only visible at higher resolutions.

Dave

[hewee]

How do you remove a background Davey?
I mean is there a way without have to cut it out?
Like how you can just change colors but pick to make what ever color transparent. I know you can do it online at animation factory but I have not seen or know how to do it in any of my image programs.

[Davey7549]

Hewee
Using my photosuite 4 platinum program I can split and edit each frame individually. In the top part of the attach pic it shows the first edit screen of photosuite with each frame individual. In the next pic I select the first frame and slect edit. Int the third edit frame I select what they call the magic wand which when clicked in a certian area will accept that color to preset tolerances and remove it to transparency if I wish.
Of all the programs I use for GIF animation work I find Photosuite 4 platinum to be the most flexable for design and edit.
Unfortunatly as I mentioned many times prior that photosuite 5 does not contain animated gif capability! What a loss!
Roxio jumped ship and lost a big part of its features.

Dave

[hewee]

I have Photosuite III and I think Photosuite 4 around here someplace.

See other thread that was started the same time I asked you about this.

http://forums.techguy.org/t162236/s.html

There has to be a color code for the transparent background.
R 255
G 255
B 255
Is for white and then you have all the others for the other colors so something has to be there for the transparent color I would think.

[coathanger]

Thanks for all the help. The site has undergone major changes - new look, new pages and more importantly new host http://decentdownloads.x-istence.com It now gets about 8000 hits per day