Generally it's best to define backgrounds for pages layers or table cels in an external (linked to) CSS (cascading style sheet).
Being that you're just getting started the easiest/quickest way is to define the page background in within the body tag itself. Initially it will be <body> and you would simply add background=images/yourimage.gif or whatever the path and the image are.
eg. <body background="images/yourimage.gif"> instead of just <body>
The background image will tile automatically. Be cautious about using large images because they really slow down your loading time.
As you get going you'll definitely want to use CSS because you can define all of the attributes in the external file; no repeat, repeat horizontally, repeat vertically etc. they also keep your pages looking consistent, load faster and are easier to edit.
No, that's called hotlinking and it's never a good practice. I took the liberty of loading the image for you (when you open the ftp window you'll now see it in the images folder) and modified the home page to display the image as in the post above. If you look at the source code for the page you'll see the html.
Try to stay away from posting images directly from photo bucket etc. If it's your image and you need it back just right click the image and select "save image as" and point it to your images folder. Then load it to your server.
Thanks, I saved it but i didn't know how to open it and put it in the code. I will lookat how you did it in my folder. I am slowly learning but i will be a master one day. Thanks again.
Exactly, the browser just looks for a file called webhomepage.gif in your images folder. If the image is in that folder on the server it will be displayed.
No, the html should be written in a text editor that doesn't add any formatting (like notepad). Also, the displayed content must go within the body tags.
Just download your index.htm file and open it in notepad and add the desired markup.
As you have Word on your computer you'll likely have the Microsoft Office suite of tools. If so find Microsoft Front Page in your programs. It's not the best but provides a WYSIWYG editor that will add the html markup for you.
Also, have you taken the blogs for a test ride? They have a rich text editor that allows you to just enter text and images as you would in a Word document and it adds the markup as well. (similar to the one we're using here but with support for uploading images)
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