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Once approved, please send a banner that meets the specification and quality standards as detailed below. The Website Team can help with producing such a banner from a file in another format.
 
Once approved, please send a banner that meets the specification and quality standards as detailed below. The Website Team can help with producing such a banner from a file in another format.
  
Website Banner:
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Website banner:
 
*Height: 350 pixels
 
*Height: 350 pixels
 
*Width: 720 pixels
 
*Width: 720 pixels
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*Format: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JPEG JPEG] (if photo heavy) or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Network_Graphics PNG] (if text heavy)
 
*Format: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JPEG JPEG] (if photo heavy) or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Network_Graphics PNG] (if text heavy)
  
Facebook Banner (for major outreach events):
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For major outreach events (such as Christmas, Easter, Alpha Course, Messy Church, etc.) a [https://www.facebook.com/ccchislehurst Facebook Page] banner should be created as specified below. Please note the bottom-left part of the banner is partially covered by the logo and therefore should not contain any important details.
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Facebook Page banner:
 
*Height: 316 pixels
 
*Height: 316 pixels
 
*Width: 851 pixels
 
*Width: 851 pixels

Revision as of 23:29, 28 November 2012

If you would like to promote your event, course, activity, etc. on the front page of the web site, please email the Website Team with a draft banner and additional relevant information that will be required depending on the type (see Promotion Guidelines). However, the Website Team don't decide which banners will appear on the front page, this will normally be decided in the Monday staff meetings.

Here is an example banner:

Banner-example.png

Once approved, please send a banner that meets the specification and quality standards as detailed below. The Website Team can help with producing such a banner from a file in another format.

Website banner:

  • Height: 350 pixels
  • Width: 720 pixels
  • Size: 50-100 kilobytes
  • Format: JPEG (if photo heavy) or PNG (if text heavy)

For major outreach events (such as Christmas, Easter, Alpha Course, Messy Church, etc.) a Facebook Page banner should be created as specified below. Please note the bottom-left part of the banner is partially covered by the logo and therefore should not contain any important details.

Facebook Page banner:

  • Height: 316 pixels
  • Width: 851 pixels
  • Size: less than 2 MB
  • Format: PNG

As the banners are so prominent on the front page, every banner should look professional and friendly. In addition, it should be easy to read the banner in the time that the banner is shown on the webpage which is only a few seconds. Here are some dos and don'ts:

  • Do use a professionally created picture. If you don't have one, consider buying one from stock site, such as iStock Photo for a small fee (typically a few pounds).
  • Do make sure that the banner picture fills the whole banner space, not only part of it.
  • Do include a title in the banner with a large font. Also, if this is an event, please include event details on the banner. Visitors to the website should be able to get all key details from the banner.
  • Do consider how the banner will look in the context of the front page.
  • Don't use low resolution images that show pixelation or blurriness.
  • Don't use low constrast writing which may be difficult to read.
  • Don't use stylised clipart.
  • Don't Click here for more information.
  • Don't load the banner with text. Remember that it will only be visible for a few seconds.
  • Don't reduce the size of the banner so much that compression artefacts are clearly visible in JPEG image files. Please note that PNG image file never show compression artefacts.

Here is an example of a good banner:

Banner-good-example.jpg

Although the following banners have a high quality background, there are a number improvements that could be made:

Banner-not-so-good-example.jpg

Banner-not-good-example.jpg