How to Add a Background Image to a Web Page

Use your logo or favorite image to create a subtle, interesting background for your page.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Text-editing program

1. Open a text-editing program, such as EditPad or Notepad. From the File menu, select Open.
2. Locate the Web page file and double-click to open it.
3. Place the cursor after the Head tag. Type the following, replacing "image.gif" with the name of the image to be used: .
4. Select Save from the File menu. Open your Web browser.
5. Open the file by choosing Open from the File menu and locating the file. Double click or select Open to open the page and see what it looks like.
6. Upload the page to your Web site.

Tips & Warnings

• Images will tile repeatedly across the page, so make sure you are using a small, simple graphic.
• Using light grey or lightly colored images will make it easier to read text on Web page.
• Look for free background images on the web by typing "free background" into a search engine.
• Borders that span the left side of a page are really tiled images. The border is a small rectangle of color and the rest of the image is clear, repeating down the page so it looks like a border.
• Obtain permission before using any unlicensed or copyrighted clip art.
• Do not use images from another Web page without permission from the owner of the site.