Body attribute question

Zoid · 08-17-2008, 11:51 PM

In the body tag, should I be setting my bg colors and text and all that like this:
<body bgcolor="?" text="?" link="?" etc..>

or like this:

<body style="color: white; background-color: black; background-image: url(blah/blahblah.jpg);" alink="#c8ffff" link="#c8c8ff" vlink="#ffc8ff">

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jnjc · 08-18-2008, 12:38 AM

Technically you shouldn't do either. You should use a .css file and put your styling in it. But if you are going to use one of the two use the 'style="color: white; background-color...' method. It'll give you more constancy and make the transition to a style sheet easier....

Zoid · 08-18-2008, 03:57 AM

Ok thanks. I have a video on CSS here that I am going to dig into once I am finished with the HTML one, but it is a video on CSS2.....do I need to learn CSS first or does it matter?

08-17-2008, 11:51 PM	#1 (permalink)
Zoid New Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 10	Body attribute question In the body tag, should I be setting my bg colors and text and all that like this: <body bgcolor="?" text="?" link="?" etc..> or like this: <body style="color: white; background-color: black; background-image: url(blah/blahblah.jpg);" alink="#c8ffff" link="#c8c8ff" vlink="#ffc8ff"> ?????¿¿¿¿¿

08-18-2008, 12:38 AM	#2 (permalink)
jnjc Moderator Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 365	Technically you shouldn't do either. You should use a .css file and put your styling in it. But if you are going to use one of the two use the 'style="color: white; background-color...' method. It'll give you more constancy and make the transition to a style sheet easier.... __________________ www.solasit.com.au Website Design and Development Melbourne, Australia

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08-18-2008, 03:57 AM	#3 (permalink)
Zoid New Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 10	Ok thanks. I have a video on CSS here that I am going to dig into once I am finished with the HTML one, but it is a video on CSS2.....do I need to learn CSS first or does it matter?