Image Backgrounds
Background images are inserted as a property
of the <body> tag. For example the following tag will set as a
background image the jpg file named coins_bg.jpg that is stored in the
folder images one level up from the current directory.
<body background="../images/coins_bg.jpg"
text="#FFFFFF">
When an image does not completely fill the
screen, it is repeated both horizontally and vertically by default. Considerations
when selecting background images:
- Background that is esthetically pleasing, but problematic, in
that the very large image may take a long time to load for someone with a
slow modem connection. This image is
width="460" height="460"
and 39157 bytes
- Background too
busy, text difficult to read. The single image is 150 by 150
and 12403 bytes in size
- Using a relatively small image,
taking advantage of default tiling to
create an attractive background
with an image of size:
width="1600"
height="32" and only 463
bytes.
-
Repeating patterns in backgrounds, can be
bothersome or attractive. Here's
another example.
Last updated on
02/13/2003 by L.M. Hicks |