I have attempted adding a sky background to my website's stylesheet, but nothing really happened.
body {
background: "sky-08.jpg";
}
When I previewed the page, the background was white, like when I just started making my page.
It should be: background-image: url("sky-08.jpg");
This also assumes that the image file is in the same location as the CSS file (Or HTML file if it is inline)
If the image is located under an images folder in the root directory: background-image: url("/images/sky-08.jpg");
Use the background-image property. Like This:
body {
background-image: url("sky-08.jpg")
}
You can use the background property as shorthand for all the background properties including attachment, color, image, position, and repeat. If you only want to set one of these properties it is better to use the full name. See here for more: http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_background.asp
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I'm having trouble getting my background image to show on all of my html pages. I was able to get the image to be the full background on all pages before, but after I put the image into a folder in my project, it's no longer working. I have a folder called images inside of my project that contains the image I want to use as my background so I added the images/ path. I double checked the name of the folder, name of my image, and also to see if its a jpg (which it is). I also checked my CSS code and no not have body mentioned anywhere else or background-image anywhere else. Can't think of anything else I'm doing wrong. Any suggestions? Thanks!
body{
background-image: url(images/main.jpg);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-size: cover;
}
If the images directory is next to the css file then it will be like this
background-image: url(./images/main.jpg);
but if the style file is inside a directory next to the images directory, then it will be like this
background-image: url(../images/main.jpg);
I have been trying to get an image saved on my computer and set it as a background image covering the whole page using CSS. Please help.
The html code is this:
<div class="page-container">
<h1>HI</h1>
</div>
The CSS code is this:
.page-container {background-image: url(css/images/huelvapiersunset.jpg);
height: 100%;
}
The files are organised like this:
imagetest/css/images
Thanks in advance!
In order that the image appear as background with the provided setting two main changes have to be made in styles.css.
1. The url in the background-image to become url('images/huelvapiersunset.jpg'). Here the quotes, ', were added add the css was removed since this file is already in the css folder.
2. The height to become equal to the height of the used image in pixels.
Below is the code of a working example.
.page-container {
background-image: url('images/huelvapiersunset.jpg');
height: 1167px;
}
And the appearing background image with text.
I know it's repetitious question but I have problem with my code.
I have searched stackoverflow and w3schools for a background image setting
and wrote the code that was on both sites exactly but still I have problem with the following code.
body {
background-image: url("C:\Users\mehra\Desktop\Male-Fitness-Models-BAck.jpg");
}
or
body{ background-image: url("Male-Fitness-Models-BAck.jpg"); }
above are the codes I used for setting background, but neither of them work.
HTML picture
If the background image file location is correct you might need to add a height and width to the container of the background image.
body {
height: 500px;
width: 500px;
background-image: url("C:\Users\mehra\Desktop\Male-Fitness-Models-BAck.jpg");
}
There are a few things to investigate to ensure it always works:
1) Using the project absolute path:
ensure you have FollowSymLinks in your vhosts enabled, that way you can use / in the src to call the image.
e.g. <img src="/images/dog.png" />
2) Make sure the image exists
copy and paste the src that's displayed in the browser (inspect with firebug, or view-page source to get the link) into the url bar and see what it returns - if it's a 404 then it doesn't exist on the path you gave, if it's 403 the path might be set to really strict permissions (755 on directories and 644 for files is recommended) and you might have to tweak your vhosts file to allow people to view the content, but not access the file tree.
3) If the image does exist, there is no message (other than 200) and you're using the path correctly - then it's probably because the div is empty. A background on a div with no content will result in empty space, because the background is stretching itself over 0 pixels. Add a min-height and min-width rule to your css or use inside the div:
CSS:
div {
background: url('/images/dog.png');
min-height: 50px;
min-width: 50px;
}
HTML:
<div> </div>
4) Use a proper folder structure
by using a file tree that makes sense, it makes resources easier to manage.
Hosting every file in the DOCUMENT_ROOT is messy, I'd recommend the below structure:
|--index.html
|----images/
|----css/
|----js/
that's a basic structure, then you can add more folders based on area e.g.
|--index.html
|----[area]/
|----images/
|----css/
|----js/
body
{
background : cover;
background: url("http://quizdoo.com/wp-content/uploads/qc-images/58d2957b47354.jpg");
}
<body>
</body>
Add background size to make it visible
body
{
background: cover;
background-image: url("C:\Users\mehra\Desktop\Male-Fitness-Models-BAck.jpg");
}
If you are using a PC saved image path make sure to replace the \ with / and it will work.
example:
background-image:url("C:/Users/foldername/Desktop/images/City_Landscape_Background.jpg");
I am trying to set my background image of the page via CSS using the following code, but no image shows up. The image will be tiled on the page and is only 10x10px big. Nonetheless, it still doesn't show up. Please can you tell me what I am doing wrong?
<body>
<div id="background"></div>
</body>
#background {
background-image: url("img/background.png");
}
Is the image in linkToCssFolder/img/background.png? The image path is relative to your CSS file.
Also, does your #background div have content in it? If not, it will probably have the default 0px height, and not show any background.
You need to give the element dimensions too...
#background {
width: 10px;
height: 10px;
}
Background images do not make their container stretch to fit.
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Just tried this at http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/tryit.asp?filename=trycss3_background_multiple and it works.
I assume your image is not at right location or if the background property is being over written by style or another css rule.
such a no brainer thingy of css and html often forgotten even professional due lack of proper focus and just being tired.If you knew it just rest for a while.
here are some tips if you lost in the tree of web design.
Check the files if it is there, the file type and support for the file in your browsers
Check the directory if you are online you can put all the URL of the file OR use "../" if your css and the image file is in different level of directory.
Check your syntax.
rest, take a nap or have a coffee break.
Firstly check your CSS and image location
1) Both in same folder then try " background-image: url("background.jpg") " simply.
2) If you have img folder and image inside this folder then try " background-image: url("img/background.jpg"); "
3)If you have img folder and If you have CSS folder then you have to go one step back then goes to image folder and choose image it seem like this " background-image: url("../img/background.jpg"); " where '..'represent one step back
#background {background-image: url("img/background.png"); height:300px;}
add height element in css
Another source of error may come from image extension name, for instance in :
background-image: url("img/background.png")
Image name must be "background" and NOT "background.png"
Image "background" must be a PNG and not another image type like JPG
Hy,
to get your image you must imagine that you are in a terminal(or cmd prompt) and write as youuld do to get to the image.
So let us say that your css file is /css/ and you image is in /img/background.png.
To get to the image you must write this code background-image: url("../img/background.png");
This is because in terminal/cmd prompt to get to the image from your .css file you would first type cd .., then cd img, then background.png. Hope it will help you!
Cheers!
I am using the following code, but it is having no effect!! Can this be done?
html {
background: #d9dbdc url('images/repeat-x.png') repeat-x;
}
This will work if you actually have an image at the specified location, although it's usually applied to the body element. It could be that the body element has a background colour that is covering the image.
Note that paths are relative to the style sheet file, not the HTML file embedding it, so a path pointing to images/repeat-x.png in /css/styles.css would result in /css/images/repeat-x.png.
Yes, it can be done, but it needs to be on the <body> tag.
Your image might not exist, or you might have a different background covering it.
If you are trying to set the background of the entire page I'd recommend:
body {
background: #d9dbdc url('images/repeat-x.png') repeat-x;
}
make sure the url is correct, you can use browser debug tool like Firebug in firefox to inspect the html