| 1. TV Lines-
TV Lines is the background we currently use, and
it's one of my favorites. It's a great background
because it isn't disorienting at all but adds a nice
effect if the visitor looks at your page closely.
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2. Plaid Madness-
Plaid Madness is a great background because
(amazingly) it gives you a dark and light shade of
any one color you put in, just because of the
texture!View Background In
Action•Download Background
3. Connect the
Dots- Connect the Dots gives a
nice...well...dotty feel. It gives the color of your
choice as a solid with white holes in it.
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4. Sliding Boxes-
Sliding Boxes is most interesting not in the actual
texture, but in how it's created. The actual
background starts out at an X shape, but actually
shows up as a box texture that appears to have
little slides going through it.
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5. Thicker Than
You Can Handle- Thicker Than You Can Handle is a
cool background for sites that have the "bold" look
going on. View Background In Action•Download Background
OK, so you've seen
the textures and have probably now picked your
favorite. Now onto how to use them. First, right
click the link of your favorite texture that says
"Download Background". Select "Save Link As..." and
save it into the images folder of your webpage.
Next, insert this element into your body tag,
replacing the * with the name of the background you
chose: <body background="images/*.gif">
Now, you've probably got an ugly red background on your page. But, that's easily fixable!
Just open the background image you downloaded with
your favorite image editor program and change the
red to any color you like! When you're done, save as. That's it! |
