Background Effect: Using buttons instead of links




The example above is functional. Click on any button to see how it works. Just cut and paste the code below to your page source taking note of the parameters to be changed.
 

<form>
<input type="button" value="Welcome Page" 
onclick="window.location.href='http://www.???.com'">
<input type="button" value="Back" onClick="history.go(-1)">
<input type="button" value="green" onclick="document.bgColor='green">
<input type="button" value="blue" onclick="document.bgColor='blue'">
<input type="button" value="white" onclick="document.bgColor='white'">
</form>

1. The button with "Home Page" written in it will take you to the welcome page of this site.
    You can replace that with value="Home Page" or whatever descriptive name you have for the
    destination page. Change "http://www.???.com" with the complete URL/link of the destination. 
    The above example has "http://www.newbiehangout.com" as URL which links 
    to the Welcome Page of NewbieHangout.com.
 

<input type="button" value="Welcome Page" onclick="window.location.href='http://www.???.com'">

2. You don't need to do anything on this part if you want to retain it as a "Back" button. However, if
    you wish to have a "Forward" button type value="Forward" in replace of value="Back" and make 
    the -1 of "history.go(-1)" to +1. This means that if you have accessed another site after reading 
    this and returned back here using the same browser window, when you click on the "Forward"
    button you will be transported to the page you accessed after this. The reverse goes with "Back"
    which will bring you to the previously accessed page.
 

<input type="button" value="Back" onClick="history.go(-1)">
Note: The "Back" button above would not work if you did not access a page prior to this.

3. The last four buttons with "green" "gray" and "magenta" will change the background color of this page with 
    green or gray, whichever you choose to click. You can add more buttons with other colors by
    duplicating the code below and changing "green" to your desired color.
 

<input type="button" value="green" onclick="document.bgColor='green">

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