Discussion Topic: Layouts

**Trainer Rachel** · 10th August 2006, 9:35 PM

I used to use iframes for some of my sites, and if you know how to integrate it seamlessly, like borderless and la la, it works very well.

Except for browsers that dont support iframes...

And faltzer, just wondering if you knew that the pic in your sig has been broken for the past several days. And also I was browsing thru your site and happened to click on the Gold/Silver section and saw that you said G/S was the 3rd generation of games... might wanna fix that.

**XD375** · 10th August 2006, 9:44 PM

I'm using Dragonfree's first layout on my new website.

But my problem is the background. I have this:

background:#FFFFFF;

and changed it to this:

background:#http://www.freewebs.com/xd375/background.bmp;

but it won't work.

PS: Always been a fan of The Cave of Dragonflies! Keep it up!

**BlueEew** · 10th August 2006, 11:20 PM

Its not working because you are doing it wrong, # should always be followed by a number which is the hex code for a colour.

If you want a image background you need to add differnt HTML, to get the code for your background add <img src="http://urltoimgar.com">.

**AgentChronon** · 11th August 2006, 12:01 AM

Just so you know the link doesn't work. What eewness said seems right...

I love TCoD too. ^__^

**Virtual Headache** · 11th August 2006, 12:39 AM

Originally Posted by XD375

I'm using Dragonfree's first layout on my new website.

But my problem is the background. I have this:

background:#FFFFFF;

and changed it to this:

background:#http://www.freewebs.com/xd375/background.bmp;

but it won't work.

PS: Always been a fan of The Cave of Dragonflies! Keep it up!

You need to use this:

HTML Code:

body {
background-image: url(http://www.freewebs.com/xd375/background.bmp);
}

Also, you'd better use another format for your pics than bmp.

I think the most important thing about layouts is, that the colors aren't hurting your eyes.

**Trainer Rachel** · 11th August 2006, 3:06 AM

Yeah, if you're using paint then save the files in PNG format. You wont lose quality, and they load faster.
And the link isnt working because of that ; being included in the hyperlink

**XD375** · 11th August 2006, 4:32 PM

body {
color:#000000;
font-family:verdana, sans-serif;
font-size:10pt;
background:#FFFFFF;
margin:0;
padding:0;
}

^That's what I have.^
I try putting <I>

HTML Code:

body {
background-image: url([url]http://www.freewebs.com/xd375/background.bmp);[/url]
}

in and
HTML Code:

<img src="http://www.freewebs.com/xd375/background.bmp">

but none work. And Paint in Windows 98 can't save anything other than BMP and my parents won't let me install PaintShop Pro or Corel Draw or any of that stuff that just sits there but hardly ever gets used.

**Trainer Rachel** · 11th August 2006, 5:26 PM

HTML Code:

<body background="http://www.freewebs.com/xd375/background.bmp">

Put that in the "body" section.

**XD375** · 11th August 2006, 5:41 PM

It is still not working.

HTML Code:

body {
color:#000000;
font-family:verdana, sans-serif;
font-size:10pt;
background:#FFFFFF;
<body background="http://www.freewebs.com/xd375/background.bmp">
margin:0;
padding:0;
}

^That's what I have now.^

**Trainer Rachel** · 11th August 2006, 5:46 PM

No, after </head> and <body> then put it there.

**XD375** · 11th August 2006, 5:53 PM

This is what I have for the beginning:

HTML Code:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title>The Pokémon Forest! Created By XD375!</title>

<style type="text/css">

body {
color:#000000;
font-family:verdana, sans-serif;
font-size:10pt;
background:#FFFFFF;
margin:0;
padding:0;
}

**Trainer Rachel** · 11th August 2006, 6:08 PM

Okay, but see where you have </head> in your page? And then <body>? Put the background code right after <body>

**XD375** · 11th August 2006, 6:24 PM

No. Their is no <body>.
Look at my last post, you'll see what I mean.

**Trainer Rachel** · 11th August 2006, 6:29 PM

But I viewed your page source file... as in, on your webpage HTML, you do have a body. Edit that page and you'll see.

**XD375** · 11th August 2006, 6:33 PM

I have body, not <body>.

Where do I place it?

HTML Code:

body {
color:#000000;
font-family:verdana, sans-serif;
font-size:10pt;
background:#FFFFFF;
margin:0;
padding:0;
}

**Trainer Rachel** · 11th August 2006, 6:37 PM

No... here, go to your page, and right click and choose "view page source" you should then see your HTML, and go down after the part you posted, and you should see <body>

**XD375** · 11th August 2006, 6:47 PM

HTML Code:

</head>
<body><body background="http://www.freewebs.com/xd375/background.bmp">

^That's what I have.^ It doesn't work.

**Trainer Rachel** · 11th August 2006, 6:49 PM

It still isnt workin? Man, that's weird... Try getting rid of the first <body> so it just says <body background=blah>

**XD375** · 11th August 2006, 6:51 PM

No, that's not working either.

**Trainer Rachel** · 11th August 2006, 6:53 PM

The only other thing I can suggest at the moment is getting rid of the CSS stuff. That might be the problem...

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