web page question

**helavagal** · 01 July 2009, 05:03 PM

How can I change the white background on a web page? This is a preview of my page.

Thank you for your help

**bcire68** · 01 July 2009, 05:42 PM

The answer is yes, but the how depends on what you want to change it to. Is it a color or a bitmap (picture)?

Eric

**helavagal** · 01 July 2009, 09:36 PM

I would like to change the window background that is not associated with my project. Everything else is great. The white on the edges of the window are just too stark for the look that I am trying for.

**steve.ledger** · 01 July 2009, 09:53 PM

Ctrl+Drag a colour from the colourline to the 'page'.

**Rik** · 01 July 2009, 09:57 PM

Here is an example of what you need to do to the coding of the page:-

<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-gb">
<title>Rik's Web Site</title>
</head>

<body bgcolor="#0000FF">

In the <body> section of your web page, enter bgcolor="#FF0000"

FF0000 will set the background colour to BLUE

Change the hex code (#ff....) to what ever colour you like, to suit.
Dark Grey would be #3A3A3A. I have used this background colour on some of my web sites. Looks nice!
Would probably look good on yours too!

</body>

</html>

Rik.

**steve.ledger** · 01 July 2009, 10:05 PM

Rik that isn't required with XWD or Xtreme.

The body background colour is written to the default.css rather than the .htm file when you Ctrl+Drag from the colour line.

Using your suggestion would require manual editing ALL pages of the site and would be lost if the project is re exported.
Remember that XWD or Xtreme and not HTML editors.

**helavagal** · 02 July 2009, 01:33 PM

when I do the control drag to the page, does it create a layer called page background? I think I have done that and used a lighter gray, but it still previews as white. I will post an example in a moment. the file must be reduced so I can link it.

**steve.ledger** · 02 July 2009, 10:02 PM

The layer should be called 'Page Background'.
Somehow yours are named 'Page Background (2)'
Rename them to 'Page Background' (right-click>>Properties) and the grey background will show as planned