I have been using the ThemeMaker (http://www.google.com/ig/tm/creator) to create my first few themes, and after I upload an image, it shows the part where I can drag the ends of the preview area. See I create my Header banners in Photoshop first, so the ones I have made using ThemeMaker are always with the dimensions 1280 x 175, or higher width. But when I drag the ends in the preview area I can select the entire banner. Then it fits across the entire header. Maybe not for larger resolutions, but I am using a 1280x1024 laptop LCD monitor resolution.
My question is simple. One must use the iGoogle Themes API to create an intricate theme with a Footer, etc., and to make the theme Dynamic if desired. If the simple ThemeMaker can fill the entire header with an image, why can't the more complex iGoogle Themes API? I have an image. I want it to stretch across the width of the page. It does not have a background color. It does not have repeating tiles. It does not have a center image. It is one image. If there is already a way to do this without the tiles/center and creating a bunch of overlapping images, please let me know. So many people are wondering about this, I have noticed. If not, then please redesign the iGoogle Themes API to allow a code such as "header.stretch_image.url" or "footer.stretch_image.url" in which our images will stretch across the entire page like the header banner does in the simple ThemeMaker. This would have the effect much like a desktop background. You already have the "Center" and "Tile" options available, but the one to fill all the space is usually called "Stretch". We need this option for our images to look professional in our Themes, much like the companies (such as DC Comics) and Google has their Themes. If you notice, in the Themes Gallery, most user-created Themes have only centered images, with blank outer edges, which do not look very professional and are undesired. This would not be the case were there an option to "fill" or "stretch" the image in the header/ footer. Thank you. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iGoogle Developer Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Gadgets-API?hl=en.
