Text Color - Embedded Styles: <html> <head> <style type="text/css"> .different-text-color { color: green; } </style> </head> <body> <p>Normal text color <span class="different-text-color">different text color</span> normal text color</p> </body> </html> Text Color - Inline Styles <p>Normal text color <span style="color:green">different text color</span> normal text color <span style="background-color:yellow">different background color</span></p> Background Color <!-- Codes by Quackit.com --> <div style="background-color:yellow;width:200px;"> <p>HTML background code is limited, CSS background code is much better!</p> </div> <p><a href="http://www.quackit.com/html/codes/color/">HTML color</a></p> Background Image <div style="background-image:url(/pix/smile.gif); background-repeat:repeat; width:200px; height:200px;"> <p>HTML background code is limited, CSS background code is much better!</p> </div> <p><a style="font-size:10px;" href="http://www.quackit.com/web_graphics/free_website_graphics/free_website_backg round_patterns.cfm">Background Patterns</a></p> Fixed Background Image <div style="background-image:url(/pix/smile.gif); background-repeat:repeat; background-attachment:fixed; overflow:scroll; width:200px; height:100px;"> <p>HTML background code is limited, CSS background code is much better! example shows how a background image can be set to a fixed position - even though its containing block scrolls.</p> </div> <p><a style="font-size:10px;" href="http://www.quackit.com/web_graphics/free_website_graphics/free_website_backg round_patterns.cfm">Website Backgrounds</a></p> Backgrounds for the Whole Page <html> <head> </head> <body style="background-color:#eeeeee;"> ...content goes here... </body> How to embed an audio file <embed name="lostmojo" src="/web_design/lostmojo.wav" width="300" height="90" loop="false" autostart="false" /> How to preload a sound file <embed name="lostmojo" src="/web_design/lostmojo.wav" loop="false" autostart="false" hidden="true" mastersound /> How to link to a music file Listen to a sample of <a href="/web_design/lostmojo.wav">Lost Mojo</a> HTML5 <video> Tag <video src="/video/pass-countdown.ogg" width="300" height="150" controls> <p>If you are reading this, it is because your browser does not support the 'video' element. Try using the 'object' element listed further down the page.</p> </video> HTML <object> Tag <object width="425px" height="360px" > <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/> <param name="wmode" value="transparent"/> <param name="movie" value="http://mediaservices.myspace.com/services/media/embed.aspx/m=5385825,t =1,mt=video,searchID=,primarycolor=,secondarycolor="/> <embed src="http://mediaservices.myspace.com/services/media/embed.aspx/m=5385825,t=1, mt=video,searchID=,primarycolor=,secondarycolor=" width="425" height="360" allowFullScreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"/> </object> Linking to a video file <a href="http://mediaservices.myspace.com/services/media/embed.aspx/m=5385825" >Watch this video</a> Web Server Support for MIME Type AddType video/ogg .ogv AddType video/mp4 .mp4 AddType video/webm .webm Step 2. Making a Base <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" dir="ltr" lang="en-US"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> <title>Website.net</title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Let me break it down for you. <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" dir="ltr" lang="en-US"> <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> <title>Website.net</title> </head> <body> </body> </html> Step 3. CSS, Anyone? <link type="text/css" href="style.css" rel="stylesheet" /> Step 4. Laying it out there body { padding: 0px; margin: 0px; background: url('images/background.gif') repeat-x #369abc; text-align: center; } padding: 0px; margin: 0px; background: url('images/background.gif') repeat-x #369abc; text-align: center; <div id="menu"> <div class="main"> 1. Menu </div> </div> #menu { } .main { } #menu { background: #2c3133; height: 25px; padding: 20px 10px 10px 10px; text-align: left; border-bottom: 5px solid #4b889d; } .main { width: 1000px; margin: 0px auto; text-align: left; } <div class="main"> <div> 2. Header </div> <div id="content1"> 3. Content Area 1 </div> <div id="content2"> 4. Content Area 2 </div> <div id="warning"> &nbsp; </div> <div id="leftcontent3"> 5. Content Area 3 Left </div> <div id="rightcontent3"> 5. Content Area 3 Right </div> <div id="footertop"> <img src="images/topfooter.gif" alt="" /> </div> <div id="footer"> 6. Footer </div> </div> #content1 { width: 629px; background: #8e1743; float: left; border-top: 2px solid #a3d1e1; } #content2 { width: 371px; background: #242729; float: left; border-top: 2px solid #a3d1e1; } #warning { background: url('images/warning.gif') repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid #c7be84; height: 60px; } #leftcontent3 { float: left; width: 530px; padding: 10px; background: url('images/bottomleft.gif') bottom left no-repeat #ffffff; } #rightcontent3 { float: left; width: 430px; padding: 10px; background: url('images/bottomright.gif') bottom right norepeat #ffffff; } #footertop { margin: 50px 0px 0px 0px; } #footer { background: url('images/bottomfooter.gif') bottom no-repeat #1d1e19; padding: 0px 10px 10px 10px; } Step 5. Add a bit more detail font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; font-weight: bold; font-size: 14px; background: url('images/menu.gif') repeat-x #2c3133; <span class="selected">home</span> &emsp; &emsp; &emsp; floppy disks &emsp; &emsp; &emsp; history &emsp; &emsp; &emsp; services &emsp; &emsp; &emsp; contact us .selected { background: center