Here is what we will be making.  If you choose not to make the graphics you may download the zip file at the bottom of the page. 

You may use this set you are making with me or you can use your own.  If you use your own, you will need to move on to Setting Up In FrontPage. 

What you will need:

PSP if you are making the set. I am using PSP8 but this will work in most versions.

Supplies Here:  Music and Roses Tube, linen tile.  Of course, you can use your own tubes and fonts. 

Eye Candy- or you may use the linen tile with this set if you do not have Eyecandy.

Simple Filters.  Get that Here.  It's free.

You will need a version of Front Page 2000, 2002, or 2003.

You will need to set up a Tripod account for a Server.  We are using this because it is what I use, but there are other ways to upload to a Server with an FTP Client.

This is just a simple way to do it for now. 

Tripod Site

My Color Swatch:

Ready?  Let's begin.

At any time you can click Preview at the bottom to see how your work will look on the Internet.  You can also view it after you save it by going to File>Preview In Browser.

One thing that is important is the way to set up your files and where you will put your graphics for your page.  In My Documents, make a folder and title it My Webs.  In My Webs, make a folder and title it FP Class.  In FP Class, make a folder and titled it images (lower case).  All your graphics will be saved in your images folder. A word about naming your files:  Do not use symbols or spaces except the_.  Most servers will not recognize your files as valid.  It should look something like this:

Let's move on to our back tile.  Open a new transparent image and flood fill with E1B2BE.  Open the music and roses tube I provided. Resize it 70%.  Copy and paste your music and rose image to your 200X200 image.  Merge visible.  It should look like this:

Now Go to Effects>Reflection Effects>Kaleidoscope and use these settings:

Repeat Kaleidoscope 2 more times.

Next go to Effects>Reflection Effects>Pattern and use these settings:

Actually, you can play with the Reflection Effect and get all sorts of neat looking backgrounds.  The important thing is to get something that matches your set.

Next go to Simple Plugin and apply the Quick Tile.  This is what I came up with:

Save your background as back_tile as a jpg in your "images" folder we made earlier.  It is important that you save all your graphics for your set in the "images" folder or they will not show up on your page when you upload them to your server.  All images should be saved as jpg or gif depending on what graphics you will be using.  Keep in mind that animation files are larger and they take longer to load.

Take a break, get a cup of coffee or soda and we will move onto  your strip background. 

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