How to put a Background in your Listing

The following HTML shows you how to put a Background in your listing using a plain colour

<TABLE BGCOLOR="GOLD">
<TR><TD>
This is my item description
<P>
Buy this great item!
</TD></TR>
</TABLE>

It will look like this:

This is my item description
Buy this great item!

You dont have to use a gold background, experiment with other colours!

The next HTML shows you how to use an image as a Background in your listings

<TABLE BACKGROUND="http://www.yourimagehost.com/yourname/yourpic.jpg">
<TR><TD>
This is my item description
<P>
Buy this great item!
</TD></TR>
</TABLE>

It will look like this-

This is my item description
Buy this great item!

The lilac image used in this background is one I have in my Boomspeed account, you will need to find backgrounds of your own and store them in a Picture Host Site like Boomspeed or with the space provided by your ISP.

If you'd like a border around your Table add a Border attribute to the Table tag like this-

<TABLE BACKGROUND="http://www.yourimagehost.com/yourname/yourpic.jpg" BORDER SIZE="5">
<TR><TD>
This is my item description
<P>
Buy this great item!
</TD></TR>
</TABLE>

And it will look like this-
This is my item description
Buy this great item!

You can experiment with different border sizes from 1 to 7. You can even change the color of your border like this-

<TABLE BACKGROUND="http://www.yourimagehost.com/yourname/yourpic.jpg" BORDER SIZE="5" BORDERCOLOR="PURPLE">
<TR><TD>
This is my item description
<P>
Buy this great item!
</TD></TR>
</TABLE>

So it looks like this-

This is my item description
Buy this great item!

There are many sites to get background pictures from, here's a few-

The Background Boutique

The Background Sampler

Background For Free

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