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I am in the process of learning HTML.
What is the best way to create a gradient background for an HTML page?
So far this is what I have as a background:
body style="background-color:Powderblue"
I know this is not a gradient.
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This cannot be done in html but it can in css (specifically css3).
You would have to add a class to the body of your page or a div within it that surrounds all of your content. You can use a css gradient generator to get the code to put in your css class.
Here is a simple example on a div: http://jsfiddle.net/8fDte/
You can do the following as well if you want it on the body. Note you have to link to the css file that will store you styles.
HTML
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<LINK href="PathToCss.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
</HEAD>
<BODY class="MyGradientClass">
</BODY>
</HTML>
CSS
This code can be generated by a css gradient generator like the one linked above.
.MyGradientClass
{
height:200px;
background-image: linear-gradient(bottom, rgb(113,61,62) 25%, rgb(147,92,93) 63%, rgb(177,120,121) 82%);
background-image: -o-linear-gradient(bottom, rgb(113,61,62) 25%, rgb(147,92,93) 63%, rgb(177,120,121) 82%);
background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(bottom, rgb(113,61,62) 25%, rgb(147,92,93) 63%, rgb(177,120,121) 82%);
background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(bottom, rgb(113,61,62) 25%, rgb(147,92,93) 63%, rgb(177,120,121) 82%);
background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(bottom, rgb(113,61,62) 25%, rgb(147,92,93) 63%, rgb(177,120,121) 82%);
background-image: -webkit-gradient(
linear,
left bottom,
left top,
color-stop(0.25, rgb(113,61,62)),
color-stop(0.63, rgb(147,92,93)),
color-stop(0.82, rgb(177,120,121))
);
}
Edit:
As Rory mentioned, CSS3 is not fully supported by all modern browsers. However, there are some tools such as PIE CSS to help IE to accept some CSS3 functionality.
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