Creating a Web Page - The Body Tag

The <BODY> tag can contain several attributes that change the look of your page.

BGCOLOR

BACKGROUND

TEXT

LINK

VLINK

ALINK

PUTTING THEM TOGETHER

BGCOLOR

You can use this attribute to change the background colour of the page. All you need to do is find the hexadecimal number of the colour you want, and then add it, along with the BGCOLOR attribute to the <BODY> tag.

EXAMPLE

<BODY BGCOLOR="#??????">

To find out more about Backgrounds, head on over to the BACKGROUND SECTION

BACKGROUND

You can use this attribute to add an image as the background of the page. Note that if you add this attribute with the image, then the image will appear and not the BGCOLOR color specifies.
All you need to do is find the upload the image you want to use to your directory, and then with the BACKGROUND attribute to the <BODY> tag.
(remember: if the image is a .jpg, then the code is BACKGROUND="name.jpg")

EXAMPLE

<BODY BACKGROUND="name.gif">

To find out more about Backgrounds, head on over to the BACKGROUND SECTION

TEXT

You can use this attribute to change the colour of the text on your page. All you need to do is find the hexadecimal number of the colour you want, and then add it, along with the TEXT attribute to the <BODY> tag.

EXAMPLE

<BODY TEXT="#??????">

LINK

You can use this attribute to change the link colour on your page. All you need to do is find the hexadecimal number of the colour you want, and then add it, along with the LINK attribute to the <BODY> tag.

EXAMPLE

<BODY LINK="#??????">

VLINK

The 'visited link' (VLINK) is the link colour that appears after the link has been clicked (visited).
All you need to do is find the hexadecimal number of the colour you want, and then add it, along with the VLINK attribute to the <BODY> tag.

EXAMPLE

<BODY VLINK="#??????">

ALINK

The 'alink' (ALINK ) is the link colour when the mouse is held down on the link (that split second).
All you need to do is find the hexadecimal number of the colour you want, and then add it, along with the ALINK attribute to the <BODY> tag.

EXAMPLE

<BODY ALINK="#??????">

PUTTING THEM ALL TOGETHER

Once you have worked out a great colour scheme for your Site, then you can use the <BODY> tag to your advantage.

All you have to do is put all the above attributes together within the <BODY> tag.

EXAMPLE

<BODY BGCOLOR="#??????" BACKGROUND="name.gif" TEXT="#??????" LINK="#??????" VLINK="??????" ALINK="#??????">

If you want to find out more about the colours that you can use, head on over to the COLOURS SECTION