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The wallpaper you choose for your computer's desktop and the web page background you'd like to add to your web site have at least one thing in common: they're both great ways to add a background image, texture or pattern to your website. Your computer's operating system makes it easy to add or change wallpaper; it's usually just a case of finding the background image you want and then clicking your mouse. However, adding web page backgrounds to a web site goes beyond basic point-and-click skills. Fortunately, there are several ways to change a simple white background into a much more appealing visual experience for your web site visitors. The most demanding of these is to create your own backgrounds. To do this, you'll need to have a basic knowledge of some kind of graphic design software, so you can create the good-looking GIF or JPEG images your backgrounds will need. Although you don't need an expensive program like Photoshop, if you're a quick study you can download a free 30-day trial copy of Photoshop from Adobe and dive right into the process of creating your own web page backgrounds. Remember, too, that you'll also need a basic understanding of HTML to add the HTML tags to your website that will make your background images appear. If you don't feel you should have to learn the basics of graphic design to give your web page a background, another approach is to find web page backgrounds on the web. Web masters working on their first website will often look for free clip art sites as a source for their web page backgrounds. This is exactly the choice I made a few sites ago and the backgrounds I found were pretty uneven in terms of quality. What they frequently lack is a truly first class image that doesn't show any seams as the image tiles across the browser window. Many of the web page backgrounds found on clip art sites also have a tacky or garish quality. While researching this article, I found it fascinating that a fairly large percentage of people trolling the search engines for "web page backgrounds" are actually looking for a professionally designed web page template. The third way to ensure that your web page will have a great-looking background is to start with one of these professional-grade templates. These ready-made web designs are not only easy to use and customize, they also look fabulous and include beautiful images and backgrounds that will absolutely put your site head and shoulders above the competition. If you start with a template, you basically just need to add relevant content that gives your site its own unique voice. That's why, in the long run, choosing a template is the fastest and easiest way to get your web site up and running while also giving it the professional look you want.
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Matt Paolini is an experienced webmaster with an interest in graphic design and website design. Visit his site at www.webpagebackgrounds.biz to learn more about web page backgrounds.
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