That _should_ work, but only if you don't have a style sheet overriding it, like Andrew has.
Regards Darren Tracey > -----Original Message----- > From: Balaji [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, 1 October 2003 11:48 AM > To: CFAussie Mailing List > Subject: [cfaussie] RE: How to set default background colour ? > > > > That should work. bcoz i am using it. > > <body background="black"> > > balaji > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Andrew > Dickinson > Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 11:29 AM > To: CFAussie Mailing List > Subject: [cfaussie] RE: How to set default background colour ? > > > Nope, didn't work. > > But I figured it out. I added a line to the BODy section of the > stylesheet, like so ........ > > BODY { > height : 8.5in; > color : #000072; > background-color : #ccFFcc; > } > > Thanks anyway. > > > create a variable in application.cfm > > > > <cfset bg_default = "abcdef" > > > > > In the body tag of the pages set > > > > <body bgcolour = #bg_default#> > > > > If you are using tag for menu and navigation, the job is simpler. > > just do it in that page alone. > > > > --Balaji > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Andrew > > Dickinson > > Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 10:12 AM > > To: CFAussie Mailing List > > Subject: [cfaussie] How to set default background colour ? > > > > > > We run an offline version of our system here (for testing > and development, > > of course). > > > > I maintain a light green background on the offline system, > in order to > > make it instantly clear exactly what code I'm modifying. > > > > I copied the entire live system to offline last week, and I > now can't > > remember how to set the default background colour. Can > someone please > > remind me ? > > --- > You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > MX Downunder AsiaPac DevCon - http://mxdu.com/ > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > MX Downunder AsiaPac DevCon - http://mxdu.com/ > --- You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MX Downunder AsiaPac DevCon - http://mxdu.com/
