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HTML - Text Background?
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I am very new to web design, in fact I've only been doing any html since about december. I have my site up and running and for what it is I am pretty proud of it. I am having one problem though. My background is a tiled image, it uses black, white, and greyscale to create the image. Since it is mostly black the text on my site is white. However even with that contrast it is still hard to read. I have decided I would like to add a black backdrop behind the text on the site. I would like the backdrop to stay only around the text and as close to the text's edge as possible. The only way I have found to do this however is to make a jpeg of the text with the black behind it and then place the image on the page. Is there any way to put a layer of black behind the text? I know very little html and nothing else yet. Any help would be useful. Thanks, Questionmark P.S. If you want to get an idea of what I am trying to do with the text go to http://www.questionmarkdesigns.com/Pages/Home.html The text in the lower right frame is the jpeg image I made. It shows what I would like to do with the text on the site. I am hoping there is a way to code it so I don't have to make a bunch of images. Similar Tutorials<tr> <td> <img id="site_04" src="images/site_04.gif" width="781" height="237" alt="" /></td> </tr> I have this code and I want to transform that image on a background on that space, HELP ME PLEASE! So, I tried to use CSS to make my background text black. It hasn't worked... not quite sure why. Here is the site again: Thesoulofashark.com Cheers Hi All, This is probably a basic question to ask but for some reason i cant seem to figure it out, Basically what you can see below is a table width="850" and then another table inside that table with a width="425" as you can see i have set 4 back ground images which look perfect my problem is im trying to put wording over them images....i can get wording on the images but they wont go in the relevant position, i.e align="top" they align at the bottom! iv tried everything i can possibly think off.... HTML Code: <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="850">
<tr>
<td>
<table width="425" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="left">
<tr>
<td height="163" style="background-image: url(/images/box1.png); background-position: left;
background-repeat: no-repeat">
<a href="/html/ExistingCustomers.aspx">APPLY HERE</a>
</td>
<td height="163" style="background-image: url(/images/box3.png); background-position: left;
background-repeat: no-repeat">
<a href="/html/ExistingCustomers.aspx">APPLY HERE</a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="163" style="background-image: url(/images/box2.png); background-position: left;
background-repeat: no-repeat">
<a href="/html/ExistingCustomers.aspx">APPLY HERE</a>
</td>
<td height="163" style="background-image: url(/images/box4.png); background-position: left;
background-repeat: no-repeat">
<a href="/html/ExistingCustomers.aspx">APPLY HERE</a>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15px">
</tr>
</table>
If some one can tell me how to do it this i would highly appreciate it, iv tried adding this HTML Code: <tr>
<td height="163" style="background-image: url(/images/box1.png); background-position: left;
background-repeat: no-repeat" class="WhiteSmall" valign="top"><b>Apply Now></b>
</td>
</tr>
So it aligns it at the top but still i need it in the top middle..... if there a way of saying Valign="top middle" ??? as im aware you can use background-position: left top maybe you can do the same for valign? Hope some one can help me thanks for reading and look forward to hearing from you Okay I am very new to website design, I currently am in the progress of a php site and it is definitely looking better fast the more I learn. My question is simply that I created a css style that just uses a background image hosted on my website. thats all...and I attached the CSS style to bodies of text in my web page, the problem being, that they are long lines across the whole screen of JUST that line. What I am asking for help with is creating a large BOX of my image (of any height/width) and throw text in it. Take a look at my site for the moment so you know exactly what I mean. Konnection Films Again, I want to take those short brown lines and make them the length of the text, and mesh them together vertically so line breaks don't break the image. If you don't know what I mean just let me know! Thanks so much in advance! P.S. For some reason my "Ctrl" key is not working in Dreamweaver but everywhere else, is this some stupid setting or my computer just bugged? http://tbsnyder.com/site/ I have a simple nav background image setup and I tried lining the text up which works perfectly on my Mac browsers (safari and firefox), but when I opened the site up on my Windows machine, I got this: http://tbsnyder.com/site/difference.png Two differences: the text has more weight on the Mac browsers and it doesn't line up correctly in the PC browsers. Anyone understand why this is? I'm just using a standard font family (arial, helvetica, sans-serif) - why would they appear different between Macs/PCs? Am I setting this up incorrectly in css? CSS: Code: .homeBtn {
padding: 0px 12px 0px 0px;
}
.theSystemBtn {
padding: 0px 12px 0px 0px;
}
.workoutsBtn {
padding: 0px 11px 0px 0px;
}
The html is just an unordered list as you can see from the source. I like the look of the heavier weighted text if I can keep it like that. I would really appreciate any kind of knowledge or assistance in the issue of correctly matching text to background images in a nav bar. Hi, I want to fade/dissolved text that is on top of an image. The problem with many dhtml and javascript is that they simply change the color of the text to make it look like the text has disappeared. This works if we are using a single background colour. However, with images, this will not work. Is there a way I can make the text disappear from an image using dhtml/javascript? I'm a beginner studying HTML. One item that I cannot find out how to do is to put a design behind the images/text in a regular text field. For instance, if I was on a social networking site and typed about myself in a specific box on my profile. Is it possible to embed or modify my text to have a custom design in its backdrop with something such as a specific code