Use background with css?

[fryman]

I have this:

.content {
background-color: #FBFBFB;
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: xx-small;
color: #6507BD;
}

Instead of a color, I want to use a picture as my background, what do I need to change?

Thanks

[fryman]

Never mind, figured it out :)

[pinkpanther]

Great, just about to post an answer.. ummm, is that a real cat?

[Smyrl]

How about posting, Fryman. I do not know the answer to your question.

Shannon

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Thanks, David.

[david_sakh]

How about posting, Fryman. I do not know the answer to your question.

Shannon


background-image: url(backgroundimage.ext);

[fryman]

Exactly

Now it looks like this:

.content {
background-image: url(http://www.mydomain.com/images/back.jpg);
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: xx-small;
color: #6507BD;
}

:)

[relaxzoolander]

you also might want to control the repeat of the background.
the default is for the background to repeat in both directions. [tiled]
other options are:
{
background-repeat: repeat-x;
background-repeat: repeat-y;
background-repeat: no-repeat; [one instance]
background-repeat: repeat; [tiled]
}

:)

[nevetS]

and...
You can set background for divs not just the body.

[david_sakh]

and table cells as well

[J.D.]

and table cells as wellGuys, background works for any element.

J.D.

[david_sakh]

Guys, background works for any element.

J.D.

not meta :p

[J.D.]

not meta :pSure you can - try it in the CSS or HTML validator :)

J.D.

[HHI Golf Guy]

You can do some neat things with backgrounds. Take a look at the FSBO real estate site in my signature with your resolution at 800x600, then at 1024x768.

It's a great way to fill what can be whitespace on higher resolutions. I've seen some sites set their container to align left, then have a vertical logo showing on the right hand side only when viewing at higher resolutions than 800x600.

[SEbasic]

Yeah... I played with trying to fill a little white space on seo-dev.co.uk

I've got a couple of issues with some sites I'm working on at the moment but I'll get over them soon enough....

I love playing with CSS.