Mick Redman: lighting

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Monday, 16 May 2011

Another radial gradient background

Here is another example of using a radial gradient for a background, just because it looks nice.

See demo.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Radial Gradient Background</title>
<style type="text/css">
*
{
margin:0;
padding:0;
height:100%;
}
html, body
{
font-family:Sans-serif;
}
#background
{
position:absolute;
z-index:-1;
background:#FF0000;
/* url(images/check.gif); */
width:100%;
height:100%;
}
.contentHolder
{
margin:0 auto;
width:800px;
padding:10px;
}
#topPart, #middlePart, #bottomPart
{
display:block;
color:#FFFFFF;
}
#topPart
{
height:200px;
}
#middlePart
{
height:400px;
}
#bottomPart
{
min-height:200px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<img id="background" src="images/radialGradientBackground.png" alt="gradient" />
<div id="topPart">
<div class="contentHolder">
<h1>Hello</h1>
</div>
</div>
<div id="middlePart">
<div class="contentHolder">
<h1>The stuff which really matters</h1>
</div>
</div>
<div id="bottomPart">
<div class="contentHolder">
<h1>Goodbye</h1>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>

More use of radial gradients

Another very simple example of how to use radial gradients. In this case, to add lighting to your headers and footers.

See demo.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Fading Background</title>
<style type="text/css">
*
{
margin:0;
padding:0;
}
html, body
{
font-family:Sans-serif;
height:100%;
margin: 0 auto;
color:#000000;
}
#topHalf
{
height:50%;
background:#D4E4DF;
}
#bottomHalf
{
height:50%;
clear:both;
background:#B6CAC3;
}
#topContent, #bottomContent
{
margin:0 auto;
width:800px;
min-height:100%;
}
#topContent
{
background:url(images/fadingbgtop.png) no-repeat center top;
}
#bottomContent
{
background:url(images/fadingbgbottom.png) no-repeat center bottom;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="topHalf">
<div id="topContent">
<h1>This is a sticky header example</h1>
</div>
</div>
<div id="bottomHalf">
<div id="bottomContent">
<h1>This is a sticky footer example</h1>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>

Use of grey and blue

In this very simple layout, I have applied a radial gradient to a plain background, added an arty black and white photo, and used a nice font for the title in blue. It hints at effective design technique.

See demo.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Resize Background Image</title>
<style type="text/css">
html, body
{
margin:0;
font-family:Sans-serif;
}

#background
{
position:absolute;
z-index:-1;
width:100%;
height:100%;
background:#000000;
}

@font-face
{
font-family: 'zancleeYe/FSRegular';
src: url('fonts/zancle_eyefs-webfont.eot');
src: local('☺'), url('fonts/zancle_eyefs-webfont.woff') format('woff'), url('fonts/zancle_eyefs-webfont.ttf') format('truetype'), url('fonts/zancle_eyefs-webfont.svg#webfontDT7UNJnV') format('svg');
font-weight: normal;
font-style: normal;
}

#mainContent
{
margin:0 auto;
width:920px;
padding:10px;
}
h1, #footer
{
font-family: 'zancleeYe/FSRegular';
color:#B0E0E6;
}
h1
{
font-size:4em;
}
p
{
text-align:justify;
color:#FFFFFF;
font-size:0.8em;
}

#leftHand, #rightHand
{
position:relative;
float:left;
margin-right:10px;
padding:10px;
border:1px solid #FFFFFF;
-webkit-border-radius: 10px;
-moz-border-radius: 10px;
border-radius: 10px;
behavior: url(scripts/PIE.htc);
}
#leftHand
{
width:360px;
min-height:374px;
}
#rightHand
{
background:url(images/japan.jpg) no-repeat;
width:480px;
height:374px;
}
#footer
{
clear:left;
padding-top:10px;
}
</style>

</head>
<body>
<img id="background" src="images/chalkBack.png" alt="chalkBack" />
<br /><br />
<div id="mainContent">
<h1>hello world!</h1>
<div id="leftHand">
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</div>
<div id="rightHand">
</div>
<div id="footer">Footer</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>

Mobile friendly liquid layout #7

This example combines a tiled background texture, with a radial gradient over the top. This provides the effect of lighting.

See demo.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1">
<title>Mobile friendly liquid layout #7</title>

<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/reset.css">
<style>
body
{
font-family:Sans-serif;
width:100%;
background:url(images/patch.gif);
}
body, a, a:active, a:hover, a:link, a:visited
{
color:#FFFFFF;
}
header, #text, footer, nav a
{
padding:1em;
}
nav
{
height:3em;
}
nav a
{
display:block;
width:3em;
text-decoration:none;
float:right;
text-align:center;
}
nav a:hover
{
background:#0000FF;
}
header, footer
{
height:8em;
}
header
{
clear:right;
float:left;
width:33%;
min-width:26em;
}
#text
{
overflow:hidden;
line-height:1.5em;
}
footer
{
clear:left;
}
h1
{
font-weight:900;
font-size:4em;
text-transform:uppercase;
}
#background
{
position:absolute;
z-index:-1;
width:100%;
height:100%;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<img id="background" src="images/radialGradientBackground.png" alt="windFarm" />
<nav>
<a href="#">home</a>
<a href="#">services</a>
<a href="#">portfolio</a>
<a href="#">contact</a>
</nav>
<header>
<h1>Headline 1</h1>
<h1>Headline 2</h1>
<h2>Sub-Header</h2>
</header>
<aside id="text">
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<h2>Header Level 2</h2>
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<li>Aliquam tincidunt mauris eu risus.</li>
</ol>

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<h3>Header Level 3</h3>

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<li>Aliquam tincidunt mauris eu risus.</li>
</ul>

<pre><code>
#header h1 a {
display: block;
width: 300px;
height: 80px;
}
</code></pre>
</aside>
<footer>Footer</footer>
</body>
</html>