Help with a banner

banner help please

[amythepoet]

Hi Webmasterworld,

I need help with a banner. I am trying to get this banner on to my links page and do not know how to do it.

First of all, I have the banner now on my desktop. I am on a Mac.

It appears to be large, 468 x 60, how do I resize it? I have photoshop but do not know how to use it.

Secondly, once resized, how do I get on my links page?

I do know how to upload it to my server - (which is a little help)

thanks so much

-a-

p.s. The banner now is a .gif

[Alternative Future]

Hi amythepoet,

Was the banner designed by another?
Resizing the image will not do it any good for quality!

But to place it on your links page you would do something like this:
<a href="where_the_banner_is_going.html"><img src="where_you_have_saved_the_image.gif"></a>

If you want to try and reduce the size of the image in photoshop then you would goto file > save for web - select the image size tag (located right hand side) - resize to your requirement with the option constrain proportions SELECTED.

-George

[amythepoet]

Hi Geroge,

Thanks so much for your note. Well, I think I am half-way there. Right now, the banner is on my server and no it was not resized.

When you say to put "a href="where it is going.com" I don't understand that part.

Can you explain?

Thanks

Amy

[Alternative Future]

Hi amythepoet,

<a href="where_the_banner_is_going.html"><img src="where_you_have_saved_the_image.gif"></a>

The red part containing the a href is known as the anchor tag, this is what controls where the user/visitor will end up once they have clicked on the image. i.e.
<a href="index.html"> will take them to the index page, of that directory - local to your website
<a href="/stuff/about.html"> will take them to the directory 'stuff' and page about - again local to your website
<a href="http://www.anotherdomain.com"> will take them to another website - outside your website as long as your domain is not the same as one listed ;-)

Basically what ever you put inside the anchor will determine where they end up once the image is clicked.

HTH,

-George

[amythepoet]

Thank you so muhc Geroge.

Now I understand.

Hope you have a nice day.

Amy

[Alternative Future]

Anytime amythepoet,

You have a nice day also ;-)

-George