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How to Add A Background Image

Do you want more than just a color in the background of your Web pages? Then find out how to add your favorite graphic, picture, or image behind your words.

Difficulty Level: beginner      Time Required: 5 minutes


Here's How:
  1. Inside the body tag add the "background" tag and the url of the image.
  2. The code will look like this: <body background=http://sitename.com/image.gif>
  3. Replace "http://sitename.com/image.gif" with the URL of the image that you want to use.
Tips:
  1. You must first have an image online to do this.

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