Bootstrap autosizing background images - html

Question

I'm trying to make a background image on the header section autosize but it won't keep to aspect ratios. Here is an example, the image gets the bottom of it cut off: http://i.imgur.com/sxedPHI.png or if I make it this size, space appears between it and the divs below header: http://i.imgur.com/xX1e4GZ.png I can almost seem to get it working but then it scales the picture to an odd aspect ratio and the image gets distorted: http://i.imgur.com/jtxDNr0.png
I would like the header section to be the EXACT same size as the image, then have the image always showing all of the image (not cutting off a portion) and no space between header and the next divs.
This is the code I have for the HTML part:
<header>
T
</header>
I believe this is the relevant CSS:
header {
position: relative;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
text-align: center;
color: #fff;
background-image: url("ball.png");
-webkit-background-size: cover;
-moz-background-size: cover;
-o-background-size: cover;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-size: 100% auto;
}
The site in question is here:
http://www.stoppiefail.com/boot/sites3/index.php

Answer 1

You are using background-size: 100% auto; at the end which will be overwriting your previous code.
https://jsfiddle.net/26ejdss6/1/
div{
width:400px;
height:187px;
background:url('http://ajgdirect.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/football.jpg');
background-size:cover;
background-position:center;
}
Also, check out a neat plugin named backstretch.js. It's pretty nice for this kind of thing, especially when auto-sizing user added images in a CMS
http://srobbin.com/jquery-plugins/backstretch/

Answer 2

Instead of using Background Image why not use an IMG tag with an absolute div on top of it.
HTML:
<header>
<img src="your/background/image.jpg" class="bg">
<div class="headerContent">Your Header Content Goes Here</div>
</header>
CSS:
header {
width: 100%;
position: relative;
}
header img.bg {
width: 100%;
height: auto;
position: relative;
z-index: 0;
}
header .headerContent {
width: 100%;
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
right: 0;
z-index: 100;
}
I havn't tested this but it is just another way to do this outside of css, that would allow the height of the header never to be cut off.