Sample Page for the Background-Table Combo Article by Online Success Notice that this text is contained in a Table with no borders.  The table was sized to 650 pixels and then moved to the center of the page to cause the text to appear to be beside the blue background to your left.  If you insert the background and just begin typing on the page without arranging tables your text will apear "on" the background color and be unreadable unless you change the text color to a light color.   Tables enable you to arrange your text, graphics and navigation systems any way you'd like without using slow-loading features. If you would like to place a navigation bar over the background area, that can also be accomplished by adding an extra column to this table.  The first column would appear over the background color and you can insert buttons or text there. There are many ways to use this feature while keeping your website as simple and easy to load as possible. Go here to return to the article....