I think I've figured out what the problem is -- and it's a bug in
Arachne viewing.
My website [sig block] uses and overlying texture. I want the color
scheme to remain usable [since I'm using white & colored text] if
someone accesses the site without image download capability -- or if
they just want to quickly load the page and not screw with graphics [I'm
trying to remain Arachne compat, so am avoiding jpg when possible so no
conversion necessary]. That means that I don't want a white background
with white text. Better black than white, and better still a blue close
to the texture gif colors.
Arachne refuses to go back to bgcolor= if page is loaded w/o graphics
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This isn't just on local files! I went to the website itself, and
regardless of what <body bgcolor=#33ccff"> says, Arachne will NOT
display it. If the image isn't loaded for body, Arachne defaults to
selected html background color.
Michael, this is *not* a good thing!
Would someone else go to the url in my sig, and load it with graphics
turned off, and tell me two things: What color is the screen background,
and does it match what you have set as default in html bg in arachne.cfg???
l.d.
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On Thu, 8 Jun 2000 1:33:59 +0800, J J Young wrote:
> Hmmm. The URL I gave was to demonstrate that Arachne wasn't too
> compliant over color names. But you're using the hex code, at
> which she is more accurate than Windoze browsers on 256 color
> displays, so it's not that sort of glitch.
> Is a saved downloaded page displayed OK? Other pages at the
> linked-to site (below) have a green background with white text.
> You are no doubt aware that some page designers don't take into
> account those visiting with 'images off', who won't be able to
> read white text on a white background, where some deep blue swirl
> pattern was intended. All they had to do was set e.g. bgcolor="#000066"
>> I'm using "#000000 " etc. I'm doing it exactly the same way that
>> Michael has in his own home page. But instead of the blue background
>> coded in, I see only the default grey of Arachne. :<
>>> http://www.wymondhamleics.free-online.co.uk/webtools/aracolor.htm
> Regards,
> Jake
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