im sure this is really simple but i dont know how to put a bar of colour behind p/h/b tags, like this..its hard to explain but youll see and you'll know what i mean how do you get it? hereeee (http://www.sugarlove.kayakgirl.net/)

You're right, I don't get it.

you see the blue behind the headings, like ..abouther*
..thelayout*
..links*
..quickthanks*


how do you get the like, colour behind it?

The code in that site is horrid, but:

element { background: color; }

For example, p { background: #fff; } will make all your <p> tags have white backgrounds.

it would be in the stylesheet, like, it'd be something like <p=(whatever its called) > i dunno, im new to html but i really wanna know

it would be in the stylesheet, like, it'd be something like <p=(whatever its called) > i dunno, im new to html but i really wanna know

For an inline style, it would be <p style="background: color;">text</p>