Here are eight (8) additional attributes: fontsize, transition, logo, address, credits, instructions, xspeed and yspeed (unless using 2.9 see below or 2.9.1 for further explanantion) are all WebTV only body attributes, that can be added to the body tag that will definitely enhance your web page and not in an e-mail signatures at this time.
Use the fontsize attribute to set the size to small, medium, and large. The value for the fontsize attribute overrides the size that the viewer can set in the WebTV setup pages. The default value for fontsize is medium.
To see a page for the body tag called transition click here. With the addition of the 2.9 or 2.9.1 upgrade a transition can be seen in an e-mail when said e-mail is opened and also the logo attribute usually associated with the body tag. <display: transition="type goes here" logo="image URL here"> is the syntax used within the signature box used anywhere after the body tag. When using raw HTML within an e-mail message the transition precedent is that of what is in the signature ergo using a different transition remove the signature. The image logo will be seen either by tapping the "Recent" key or the "Info" key. The attributes of address, instructions and credits may be used within the display tag.
The body tag attribute called logo is used to display an image of your choice when someone depresses the Info key to see the address of your page. This image will be displayed when it is saved into one of your favorite folders and when you tap your Recent key the image will be displayed. It is a good idea for the image to be small enough so that the image appears when you tap either the "Recent" or "Save" key although the image will be compressed which might cause distortion. My image is 103 pixels wide with a height of 125 pixels and fits just perfectly. Here is how it is added to the body tag. An example is below.
<body background="URL here" text="?" transition="slideright" bgcolor="?" logo="URL of image">
This is a great effect when you wish a picture of yourself to be seen when someone uses the Info key. It establishes you as the author of your homepage.
When a person seeks the address of your page they tap the Info key and the URL of the page is displayed. You may choose to include it by not entering this attribute at all or direct them to your main page, as I have done, by using this attribute within the body tag. You can also put a text message instead of an URL and be sure to use address="text or absolute URL here" meaning the quotation marks.
<body background="URL here" text="?" bgcolor="?" transition="slideright" logo="URL of image" address="either an URL or text"> or you may just type a few words like I did , tap your Info key
The Info key can be a useful tool in the building of your page. This key is located on your keyboard next to the Go To key. There are two very important things you can add to this function which are an additional button for credits and instructions as well.
<body background="URL here if a background is used"
text="pick a color"
bgcolor="pick a color"
xspeed="?"
yspeed="?"
fontsize="large"
transition="pick one"
logo="URL of an image"
address="either an URL or text"
credits="URL of whatever except an image"
instructions="URL of whatever except an image">
Within these attribute you can place an URL for instructions on how to use the page and a link for acknowledging the individuals who contributed in the building of the page by using the attribute of Credits as a link.
The full URL [absolute URL] has to used for the attributes of address, credits and instructions. You can use the relative URL for logo and in a subdirectory you have to use logo="../URL_here" For more on the use of absolute and relative URL's click here.
To create the background movement, which is only WebTV viewable which works on a web page only I used, <body background="images/star.gif" xspeed="10" yspeed="5" text="#ffffff"> to create the movement. With the enhancement of the 2.9 or 2.9.1 upgrade using <body:
background="full URL here for e-mail" yspeed="10" xspeed="5"> along with your standard body tag will show the x and y speed when an e-mail is opened. Here are a few colon commands used within the <display: command and their meaning
hideoptions - Now look at your status bar. Do you see it? If no, then the
tag works.
nosend - Try to press send button, read panel.
nosave - Press save button, read panel.
You can save with sidebar though.
noscroll - You can't scroll past the 1st window.
If you wish to tranload the background here is the URL:
http://www.wtv-zone.com/bluefox/images/star.gif
Here are the body tags used in this tutorial but only the above is necessary to have the movement.
<body background="../images/star.gif" xspeed="10" yspeed="5" fontsize="large" text="#ffffff" link="gold" vlink="red" logo="../images/us_flag.gif" credits="http://www.wtv-zone.com/bluefox/menu.html" instructions="http://www.wtv-zone.com/bluefox/tutes/ccp.html" transition="slideup" address="For those who fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know">
Tap your "Info" key to see what usage of the body attributes of logo, address and credits produces. BTW using xspeed="X" by itself moves the background horizontally and yspeed="X" again by itself moves the background vertically and the two used together, as I have done, moves the background diagonally. By default xspeed="X" moves to the right and yspeed="X" moves downward. If you use a minus sign like this yspeed="-X" or xspeed="-X" then that movement is reversed.