W3Schools HTML Quiz

ecchi · 2012-06-15, 05:45 AM

Question five confused the fuck out of me.

Quote:

5. What is the preferred way for adding a background color in HTML?
<body style="background-color:yellow">
<background>yellow</background>
<body background="yellow">

My answer would be "none of the above". I use:

Code:

<body bgcolor="#ffff00">

Dr Bizzaro · 2012-06-15, 09:48 AM

Result:
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85%
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Time Spent
3:36

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cd34 · 2012-06-15, 11:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ecchi

My answer would be "none of the above". I use:

Code:

<body bgcolor="#ffff00">

bgcolor was deprecated in HTML 4.01 and you're supposed to use CSS syntax now. While it works now, once HTML5 is finalized (and I don't think you can use bgcolor on HTML 4.01 strict), sites that depend on that will start to break.

In reality, it should be done through CSS, not a style parameter to the body tag, but, either way is permissible.

ecchi · 2012-06-19, 07:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cd34

bgcolor was deprecated in HTML .....sites that depend on that will start to break.

Thanks.

So I'm going to have to change over 100 sites, that is several thousand pages.

Fuck!

dunc · 2012-06-19, 07:57 AM

It was depreciated in 1996 or 1997 - so you have had a few years to make changes.

You gotta keep you with the Jones

ecchi · 2012-06-19, 07:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dunc

It was depreciated in 1996 or 1997 - so you have had a few years to make changes.

I missed that memo!

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