I'm trying to display a local background-image in CSS. It's in the same folder as index.html and it's not displaying.
.image {
width:100px;
background-image: url('PIC1.jpg');
}
Any help is appreciated.
It is not appearing because you didn't give any height to the div see this http://jsfiddle.net/ce1j6k7k/2/ you can remove the height to see the difference
HTML
<div id="image"></div>
CSS
#image{
width:300px;
height:300px;
background-image:url('http://placekitten.com/300/301');
}
Resources specified in CSS are resolved relative to the path of the CSS file, not the page referencing the CSS file. PIC1.jpg must be located in the same directory/folder as the CSS file itself.
There is no way in CSS to do what you think it does - and that's a good thing, because I can't think of any possible use-case. Imagine having these pages all referencing style.css:
/index.html
/products/fish.html
/user/account/orderHistory
...if style.css referenced "foo.jpg" then foo.jpg would have to be replicated at /foo.jpg, /products/foo.jpg and /user/account/foo.jpg.
I can think of 3 possible problems.
First, the image path. for example if this is your image's real path:
D:\Projects\MyProject\Content\Images\PIC1.jpg
you should do this in your code:
background-image: url('~\Content\Images\PIC1.jpg');
Second, is that the width that you've set in the code doesn't match the image's coordinates. In that case, you can either change the code or re-size the image.
And finally, the image might not be loaded on the page and by refreshing it few times it might be shown.
Related
what the CSS file looks like:
h1{
.....
}
body{
background-image: url(/img/back.png) ;
}
what the files hierarchy looks like:
img(file containing the images)
-back.png(the background image i want to keep as background)
.css
.html
i am not sure why the image is not loading even though i have used relative path to the css file as suggested by the asnwers in past questions similar to this. if anyone can help thank you.
The rest of CSS is working just a problem with this background-image issue
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 have this in an external css file, but its not working at all. I would assume I'd written it wrong, but when placed internally, it works fine. Any ideas as to what might be going on?
html
{
background-image:url(images/background-grid.jpg);
background-repeat:repeat;
}
I assume your CSS file is in a folder like this.
/
css/
yourcss.css
images/
background-grid.jpg
index.html
The paths given in your CSS file are relative to the path of the CSS file (in the example I given, the css folder). So you should use ..:
background-image: url(../images/background-grid.jpg);
I think you didn't write it completely wrong
But it's better to use body instead of html.
Explanation why to use body
It allows you to use an overlay on top of that body tag. Like a grid-ish background on the body and a shade on the side. But both are correct. Depending on what you are trying to do ofc.
If you don't repeat your background there is a possibility that your picture doesn't use the whole page and then you should use the html tag. But in this case it gives the same solution because of that repeat.
SO replay: tnx to attronics
Explanation of your 'error'
If your images are in a different folder than your html page (which should be the case).
You should use .. as relative path to your css file.
Without the .. it would mean that you are going to look for that image in the same folder as your html page.
body{
background-image:url(../images/background-grid.jpg);
background-repeat:repeat;
}
Here is a site that gives some Basics of CSS. Didn't check the source though.
It may be your folder structure, try
html
{
background-image:url(../images/background-grid.jpg);
background-repeat:repeat;
}
When we have these folders
css
img
and index.html
when we write css in style tag in index page which is called internal css then it works right but when we right css in styles.css in css folder then background img does not work.
because you move with in folder and path of background img does not work. so you have to write like this:
background-image: url('../img/bg.jpg');
then it will work properly
.. this mean go one level up.
So, if your folder structure is like this:
image/
background.png
css/
stylesheet.css
then your css rule should be like this:
html {
background-image: url('../image/background.png');
}
If your folder structure is like this:
style/
image/
bgr/
background.png
css/
deeper/
stylesheet.css
then, go up two levels to the image directory like below:
html {
background-image: url('../../image/bgr/background.png');
}
And so on. Just add up the .. followed by trailing slash /.
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