css background images

Discussion in 'HTML & Website Design' started by dickroose, Feb 20, 2009.

  1. #1
    Hi All,

    I am a 72 year old retired computer systems engineer. I retired 22 years ago and I have not been very active in website design since I retired. Boy I wish css had been available when I was building websites back then.

    I am presently building a web site to publish a book I have been threatening to write for over 20 years and finally finished. I am too old and tired to go back and re-learn web building using css. I really do not have enough time left at age 72 to make the effort worth while.

    I have learned enough today to be able to use css to put a non-scrolling, fixed, single image on my page. By setting the width and height properties to 100% I am able to have the image display across the entire widith and height of my page and thus, as it is expressed in percentage, should adjust to any browser page presentation.


    <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
    <html>
    <head>
    <style type="text/css">
    img.big {
    height: 100% width="100% width="100%
    }
    </style>
    <title>test2</title>
    </head>
    <body>
    <img class="big" src="sunrise2.jpg">
    </body>
    </html>

    I now have two problems left. How do I turn this code into a background image? How do I prevent the small blank section at the bottom of the page from adding scroll bars when they aren't necessary as when the text is fully displayed on a few lines?

    If anyone could help me with these two problems, I would be most appreciative.

    Thanks,

    Dick Roose

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    dickroose, Feb 20, 2009 IP
  2. KangBroke

    KangBroke Notable Member

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    ill help for $5 paypal dollars
     
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  3. Asian_bob

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    Well, I don't know about the codes but if you want a image to turn into your backround .. Make a .css , If you haven already and put this

    body {
    background: #caced1 url('images/bg.gif');
    * Etc *

    {

    Thats how i use .css to create a picture to my backround .
     
    Asian_bob, Feb 20, 2009 IP
  4. justinlorder

    justinlorder Peon

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    I can't catch you, buddy .
    Do you mean you want to use background image repeation ?

    Try it.
    <style type="text/css">
    background: url('images/bg.gif') repeat-x repeat-y;
    </style>
     
    justinlorder, Feb 20, 2009 IP