Basically, you want to ascertain that enough contrast exists between foreground and background. You can
set the default text and the various link colors using Cascading Style Sheets or through the Page Properties
dialog box, shown in Figure 9-16. When trying out a new background pattern, you should set up some
dummy text and links. Then click the Apply button on the Page Properties dialog box to test different color
combinations.
FIGURE 9-16
If you??™re using a background image, be sure to check the default colors for text and links to make sure enough
contrast exists between background and foreground.
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Inserting Images 9
The second distinguishing feature of background images is that the viewing browser completely fills either
the browser window or the area behind the content of your Web page; whichever is larger. Suppose you
have created a splash page with only a 200 x 200 foreground logo, and you??™ve incorporated an amazing
1,024 x 768 background that took you weeks to compose. No one can see the fruits of your labor in the
background??”unless he resizes his browser window to 1,024 x 768. On the other hand, if your background
image is smaller than either the browser window or what the Web page content needs to display, the
browser and Dreamweaver repeat (tile) your image to make up the difference.
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