i need help

Discussion in 'Blogging' started by jess, May 25, 2005.

  1. #1
    i am trying to set this picture (http://pic4.picturetrail.com/VOL718/3637203/7489725/98004045.jpg)
    as the background for my friends blog (i am using blogger) heres the code i cant get it to work...thanks



    h4 { background-image: url(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-4/988986/gif.GIF);
    background-repeat: repeat-y; }


    <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
    <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">

    <head>
    < body background="http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-4/988986/gif.GIF"bgproperties="fixed">
    <title><$BlogPageTitle$></title>

    <$BlogMetaData$>

    <style type="text/css">
    { background-image: url(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-4/988986/gif.GIF);
    background-repeat: repeat-y; }

    /*< body background="http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-4/988986/gif.GIF"bgproperties="fixed">
    -----------------------------------------------
    Blogger Template Style
    Name: Ms. Moto (Pinky Lee variation)
    Designer: Jeffrey Zeldman
    URL: www.zeldman.com
    Date: 23 Feb 2004
    ----------------------------------------------- */


    /* Primary layout */

    body {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    border: 0;
    text-align: center;
    color: #555;
    background: url(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-4/988986/gif.GIF) top center repeat-y;
    font: small tahoma, "Bitstream Vera Sans", "Trebuchet MS", "Lucida Grande", lucida, helvetica, sans-serif;
    }h4 { background-image: url(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-4/988986/gif.GIF);
    background-repeat: repeat-y;
    { background-image: url(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-4/988986/gif.GIF);
    background-repeat: repeat; }}

    img {
    border: 0;
    display: block;
    }


    /* Wrapper */

    #wrapper {
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: 0;
    border: 0;
    width: 690px;
    text-align: left;
    background: #fff url(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-4/988986/gif.GIF) top right repeat-y;
    font-size:90%;
    }


    /* Header */

    #blog-header {
    color: #fef;
    background: #e8b url(http://www.blogblog.com/moto_ms/headbotborder.gif) bottom left repeat-x;
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: 0 0 15px 0;
    border: 0;
    }

    #blog-header h1 {
    font-size: 24px;
    text-align: left;
    padding: 15px 20px 0 20px;
    margin: 0;
    background-image: url(http://www.blogblog.com/moto_ms/topper.gif);
    background-repeat: repeat-x;
    background-position: top left;
    }

    #blog-header p {
    font-size: 110%;
    text-align: left;
    padding: 3px 20px 10px 20px;
    margin: 0;
    line-height:140%;
    }


    /* Inner layout */

    #content {
    padding: 0 20px;
    }

    #main {
    width: 400px;
    float: left;
    }

    #sidebar {
    width: 226px;
    float: right;
    }

    /* Bottom layout */


    #footer {
    clear: left;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0 20px;
    border: 0;
    text-align: left;
    border-top: 1px solid #f9f9f9;
    background-color: #fdfdfd;
    }

    #footer p {
    text-align: left;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 10px 0;
    font-size: x-small;
    background-color: transparent;
    color: #999;
    }


    /* Default links */

    a:link, a:visited {
    font-weight : bold;
    text-decoration : none;
    color: #c28;
    background: transparent;
    }

    a:hover {
    font-weight : bold;
    text-decoration : underline;
    color: #e8b;
    background: transparent;
    }

    a:active {
    font-weight : bold;
    text-decoration : none;
    color: #c28;
    background: transparent;
    }


    /* Typography */

    #main p, #sidebar p {
    line-height: 140%;
    margin-top: 5px;
    margin-bottom: 1em;
    }

    .post-body {
    line-height: 140%;
    }

    h2, h3, h4, h5 {
    margin: 25px 0 0 0;
    padding: 0;
    }

    h2 {
    font-size: large;
    }

    h3.post-title {
    margin-top: 5px;
    font-size: medium;
    }

    ul {
    margin: 0 0 25px 0;
    }


    li {
    line-height: 160%;
    }

    #sidebar ul {
    padding-left: 10px;
    padding-top: 3px;
    }

    #sidebar ul li {
    list-style: disc url(http://www.blogblog.com/moto_ms/diamond.gif) inside;
    vertical-align: top;
    padding: 0;
    margin: 0;
    }

    dl.profile-datablock {
    margin: 3px 0 5px 0;
    }
    dl.profile-datablock dd {
    line-height: 140%;
    }

    .profile-img {display:inline;}

    .profile-img img {
    float:left;
    margin:0 10px 5px 0;
    border:4px solid #e8b;
    }

    #comments {
    border: 0;
    border-top: 1px dashed #eed;
    margin: 10px 0 0 0;
    padding: 0;
    background-image: url(http://www.blogblog.com/moto_ms/topper.gif);
    { background-image: url(smallPic.jpg);
    background-repeat: repeat; }}

    #comments h3 {
    margin-top: 10px;
    margin-bottom: -10px;
    font-weight: normal;
    font-style: italic;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    letter-spacing: 1px;
    background-image: url(http://www.blogblog.com/moto_ms/topper.gif);

    }

    #comments dl dt {
    font-weight: bold;
    font-style: italic;
    margin-top: 35px;
    padding: 1px 0 0 18px;
    background: transparent url(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-4/988986/gif.GIF) top left no-repeat;
    color: #aaa;
    background-image: url(http://www.blogblog.com/moto_ms/topper.gif);
    }

