Backgrounds
Backgrounds need to be simple. Busy backgrounds can slow down your web
site and interfere with your course content.
Most of the templates only use a white color as a background. This is
always a good option. For the rest, an image was created as background
to help control the intensity and shade of the background color. You can
specify a background color using HTML code, but the color is display based
on the computer system and browser version. For more control, create a
square of color that looks like this:
Background Image
To change the Background Image in Dreamweaver:
Type the file path of your background image in the "Page Properties"
window in the "Background Image" box. If you are not sure of
the file path, click on the "Browse" button to locate the file.
To remove the existing background, delete the text in "Background
Image" box.
Using HTML code, look towards the top of the page. Change the text in
red. Insert the file path to your
background image file.
<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
text="#000000" background="images/Blue-back.gif"
link="#FF0000">
To remove the existing background, delete the follow text in red.
<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" background="images/Blue-back.gif"
link="#FF0000">
