Adding a border to your website can give you a classic finishing touch. It takes just a minute to establish, and can do wonders for your website. Why add a border? Adding a border will define the transition from website to empty space. It adds a level of visual aesthetics and can complete the overall look. Let's take a moment to learn a little more about the border option, and how you can use it effectively.

Notice that our featured site is using a thin dark brown border to wrap around their website. Doing this defines a nice boundry and is particularly effective when using background colors. Adding a border will soften the transition between similar colors or shades, and amplify or highlight transitions between contrasting colors. We do not recommend applying a border to sites using all white, although you are certainly welcome to do so.

To apply a border, click on Step 2, and then Color Scheme. At the bottom of the Background section, there is a place for you to select the size of the border (1 to 5 pixels), as well as the color of the border. In most cases, a black border will do the trick. If you are going to use a border, we recommend that you use either 1 or 2 pixels for your size.

Additionally, it is worth pointing out that the border color will not be noticeable on sites using 100% width. Your site must be using a fixed width for this to apply. Your options are 640, 800, and 1024. We recommend either 800 or 1024. For instructions on how to change your site width, visit the help article in our knowledgebase on CatholicWebHelp.com.

Note: To see the border and the window background when viewing a website, your monitor must be set to a resolution higher than the width of the website. In most cases, a website will be 800 pixels wide, so you would need 1024x764 monitor resolution.