Bordered backgrounds
There are some really beautiful bordered backgrounds on the net but one must be careful about download times as most are still using only a 28 bps modem.
You need an image which is at least 1600 pixels wide if you are using 2 different colours, so that the left border doesn't repeat itself in the middle of your page.
Open a new image in psp set at 1600 pixels wide, 200 pixels high and change Background colour to Background Color.
Now set the background colour one colour and the foreground colour another colour as seen in this screen shot. The image will automatically fill with what you set the background colour as.
Select 
and drag the mouse over the left corner of this image from the top left to
the bottom right about 200 pixels in from the left. Select the Flood fill
tool 
and click on the mouse. Go to Selections and Select None. Now you might want
to play with the effects of that left colour. With Flood fill clicked, click
on the arrow of the foreground colour, select the gradient tool and then the
red metalic gradient. The rulers are active in that screen shot.
I
got a computer way back when. I was linked to the internet, before the
school I taught in had it. So I learned about computers first and then
as I was a teacher librarian I learned a computer system which we used
to computerize the stock. We had to teach students and teachers how to
use it. How to search. At home I was learning to use HTML and images on
the site I had back then. When the school was ready to create a site for
itself I was all for it and wanted to do it. However, the job was given
to the computer techie of course. After I left that school and at another
I had much more access to the internet and collected many sites suitable
for students and teachers to assist with their learning. Then, after retirement
I started learning web design and as I did, being a teacher, I developed
some tutorials, which you will find on this site. I also take photos.
