How to make a button


to make a banner, you need a graphics program, like photoshop or paint. Before you make a banner, you'd better know what size you want it to be. check out how to make a table layout!

use the width of your layout for the width of your banner. A good height for a banner is about 100 pixels. Make sure your banner is not too tall or too short compared to your layout.

Now, open your graphics program and make a new file with the width and height you want. you should think about what your banner looks like. don't make it too busy or too plain. use colors that go well together. if you want to use a already existing pic, make sure it isn't too small for your banner! i recommend not using pics that are pixel art since pixels look a little weird if too big, and its hard to scale them without creating weird looking pixels when resizing.

make sure that your banner isn't too bright or too dark. if its too bright, it will hurt people's eyes. make sure it matches your website design too! if your page is purple, don't make your banner orange, that looks weird. dont make your banner plaintext either.

if you want to add text, use a text color that is easy to read against the background. if your background is dark, use a light color for the text, and vice versa. don't use too many different fonts either, that looks messy.

once youre done, save your banner as a .gif or .png file; jpgs compress your image and make it look bad!

Now you need to upload your banner to a image hosting site or put it in your root folder if you want to host it yourself.

Now you need to make the html code for your banner. here is how you can add a image:

<img src="http://www.yoursite.com/yourbanner.gif" alt="Your Site Name" border="0">. obviously, if youre hosting it yourself just do yourbanner.gif instead of that link!