    #comments dl dd {
    padding: 0;
    margin: 0;
    }
    .deleted-comment {
    font-style:italic;
    color:gray;
    }
    { background-image: url(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-4/988986/gif.GIF);
    background-repeat: repeat-y; }
    background-image: url(http://www.blogblog.com/moto_ms/topper.gif);
    </style>

    </head>{ background-image: url(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-4/988986/gif.GIF);
    background-repeat: repeat-y; }

    <body>
    <body background="http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-4/988986/gif.GIF"bgproperties="fixed">


    <!-- Begin wrapper -->
    <div id="wrapper">

    <div id="blog-header"><h1>
    <ItemPage><a href="<$BlogURL$>"></ItemPage>
    <$BlogTitle$>
    <ItemPage></a></ItemPage>
    </h1>
    <p><$BlogDescription$></p></div>


    <!-- Begin content -->
    <div id="content">

    <!-- Begin main column -->
    <div id="main">

    <Blogger>

    <BlogDateHeader>
    <h2 class="date-header"><$BlogDateHeaderDate$></h2>

    </BlogDateHeader>


    <!-- Begin .post -->
    <div class="post"><a name="<$BlogItemNumber$>"></a>
    <BlogItemTitle>
    <h3 class="post-title">
    <BlogItemUrl><a href="<$BlogItemUrl$>" title="external link"></BlogItemUrl>
    <$BlogItemTitle$>
    <BlogItemUrl></a></BlogItemUrl>
    </h3>

    </BlogItemTitle>
    <div class="post-body">
    <p>
    <$BlogItemBody$>
    </p>
    </div>
    <p class="post-footer">
    <em>posted by <$BlogItemAuthorNickname$> @ <a href="<$BlogItemPermalinkUrl$>" title="permanent link"><$BlogItemDateTime$></a></em>

    <MainOrArchivePage><BlogItemCommentsEnabled>
    <a class="comment-link" href="<$BlogItemCommentCreate$>"<$BlogItemCommentFormOnclick$>><$BlogItemCommentCount$> comments</a>
    </BlogItemCommentsEnabled></MainOrArchivePage> <$BlogItemControl$>
    </p>

    </div>
    <!-- End .post -->



    <!-- Begin #comments -->
    <ItemPage>

    <div id="comments">

    <BlogItemCommentsEnabled><a name="comments"></a>

    <h3><$BlogItemCommentCount$> Comments:</h3>

    <dl>
    <BlogItemComments>
    <dt id="c<$BlogCommentNumber$>"><a name="c<$BlogCommentNumber$>"></a>
    At <a href="#c<$BlogCommentNumber$>" title="comment permalink"><$BlogCommentDateTime$></a>,
    <$BlogCommentAuthor$> said...
    </dt>

    <dd>
    <p><$BlogCommentBody$></p>
    <$BlogCommentDeleteIcon$>
    </dd>
    </BlogItemComments>
    </dl>
    <p>
    <$BlogItemCreate$>
    </p>

    </BlogItemCommentsEnabled>
    <p>
    <a href="<$BlogURL$>">&lt;&lt; Home</a>
    </p>
    </div>

    </ItemPage>
    <!-- End #comments -->

    </Blogger>
    <!-- End main column -->
    </div>





    <div id="sidebar">


    <body background="http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-4/988986/gif.GIF"bgproperties="fixed">

    <!-- Begin #profile-container -->

    <$BlogMemberProfile$>

    <!-- End #profile-container -->

    <MainOrArchivePage>
    <h2 class="sidebar-title">Links</h2>
    <ul>
    <li><a href="http://news.google.com/">Google News</a></li>
    <li><a href="http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?answer=110">Edit-Me</a></li>
    <li><a href="http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?answer=110">Edit-Me</a></li>
    </ul>
    </MainOrArchivePage>


    <h2 class="sidebar-title">Previous Posts</h2>

    <ul id="recently">
    <BloggerPreviousItems>
    <li><a href="<$BlogItemPermalinkURL$>"><$BlogPreviousItemTitle$></a></li>
    </BloggerPreviousItems>
    </ul>
    <MainOrArchivePage>
    <h2 class="sidebar-title">Archives</h2>
    <ul class="archive-list">

    <BloggerArchives>
    <li><a href="<$BlogArchiveURL$>"><$BlogArchiveName$></a></li>
    </BloggerArchives>

    </ul>
    </MainOrArchivePage>
    <p id="powered-by"><a href="http://www.blogger.com"><img src="http://buttons.blogger.com/bloggerbutton1.gif" alt="Powered by Blogger" /></a></p>

    <!--
    <p>This is a paragraph of text that could go in the sidebar.</p>
    -->

    <!-- End sidebar -->
    </div>

    <!-- End content -->
    </div>

    <div id="footer">
    <p><!-- Blog contents copyright &copy; 2004 <a href="mailto:johndoe@example.com" title="Write to me.">Your Name Here</a> -->&nbsp;</p>
    </div>


    <!-- End wrapper -->
    </div>


    <body background="http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-4/988986/gif.GIF"bgproperties="fixed">*< body background="http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-4/988986/gif.GIF"bgproperties="fixed">
    </body>
    </body>
    </html>
     
    jess, May 25, 2005 IP