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how do i make the backround of the page a different color than the centered text just like on the page i mentioned in my first post?
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Well it works like this.
annnd for the table
hexidecimal values can be found at http://www.december.com/html/spec/color.html or http://www.web-source.net/216_color_chart.htm , give us the link to your site so I can check it out
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<HTML> <Head> <title>Zorba</title> </head> <Body bgcolor = (hexadecimal code referring to your background colour of choice!)>
<table width="90%" align="center" bgcolor =(hexadecimal code referring to your background colour of choice!)> <tr><td align="left" valign="top"> PAGE CONTENT HERE </td></tr> </table></body> </html>
hexidecimal values can be found at http://www.december.com/html/spec/color.html or http://www.web-source.net/216_color_chart.htm , give us the link to your site so I can check it out
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replace (hexadecimal code referring to your background colour of choice!)
with a hexidecimal value, such as
will produce a white background
with a hexidecimal value, such as
<body bgcolor = #FFFFFF>
will produce a white background
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Just for cuddlers89's information: You don't necessarily need a hexidecimal code for color, you can also use the color name for most basic colors like white red blue black green yellow orange; etc. 
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lol, for my information as well, I didn't know that
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You can also use style sheets:
You can also link to external style sheets.
<html>
<head>
<style>
body {
background: colour name or hex value;
}
for tables:
table {
background: colour name;
}
</style>
</head>You can also link to external style sheets.
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