Graphic Buttons

• Any image can serve as a button style. A photograph, an illustration or any other graphic image can be used. The graphic image must be saved in a format that will display on the web. Usable formats are .jpg., .gif, .tif or .png. Button images from simple graphics to complicated Javascript can be created in Adobe Photoshop.
  
  

Buttons with Effects

• A button style that causes the button to glow or change color or size involves some scripting code to execute the change. Rollovers are a specific mouse action in HTML coding that swaps a second image for the first. Javascript can also cause changes in button appearance, and CSS code provides another means to create buttons with effects. Rollover buttons can be downloaded from sites including www.psd.tutsplus.com
  
  

Animated Buttons

• Animated buttons change appearance in a way that is visually similar to rollovers. Animation, however, is generally represented by a .swf file extension. A .swf file is a Flash-based animation that cycles through the button changes to display visual effects. Many .swf button styles can be found at www.flashbuttons.com and other pages.
  
  

Button Scripts

• Button scripts are abundant on the Internet. Written in ready-made scripts, the button scripts can be copied and uploaded to your web server for display on the Internet. Most even allow changes to the elements within the script, allowing custom photos, graphics, audio segments and visual elements to be customized to your specific style in the HTML code. Find many ready-made scripts at sites like http://javascript.internet.com/buttons