Background color?

I´ve checkd out FAQ and the basic BBcodes, I´ve searchd the forums for a thread about this without resaults.

My question is: Is there any way to change the background color of a post? Or just a part of it?

I`ve googled and got some different resaults like (bg=Color) (/bg) (background=color) (/background) and mixes in of both. I made "(" istead of "[".
Are we just able to use thouse 'Basic BBcodes' if that´s the case, why?

Thanks in advance

You can change the post background color, but not by BBCodes.
CSS codes can do it.
Tell me which version you use and I'll give you the code for it.

I`m new to this and hardly got any programming experience and considering this i dont know how to check which version of CSS i got.

This is my Free forum: http://convicted.omgforum.net/

And I`m trying to make my post look something like this:http://www.mmo-champion.com/

If you scroll down a bit you can see some blue posts with a grayish background. That´s my goal atleast.

Okey, I think I got it

Add this code to....Admin CP > Display > Colors > CSS Stylesheet..

Code:

.postbody {
background-color : #333333;
color : lightblue;
}

It should work.

This makes all posts look like that?
If that´s the case, how do i add it to a specific post?

Sorry for my newbieish questions and thanks for helping out

Its not possible to apply diff color to specific posts.
Its will be applied to all of them.

I activated HTML and was able to achive somewhat as i wanted it to look like
But when i post it, it shows the code instead of using it.

Anyone knows why this happens?

This is my post in question:

Code:

<table bgcolor="#333333">
<tr><td>
<p><font face="Monotype Corsiva, Verdana" size="2" color="cyan">

<a href="http://http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=16474152841&sid=1/" target="_blank" >Source</a>

We are making a hotfix (any minute now probably) so that Replenishment in Arenas will only affect the character and not the whole team. It will continue to function as it does
currently outside of Arenas.

We feel Replenishment is balanced for larger groups, but just makes too much of a difference
on smaller Arena teams. Making the rules work differently in PvP and PvE isn’t a solution we
like to use often, but in this case we think it fixes the issue cleanly, while still making
the talents in question useful to the character who takes them. Alternatives, such as nerfing
the amount returned by Replenishment in Arena or making it not function at all, seem like
more punitive choices from which we want to stay away.
</font></p>
</td></tr>
</table>

Hummm....before you add code to your post, hit the "A/A" button at the top-right corner of the textbox and then add code.
It will work.

Worked wonders!
Thanks alot for helping me out Ankillien, you´re the man!

Glad to help you buddy