that I may add in? Hello, I'm not too sure where I'm going wrong here. I've created a graphic for use as a background image, which contains a text box in the middle of the page. I've sliced the image and adjusted the html to include a rowspan, which can be seen at this url: http://www.magicalwonders.com/graphics/test.html Borders have been left on so that the layout is easier to see. I was expecting the two cells either side of the cell that I've rowspanned to stretch as extra text goes in the box - however, this doesn't seem to work and the design gets completely broken, as in this url: http://www.magicalwonders.com/graphics/test2.html I don't won't to be restricted in the amount of text I can include, so can anyone point me in the right direction and advise on the correct way to get this to work? Many thanks, Myles Hi All, Nice site BTW, my problem is i want to add some text with a background colour behind it but i want the background colour to stretch the full width of the page ? Can anybody help me out Thanks Hi, I would like to know if I can make the background image (over which I will write the content of the page) to fit the space I'm using. For example, I don`t how to explain it , but I see sites with the navigation bar image or the content image to adapt its size according to the amount of text on them. And then it seems like they are infinite, again, it adapts to the isze of the page. But my background image stays the same size all the time and I can see the end of it. I know I didn`t explain it very well but I don`t know exactly what I need to do this so, if someone could help me, thanks a lot. Hi All This is my first post so i hope I provide all the info you need, to be able to help. I am working inside Macromedia UltraDev as this is waht I was taught with over a decade ago. Problem started when I set a fixed background image to the page . . . dropdown menu still displays, but everything else (text & pics) in table seem to be hiddden behind the background image. here is the code HTML Code: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml2/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en">
<head>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Cache-Control" CONTENT="no-cache">
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Pragma" CONTENT="no-cache">
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Expires" CONTENT="0">
<style type="text/css">
html, body {height:100%; margin:0; padding:0;}
#page-background {position:fixed; top:0; left:0; width:100%; height:100%;}
#content {position:relative; z-index:1; padding:10px;}
</style>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="dropdown/dropdown.css" />
<script src="dropdown/btp.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
<meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-au">
<meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 5.0">
<meta name="ProgId" content="FrontPage.Editor.Document">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
<title>Barcaldine Tourist Park</title>
</head>
<body>
<div align="center"> <center>
<table width="1000" border="0" cellpadding="0" height="100%">
<tr>
<td height="54" colspan="2">
<div align="center">
<h1><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="+7">Barcaldine
Tourist Park</font></h1>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<td height="146" colspan="2"> <span class="preload1"></span> <span class="preload2"></span>
<ul id="nav">
<li class="top"><a href="#nogo1" class="top_link"><span>Home</span></a></li>
<li class="top"><a href="#nogo2" class="top_link"><span>Park Features</span></a></li>
<li class="top"><a href="#nogo22" class="top_link"><span>Accommodation</span></a></li>
<li class="top"><a href="#nogo27" class="top_link"><span>Our Tarrifs</span></a></li>
<li class="top"><a href="#nogo57" class="top_link"><span>Special Offers
</span></a></li>
<li class="top"><a href="#nogo57" class="top_link"><span>Local Photos</span></a></li>
<li class="top"><a href="#nogo57" class="top_link"><span>Contact Us</span></a></li>
<li class="top"><a href="#nogo53" id="shop" class="top_link"><span class="down">Local
Attractions</span></a>
<ul class="sub">
<li><a href="#nogo54">Australian Workers Heritage Centre</a></li>
<li><a href="#nogo55">Tree of Knowledge</a></li>
<li><a href="#nogo56">Artesian Country Tours</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<td rowspan="2" width="99"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="5" width="895" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<div align="center"></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<td width="99"> </td>
</tr>
<tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<td width="99"> </td>
</tr>
<tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<td width="99"> </td>
</tr>
<tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<td width="99" height="23"> </td>
</tr>
</table>
</center></div>
<div id="page-background"><img src="images/bg.jpg" width="100%" height="100%" alt="Smile"></div>
<div id="content">
</div>
</body>
</html>
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I was hoping my choices are avalable so that I can just insert this tag into my web pages and then give them login info to their edit page or show them how to upload the .txt file. I hope this is an easy one with several answers. Is it possible these tags could discipline your rankings in the search engines? Thanks, Jason Hi All, I am new to this forum and is expecting an answer for this question. I have implemented a facebook type search to the database which displays the familiar text saved in the database when I type some text in the database. My issue is after I have used the search box for a couple of time the text box starts displaying a similar dropdown from its history which hides my database search. Does anyone know how to disable it using html or css. See the attached Image if my question is not clear. http://www.htmlforums.com/attachment...1&d=1306715905 Hi Can any one help. I have this form the user is ask to input a message and a number. 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Best wishes, mas hi Everyone, I have a html form in which i have a text area.I enter some thing in the text area and when i again request for the same html page i want to now display the html page with the changes i made last in the texta area. Can anyone help me out with this doubt. Thanks in advance |
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