Special Effects - Marquee Tag

How to make moving text in html?
How the make vertical marquee ( upward scrolling text )?
How to set color behind marquee text?

Explanation

Marquee Tag:
<marquee> </marquee>
If you want your text to move with in the screen, use this tag.
The tag used is "marquee"
Example :
<marquee> This text will move </marquee>

The text in between the tags will move horizontally.Result :
This text will move

Marquee tag has so many attributes, we are going to see them one by one
Attribute: bgcolor
This sets the background color for marquee pathExample :
<marquee bgcolor=orange> Moving Text </marquee>
Result :
Moving Text

Attribute: height,width
The attribute width sets the width of marquee area
The attribute height sets the height of marquee areaExample :
<marquee bgcolor=orange width=100 height=20> Moving Text </marquee>
Result :
Moving Text

Attribute: direction
This sets the background color for marquee path.
It takes values LEFT or RIGHT or UP or DOWN Example :
<marquee bgcolor=orange width=100 height=20 direction=right> Text will Move </marquee>

Result with direction as RIGHT:

Text will Move

Result with direction as (vertical) UP:

Text will Move

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