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A good background can make a Web site look
really great.
Backgrounds
The <body> tag has two attributes where you can specify
backgrounds. The background can be a color or an image.
Bgcolor
The bgcolor attribute specifies a background-color for an
HTML page. The value of this attribute can be a hexadecimal
number, an RGB value, or a color name:
<body bgcolor="#000000">
<body bgcolor="rgb(0,0,0)">
<body bgcolor="black">
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The lines above all set the background-color to black.
Background
The background attribute specifies a background-image for an
HTML page. The value of this attribute is the URL of the image
you want to use. If the image is smaller than the browser
window, the image will repeat itself until it fills the entire
browser window.
<body background="clouds.gif">
<body background="http://www.codedcode.com/clouds.gif">
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The URL can be relative (as in the first line above) or
absolute (as in the second line above).
Note: If you want to use a background image, you
should keep in mind:
- Will the background image increase the loading time too
much?
- Will the background image look good with other images on
the page?
- Will the background image look good with the text colors
on the page?
- Will the background image look good when it is repeated
on the page?
- Will the background image take away the focus from the
text?
Basic Notes - Useful Tips
The bgcolor, background, and the text attributes in the
<body> tag are deprecated in the latest versions of HTML (HTML 4
and XHTML). The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has removed
these attributes from its recommendations.
Style sheets (CSS) should be used instead (to define the
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