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Your Homepage	: Adding Color

Adding Color
So, you want add some color to Your Homepage? Just make a few modifications to the <BODY> tag, and you're all set. You see, the specification of background, text, and link color are all attributes of the <BODY> tag.

The Tag
<BODY BGCOLOR=yellow TEXT=black LINK=red VLINK=purple ALINK=green>

Body of page

</BODY>

The Tag Broken Down by Function
<BODY>

This is the opening part of the tag in its barest sense, with no color information.

BGCOLOR=yellow

This information is placed within the opening part of the tag (as shown above) and specifies the background color of the Web page, in this case yellow.

So, you ask, "If I use BGCOLOR=harvestgold, will the browser display the color of all the major appliances in my parent's home, circa 1972?" Well, no. Only certain colors can be specified by a predefined name. Other colors are specified by a hex code, which is a hexidecimal number representing that color.

For a list of supported predefined color names and a complete explanation of hex codes visit HTML Goodies.

TEXT=black

This information is placed within the opening part of the <BODY> tag (as shown above) and specifies the color of the text, in this case, black. Again, only certain colors can be specified by a predefined name. Others are specified by a hex code.

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LINK=red

This information is placed within the opening part of the <BODY> tag (as shown above) and specifies the color of the links not yet visited, in this case, red. Again, only certain colors can be specified by a predefined name. Others are specified by a hex code.

VLINK=purple

This information is placed within the opening part of the <BODY> tag (as shown above) and specifies the color of the visited links in this case, purple. Again, only certain colors can be specified by a predefined name. Others are specified by a hex code.

ALINK=green

This information is placed within the opening part of the <BODY> tag (as shown above) and specifies the color of the activated link (mouse button pressed over it but not released), in this case, green. Again, only certain colors can be specified by a predefined name. Others are specified by a hex code.

Body of Page

This is where all the good stuff that you want to share with others will be placed.

</BODY>

This closes out the body tag and should be the second to the last tag on your page, just before </HTML>

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