Hey there.
Just so I’m clear you want to have the borders ben an actual image/pattern?
That seems like what you want and it’s possible, not something I’ve really dabbled much in the past, not a huge fan. Anyway, you should find this article from Chris quite handy:
http://css-tricks.com/understanding-border-image/
Hope this helps.
Take care.
Hello Timothy,
Thanks for the message. Appreciate it. I don’t disagree with you, but I am just curious….Why are you not a big fan of that. I am new to wordpress, so I am trying to learn as much as I can. Is there something that I am missing? should I be doing something else?
Cheers,
James
Are you familiar with Geocities, and how crazy sites were once made on there?
It was chunky borders, iFrames galore, an image for everything (even chasing the mouse across the screen). Actually it was rather fun but kind of annoying too. If you’re not sure what it was then if you search Google images you’ll see some examples of what I refer to.
I just like nice simple designs, fewer images is less to load and thus quicker although in most cases we’re probably not talking a huge noticeable amount unless of course you use some huge sized images and maybe lots of them. I’m not a fan of lots of things trying to grab my attention and using another image for a border runs the risk of doing that. But this isn’t a WordPress thing, this is an internet thing.
Sometimes it’s not even an image, using dashes or similar can make the page start to look like a game of space invaders but not in a fun game way. But if you like Space Invaders: http://www.somethinghitme.com/projects/canvasinvaders/ lol
I’m not saying it’s a bad thing, it’s more like a taste thing. If it’s done right and in keeping with the design then I’m sure it will look great.
Take care.