bottom url('images/selected.gif') no-repeat; display: block; float: left; height: 39px; } <img src="images/logo.gif" alt="" /> <img src="images/purple.gif" alt="" /> height: 198px; font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold; color: #fff; float: right; width: 1000px; <span class="blacksel">The Purpose</span> <span class="nonselb">How We Do It</span> <span class="nonselb">We Love You</span> .blacksel { background: url('images/blacksel.gif') repeat-x; display: block; padding: 23px; height: 22px; } .nonselb { display: block; padding: 23px; } #warning { background: url('images/warning.gif') repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid #c7be84; float: right; width: 960px; height: 20px; padding: 20px; color: #5d5520; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; } color: #ffffff; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; &emsp; home &emsp; &emsp; floppy disks &emsp; &emsp; API &emsp; &emsp; contact &emsp; &emsp; about &emsp; &emsp; business &emsp; &emsp; terms &emsp; &emsp; privacy &emsp; &emsp; blog &emsp; &emsp; status &emsp; &emsp; twitter &emsp; &emsp; more &emsp; &emsp; Styling the Search <div class="searchbar"> <div class="floatl"> <img src="images/leftsearch.gif" alt="" /> </div> <div class="floatls"> <form action=""> <input type="text" value="Search for Something here.." class="search" /> </form> </div> <div class="floatl"> <img src="images/rightsearch.gif" alt="" /> </div> </div> .searchbar { float: right; } .search { background: url('images/searchbg.gif') repeat-x; width: 200px; border: 0px; height: 16px; padding: 10px; position: relative; bottom: 10px; float: left; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: italic; color: #858585; } .floatl { float: left; position: relative; bottom: 10px; } .floatls { float: left; } The final code <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" dir="ltr" lang="en-US"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> <title>Website.net</title> <link type="text/css" href="style.css" rel="stylesheet" /> </head> <body> <div id="menu"> <div class="main"> <span class="selected">home</span> &emsp; &emsp; &emsp; floppy disks &emsp; &emsp; &emsp; history &emsp; &emsp; &emsp; services &emsp; &emsp; &emsp; contact us &emsp; &emsp; &emsp; <div class="searchbar"> <div class="floatl"> <img src="images/leftsearch.gif" alt="" /> </div> <div class="floatls"> <form action="" method="get"> <input type="text" value="Search for Something here.." class="search" /> </form> </div> <div class="floatl"> <img src="images/rightsearch.gif" alt="" /> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="main"> <div> <img src="images/logo.gif" alt="" /> </div> <div id="content1"> <img src="images/purple.gif" alt="" /> </div> <div id="content2"> <span class="blacksel">The Purpose</span> <span class="nonselb">How We Do It</span> <span class="nonselb">We Love You</span> </div> <div id="warning"> Warning </div> <div id="leftcontent3"> 5. Content Area 3 Left </div> <div id="rightcontent3"> 5. Content Area 3 Right </div> <div id="footertop"> <img src="images/topfooter.gif" alt="" /> </div> <div id="footer"> &emsp; home &emsp; &emsp; floppy disks &emsp; &emsp; API &emsp; &emsp; contact &emsp; &emsp; about &emsp; &emsp; business &emsp; &emsp; terms &emsp; &emsp; privacy &emsp; &emsp; blog &emsp; &emsp; status &emsp; &emsp; twitter &emsp; &emsp; more &emsp; &emsp; </div> </div> </body> </html> style.css body { padding: 0px; margin: 0px; background: url('images/background.gif') repeat-x #369abc; text-align: center; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; } #menu { background: url('images/menu.gif') repeat-x #2c3133; height: 25px; padding: 20px 10px 10px 10px; text-align: left; border-bottom: 5px solid #4b889d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #fff; font-weight: bold; font-size: 14px; } .main { width: 1000px; margin: 0px auto; text-align: left; } #content1 { width: 629px; background: #8e1743; float: left; border-top: 2px solid #a3d1e1; } #content2 { width: 371px; background: url('images/blackbg.gif') repeat-x #2e3335; float: left; border-top: 2px solid #a3d1e1; height: 198px; font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold; color: #fff; } #warning { background: url('images/warning.gif') repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid #c7be84; float: right; width: 960px; height: 20px; padding: 20px; color: #5d5520; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; } #leftcontent3 { float: left; width: 530px; padding: 10px; background: url('images/bottomleft.gif') bottom left no-repeat #ffffff; } #rightcontent3 { float: left; width: 430px; padding: 10px; background: #fff; background: url('images/bottomright.gif') bottom right norepeat #ffffff; } #footertop { margin: 50px 0px 0px 0px; } #footer { background: url('images/bottomfooter.gif') bottom no-repeat #1d1e19; padding: 0px 10px 10px 10px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; } .selected { background: center bottom url('images/selected.gif') no-repeat; display: block; float: left; height: 39px; } .blacksel { background: url('images/blacksel.gif') repeat-x; display: block; padding: 23px; height: 22px; } .nonselb { display: block; padding: 23px; } .searchbar { float: right; } .search { background: url('images/searchbg.gif') repeat-x; width: 200px; border: 0px; height: 16px; padding: 10px; position: relative; bottom: 10px; float: left; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: italic; color: #858585; } .floatl { float: left; position: relative; bottom: 10px; } .floatls { float: left; } The web page I got all of this off http://www.quackit.com/html/codes/html_video_codes.cfm