Graphic Guides

Please read over the guidelines for graphics and if needed print this page or forward it to your graphic artist.

 

Although sizes other than what is listed below may work with your shoppe, we recommend these sizes to assure your graphics are displayed properly and look great on your website. Also, please be sure that your graphics are named properly and in the right format before loading them in your website. If your graphics are not named correctly or they are in "as an example" .jpg and they should be .gif, they will not display properly.

 

**Graphic names should always be lower case and formated as a .gif image.**

 

Whether you are designing the graphics yourself or having a graphic artist create them for you it is important you follow these guidelines.

 
HOME BUTTON Should be no wider than 155px & must be titled home.gif (not all templates require this image)
OTHER BUTTONS (contact us, categories, add to cart, view cart, etc) Buttons should be no wider than 155px, Height does not matter. There are no specific name requirements for buttons. They can be titled anyting, but they MUST end in .gif and be in lowercase.
WEB PAGE TOPPER Must be named topper.gif and exactly 800×100 in size
   
LOGO With most templates your logo can be named anything but should be no more then 450px wide
   
Backgrounds: Backgrounds can be any size, but must be titled as follows:
Main Background
This the main information area of your pages.. where your text and products are displayed.		 Must be named mainbg.gif
Side Background
This is the area where your navigation menu will appear or featured products if applicable		 Must be named bgside.gif
Page Background
This is the background area behind the entire page		 Must be named backbg.gif

 

We recommend that your graphics are optimized for the web before you load them into your store, to keep your page load time down. This is not required.. just a tip. Most graphic artists do this automatically when you purchase a graphic set from them. If you or your graphic artist have any questions, please contact us at: support@createashoppeplus.com