Notes on BODY Elements

background:

You can change the background color and image (see tutorial, supra). Be sure you choose a background color that coordinates with the background image chosen.

font-family:

This controls what fonts are used; use sans-serif for legibility; reserve serif fonts for headings.

font-size:

Keep this at 12px or above for legibility. Browsers like Opera can resize and zoom fonts; Internet Explorer can do so, but to a lesser extent.

color:

Be sure to use hex codes when declaring color values; not all browsers recognize named colors (e.g., white,black,teal,red, etc.).

body {
background:#292929 url(/community/graphics/users/8/bg.gif);
margin:0;
padding:0;
font-family:'lucida grande','lucida sans unicode','bitstream vera sans', 'trebuchet ms',arial,sans-serif;
font-size:12px;
text-align:center;
color:#222;
}