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By using HTML code you can specify your background color; plus your, text, link, visited link and active link colors. Don't worry about learning how to code HTML - just select your colors.
Colors don't always look the same when using the Netscape and
Microsoft browser or MAC and PC. Other color tips are outlined below:
- Make sure your text color doesn't clash with your background
color. The classic white background with black text is your best
choice!
- The key to using color is contrast. Make sure you specify
colors for your text and links that contrast well with your
background color. For example, GREEN
does't contrast well with a white background.
- Use colors that compliment your subject matter and are
relatively pleasing to the eye.
- Use a flat color for your background.
- The default values for link parameters in most browsers are
blue for non-visited links (LINK), purple for visited links
(VLINK), and red for active links (ALINK). If you change these
default values, It's important that your visitors be able to see
these links so they know which links they've visited and which
ones they haven't.
- Since you can't control which
browser or computer your visitor will use when they visit your
site, it is important that the colors you select are what are
known as "browser-safe colors".
- Don't pick colors that clash.
- Don't use a multi-colored background image tile as your
background.
- Don't use red or blue on a black background.
- Don't use yellow on a white background. See why, yellow.
- Don't use light text colors on light backgrounds or dark text
colors on dark backgrounds.
- A black background can create a problem if your visitor
prints the page.
- Your background colors should remain the same on every
page.
Color Picker II. A useful tool to assist you with selecting the right
background color, text color, link color, and visited link color
is
located at this link.
Web pages at 1st Site Free are defined as:
- Major Web pages: Home, Plan, Design, Code, Upload, Test, Promote
and Maintain.
- Minor pages: All other Web pages at 1st Site Free.
The body colors used at 1st Site Free for major Web pages:
<body
bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
text="#000000"
link="#0000FF"
vlink="#880088"
alink="#FF0000">
The body colors used at 1st Site Free for minor pages (including this one) are shown below:
<body
bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
text="#000000"
link="#0000FF"
vlink="#999999"
alink="#FF0000">
Add this color information to your Website Plan.
Let's go to Consistency.
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