Web Development - Images and Backgrounds

Fancy Backgrounds Aren't Always kool

(Yes, that's an intentional misspelling).

It can be VERY tempting, especially for new website designers, to create really elaborate backgrounds. One of the problems with such an idea is that the more elaborate and colorful a background, the harder it will be to place readable text on top of the background. Let's face it - graphics are nice, but most web pages are developed to convey some sort of message to the reader. If your page is entirely graphics, and you feel a complex background is appropriate, go for it. If you page has any text, though, try to stick with simple or close to mono-color backgrounds. Perhaps make part of the background colorful, and another part plain-color, and only place text on the plain-color sections (this can be accomplished using tables and other positioning elements).

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