I'm designing a WordPress theme in Photoshop CS5 and I have a question. If I want a background width of at least 180pixels, what size (width-height in pixels) would be ideal to use in this situation. I want a body width of around 985 pixels.
Fir of all, you question is uncleared, are you asking about ideal width and height for wordpress template? As per my knowledge, 980pixels (width) is suitable for your Wordpress website. Height depends upon the content of your website. You can increase it.
Alright, I'm a bit confused here. This is a pretty damn complex entertainment design with many items. I need my background area to be 180 pixels at the least for site skin advertising and take-overs. The body needs to be at least 985 pixels in order to fit two advertisements up the top - a 728X90 and a 200X125 ad. Its gonna be a mixture of http://nowgamer.com + IGN and Gamespot. I've completed each part of the design seperatly and its time to put it all together. Once I started, I noticed I can not fit the 728X90 and 200X125 ads into the body as it was too small. Let me shorten up my question: Since I want a background of 180 pixels (at least) on both sides and the body to be at least 985 pixels to display the two advertisements, should it just be 180X2 + 980 pixels? = 1340 pixels wide? Sorry about this, I'm not much of a designer. See http://nowgamer.com/ for the the general body and background I'm going after.