Using Textured Backgrounds On Your Site

Alternative and creative. Site must be viewed at 1024 X 1168 resolution.
Some web site designers would lead you to believe that using colorful graphics, to give your website appeal, would involve using copious amounts of memory. We are here to say that this is an absolute falacy.
Below we have included some tiny samples which are between 1 to 4 kilobytes and which will give you beautiful, modern, graphic, coloured backgrounds. Some have very subtle colour, others very bright.
Used in the margin areas of the page, they give beauty and energy to the web page. Try clicking on the very small samples below the next paragraph and see how upbeat these little samples are.
We have showcased three pages of backgrounds in this section, so that you can examine the effects of colour and texture. Keep in mind, that your web page is your home on the web. Like your real home, your virtual home needs to be designed to be esthetically pleasing. If your virtual home is cluttered with mismatched and unharmonius themes and design, your audience will not return. The visual aspect of a website is comparable to the interior design of a home. By analysing your audience and giving them a comfort level on your website, you guarantee repeat visits.
spacer                  
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
 
 1  2 
 3 
Click on image above to tile background.
1. This very cheerful leaf design should only be used in the margin areas. This fun design would work well on a website promoting health or children's activities. 2. This very preppy pattern would work well on a university site and shows how a schools colours can be integrated into a website. 3. This colorful patchwork is also a good choice for children.  
 
 1  2 
 3 
Click on image above to tile background.
These three very modern designs should again, only be used in the margin areas as they are very busy, but, don't seem so used as side panels. 1. 2. and 3. all would work well on school sites and children's pages. They could also find use on adult pages which concentrate on very modern subjects and themes.  
 
 1  2 
Click on image above to tile background.
These flowery samples would work well for websites dealing with gardening, flowers (of course), and gifts. 2. In addition, this sample has a primitive, aboriginal feeling which might work on an occult site, or a site dealing with aboriginal issues.