Back off using a background

One of the biggest mistakes people make when designing web pages is using a background image that makes the page illegible. With a graphics-heavy website, backgrounds are never a good idea. You don’t see book publishers using textured backgrounds for their print pages, do you? Why add an extra image to an already graphic-packed web page? Just because you have the ability to add a texture or picture to a web page’s background, doesn’t mean you should - especially if your audience already has an overwhelming amount of graphics to view.