The Body tag is the tag that your whole page is in. In case you forgot, here is what a
basic HTML page looks like:
<html>
<head>
<title>title of page</title>
</head>
<body>
body...
</body>
</html>
Like a lot of other tags, the <body> tag also has attributes. These
Attributes are:
<body background="filename" bgcolor="hex triplet" text="hex
triplet" link="hex triplet" vlink="hex triplet">
These Attributes enable you to color your text, your links and your background.
If you want the background of your page to be a picture, write the picture's filename
instead of "filename." If not, simply erase the background="filename"
attribute. The bgcolor="hex triplet" is if you want your background to be a
solid color. Also, if you choose to have a picture background, you should also include a
solid color tag for non-graphic browsers. Put the hex value of the color you want instead
of "hex triplet." All the text in your page, except the text between
<font>...</font> tags, will turn that color.
Note: If you aren't familiar with hexes, simply write the color you want:
blue, red, green, white, black, pink, purple, yellow, aqua, silver, gray or orange.
The text="hex triplet" is the color of the text of your page (again in hexes or
in color names), the link="hex triplet" determines the color of your links, and
the vlink="hex triplet" determines the color of the links the visitor has
already visited.
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