Bordered Background Tutorial
Most web sites today are using bordered backgrouds. Below I'm offering a short tutorial on how to get the text correctly lined up with the bordered backgrounds. You'll also find the vspacer.gif here. You'll need to download this to have your bordered background aligned correctly, also with this, both Netscape and Interent Explorer will view the bordered background correctly. You can right click below on the vspacer.gif and save it to your hard drive. Then use the code below:)) Of course you'll need to change the title to yours, name your background, and put in what colors you'll be using, and the contents of your site.
For WebTV users, transload this vspacer.gif. 
All others, right click and save the vpspacer.gif to your hard drive.
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE> Title Of Your Page </TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<bgcolor="#333333" text="#FFFFFF" link="#000000" vlink="#FFFFCC" alink="#005500" background="nameofyourbackground.jpg">
<table>
<tr><td valign=left align=top><img src="vspacer.gif" border=0 height=1 width=125></td><td valign=left align=top width=100%><!--YOUR PAGE CONTENTS GO HERE!-->
</td></tr></table>
</BODY></HTML>
Notice the width attribute, above it states width=125. This has to be adjusted according to the width of the bordered background you are using. If the border is wide, you might have to adjust the width to 130 to 140. Just play around with these numbers on the width and you'll have your text aligned up correctly each time!
When you put an image up, do you have that pesky blue border around it? Well here's how to get rid of it! When you write the code for your image always added border=0 then close out the tag. That's all there is to it :))
COLOR CHART
To use, just click on the button color you wish to view. The background color of this page will change to that color.
These colors, when you use the #Code, will all work on both Netscape and Internet Explorer. The one below this one shows you the color and the color #. Both are very good, just thought I'd give you a choice to use.
Netscape Color Names, Netscape and Internet Explorer #Color Codes
| aliceblue
antiquewhite aqua aquamarine azure beige bisque black blanchedalmond blue blueviolet brown burlywood cadetblue chartreuse chocolate coral cornflowerblue cornsilk crimson cyan darkblue darkcyan darkgoldenrod darkgray darkgreen darkkhaki darkmagenta darkolivegreen darkorange darkorchid darkred darksalmon darkseagreen darkslateblue darkslategray darkturquoise darkviolet deeppink deepskyblue dimgray dodgerblue firebrick floralwhite forestgreen fuchsia |
gainsboro ghostwhite gold goldenrod gray green greenyellow honeydew hotpink indianred indigo ivory khaki lavender lavenderblush lawngreen lemonchiffon lightblue lightcoral lightcyan lightgoldenrodyellow lightgreen lightgrey lightpink lightsalmon lightseagreen lightskyblue lightslategray lightsteelblue lightyellow lime limegreen linen magenta maroon mediumaquamarine mediumblue mediumorchid mediumpurple mediumseagreen mediumslateblue mediumspringgreen mediumturquoise mediumvioletred midnightblue mintcream mistyrose |
moccasin navajowhite navy oldlace olive olivedrab orange orangered orchid palegoldenrod palegreen paleturquoise palevioletred papayawhip peachpuff peru pink plum powderblue purple red rosybrown royalblue saddlebrown salmon sandybrown seagreen seashell sienna silver skyblue slateblue slategray snow springgreen steelblue tan teal thistle tomato turquoise violet wheat white whitesmoke yellow yellowgreen |
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