Using Backgrounds in Website Design

The proper use of backgrounds can add elegance to your website design. Use them improperly and you'll create a mess.

Don't place busy backgrounds behind your text. Always use light background colors or finely textured background images that don't interfere with the text.

See Code Below - Correct



Using Backgrounds

The proper use of backgrounds can add elegance to your web pages. Use them improperly and you'll create a mess.

Don't place busy backgrounds behind your text. Always use light background colors or finely textured background images that don't interfere with the text. - Incorrect



The Code

<div STYLE="background-image : URL(backgrounds/bk-13d.gif)"align="center"><br><br>

<table background="backgrounds/bk19d.gif" width="85%" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="20" border="0">
<tr align="center" valign="top">
<td STYLE="background-color :#ffffff" align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<h1>Using Backgrounds in Website Design</h1>
<p>The proper use of backgrounds can add elegance to your website design. Use them improperly and you'll create a mess.
<p>Don't place busy backgrounds behind your text. Always use light background colors or finely textured background images that don't interfere with the text.
<p>See Code Below - <b>Correct</b>
</td></tr></table>

</div>



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