My new website

[JR1]

Sorry I know nothing about Weebly and only know what little I do know, that I have not forgotten, from some years back my Windows Word programme had the ability to write html and the option to read the code ... sadly it no longer has this facilitiy so if I want to write a new page or change the front page and shift photos to a 'year' page I have to read the code of an existing page and copy what I want. I am hosted by Yahoo and they have a File Manager which enables this ... I have never used a ready made format as I guess you have done with Weebly. It costs about UKP60 per annum for what I have ... my 'brag site'

Actually ipage is FREE for 6 pages or less per year, and you can have sub pages on those

[AB26]

Do you know how to change the white background in Weebly please? I cant afford a professional website as I would have gone for one if I could.

Why do you want to change the white? It is not the background people look at, it is the images.

Check this out http://www.johanpretorius.co.za/

[JR1]

Why do you want to change the white? It is not the background people look at, it is the images.

Check this out http://www.johanpretorius.co.za/

Er because a bold blinding background distracts from the image, just because he does it does not mean it is good

[AB26]

Er because a bold blinding background distracts from the image, just because he does it does not mean it is good

Errr... when last have you been to an art gallery with black walls?

[Mike Buckley]

Errr... when last have you been to an art gallery with black walls?

May 2000. Nothing being displayed was valued less than $1 million.

I've always thought it is interesting that white walls in an art gallery give such a different impression than a white background on a computer. It probably has to do with the walls being reflected light and the computer being emitted light.

[JR1]

Errr... when last have you been to an art gallery with black walls?

What the heck does a room you can walk round with changing light , perspective and furnishings have to do with a flat screen, perhaps that is why none of the museums in London or anywhere have plain white walls anyway.

[Chris]

I don't have my own web site as I tend to rely on 500px, but from my perspective I think you have made a good start, I have seen a lot worse from the Pros out there.

[William W]

I guess that I am not going to get an answer to my question . . . ? ? ?

[William W]

Why do you want to change the white? It is not the background people look at, it is the images.

It is quite common practice in the industry to view images (and text) on a black background when using monitor screens.

The comment that was comparing viewing work in Art Gallery, to viewing a screen image at a web site, frankly, is just a silly comparison.

WW

[Saorsa]

The art on walls is carefully illuminated and light falling on the walls is managed. On a screen, the entire screen has the same degree of illumination and color is used to deal with it.

[Mike Buckley]

perhaps that is why none of the museums in London or anywhere have plain white walls anyway.

I don't know about London but I can think of four museums off the top of my head that used plain white or at least off-white walls when I last visited them. Regardless, as already mentioned, the use or not of white walls in a museum is not a valid argument for the use or not of a white background on a computer monitor.

[JR1]

I don't know about London but I can think of four museums off the top of my head that used plain white or at least off-white walls when I last visited them. Regardless, as already mentioned, the use or not of white walls in a museum is not a valid argument for the use or not of a white background on a computer monitor.

Which is exactly what I said

[Mike Buckley]

Which is exactly what I said

Actually, Jeremy, that's not at all true from where I sit. You said the opposite, that no museums use plain white walls. You also used the choice of museums for their walls as validation for your choice of background on an Internet display, whereas I and others have explained that the appropriate color of a wall has nothing to do with the appropriate color of an Internet display.

[JR1]

Actually, Jeremy, that's not at all true from where I sit. You said the opposite, that no museums use plain white walls. You also used the choice of museums for their walls as validation for your choice of background on an Internet display, whereas I and others have explained that the appropriate color of a wall has nothing to do with the appropriate color of an Internet display.

"Actually" I was referring to stating that museums have NOTHING to do with the comparison to monitors, ok.

"What the heck does a room you can walk round with changing light , perspective and furnishings have to do with a flat screen"

[Mike Buckley]

Ahhhhhhh. Thanks for clarifying that, as I had misunderstood part of what you were explaining.

[JR1]

Ahhhhhhh. Thanks for clarifying that, as I had misunderstood part of what you were explaining.

More than likely MY fault, in future I will make sure I explain properly

[LouiseTopp]

Check mine I use the same, go into

Hi do you have a professional one please?

[JR1]

Hi do you have a professional one please?

The site I have available starts at about £1 a month

http://www.ipage.com/ipage/index.htm...nkName=No_Name

You can add to that

[jcuknz]

Why do you want to change the white? It is not the background people look at, it is the images.

Check this out http://www.johanpretorius.co.za/

Sorry but that is a invalid for the reasons I have given several times on this site ... peak white glares so white should be kept to an artistic minimum such as a five pixel border on an 800x600 pixel image. While white is the long accepted border for photographs people forget or ignore that that is in an ambient light situation and here we are dealing with a projected or back illuminated surround.
No competant projectionist ever shows a 'white screen' for more than a split second.
I am aware that some people abuse their viewers with white surrounds and it can be most effective in limited numbers but otherwise it is painful for the viewers. The amount of white can easillly degrade the image quality of the picture.

edit... looked at Johan's wedsite briefly and while I am sure he is an excellent photographer his website is dreadful, partly for his choice of white as a background and also the colour of the text. As for Mike [ edit ... sorry not Mike but Andre ]and his gallery walls that is of course an ambient light situation and in any case I am not suggestion black though it is fine but rather a c0c0c0 colour in HEX.for a pleasant off white which doesn't glare.

[jcuknz]

I guess that I am not going to get an answer to my question . . . ? ? ?

Sorry Bill ... the answer is that viewing a projected image is different from viewing a photograph or painting on a wall as in the home or gallery. Unless the projected image is being viewed in quite bright ambient light my argument against using peak white is valid.
In the past for consideration for viewers of my website I arranged a background for when they clicked on a thumbnail to see the enlarged version though unfortunately I have forgotten how I did that [ requires a "double link" set-up in html or at least that is how with my limited knowledge I achieved it] and cannot be bothered to spend time working it out again so currently I only have reasonable sized images on my pages, ie 700 pixels across.

Another thing I did as a web designer was to have two files , thumbnail 200 pixels and large 800 pixels, to speed up the innitial downloading but with broadband that is hardly needed these days.

Of course you do need to be able to work in hrtml to a limited degree to have real control over the site.

Bill #29 The comparison is essential as they illustrate the opposing situations. As a camera club frequenter I rarely used a white board even for display prints but a grey board.