I'd like to have separate background images on the top and bottom of my site but can't quite seem to nail it. I would like the images to stay at the absolute top and bottom of the page.Below is a shot of the site mockup, and a shot of the backgrounds on their own with dimensions.
The mockup doesn't show it, but there will be text links and copyright info at the bottom. You can find my failed attempt at coding at www[dot]dev[dot]arbitersoflight[dot]net
Mockup
img683[dot]imageshack[dot]us/img683/4502/mocky[dot]jpg
Backgrounds
img233[dot]imageshack[dot]us/img233/1293/94210454[dot]jpg
Note: The backgrounds are 1200x400 each.
EDIT: At this point I can get the two images to show up without fail, the problem is getting the bottom image to stick to the absolute bottom of the browser window. It seems that it is currently at a fixed position. Below is my CSS and HTML..
UPDATE (Solved): I finally solved this by reworking my code based on this guide: http://ryanfait.com/resources/footer-stick-to-bottom-of-page/ Thanks for all of the suggestions everybody.
You could use the second image as the body background, set a color too, and the first image as the container's background. Or vice-versa, but remember to align the background, and if you switch, mind the container's height.
The body and html background (like the suggestions from zzzzBov and nemophrost) don't work in my Firefox...
body {
background: #DDD url('2.png') no-repeat center bottom;
}
.container {
background: url('1.png') no-repeat center top;
}
Another thing you can do is set a background image on the body and on html.
body {
background: url(...);
}
html {
background: url(...);
}
You can see jqueryui.com for an example of this.
What you can do:
The menu is a div with an own background to fit the upper area.
Then apply the background with the bottom part to the body or content/page container that you are using.
It sounds like you want:
html
{
background: url(...) no-repeat top; /* see the background-position property */
}
body
{
background: url(...) no-repeat bottom;
}
you may want to switch one or both to use repeat-x, and make sure you set a suitable background color to match the color on the images.
Related
An image that I'm using for the background of a website is getting positioned to just the center of the page.
The screenshot for what I'm explaining is as follows:
Why is the black space on the right and left of the image present?
The CSS for the following is:
body {
background: black url('http://unsplash.s3.amazonaws.com/batch%209/johnny-lam-connect.jpg')no-repeat 50% 100%;
}
It would appear that your background image isn't big enough to cover the space of your window size. As a result, the black background color you're also providing is being seen on the areas where your image can't cover.
I'd be tempted to try the following:
body {
background-image: url('http://unsplash.s3.amazonaws.com/batch%209/johnny-lam-connect.jpg');
background-position: center;
background-size: cover;
}
This will ensure your background image covers the body of your HTML. More info can be found here.
First of all, it is black because in your CSS you specify black as the background colour. But im assuming you mean why is there any blank space at all...
In which case, the simple answer is the size of your image does not match the size of the window. More specifically, the resolution and therefore width to height ratio is not the same as the window. So the browser will center the image as per your css instructions and fill the rest of the space with your solid base colour (black).
You basically have 3 options here.
You find a background colour that is appropriate for the blank space to fit in with your design (a lot of people add a border or fade the image edges to transparent so it looks purposeful).
You use an image which is repeatable (this is the most common step as its usually advisable to use a very small repeatable image rather than a single large image. As an example, you might have a 2000px image gradient going from one colour to another that can be repeated (aka tiled) horizontally.
Use the background-size: cover property to fore the background image to fully cover your body tag. This property can be set to a number of options, but each one comes with its own caveats (i.e. weird stretching issues or cropping important parts on certain screens). So you need to google for the valid values and test each one. You will also have to download a shim/polyfill for this property to support old browsers (IE?).
It looks like the body is used to center the page. As the body is just as wide as the content, thats where the image ends. The root html element gets the background-color from the body, but not the image.
As a solution, you should consider adding a wrapping div to center the page, while setting the background on the body.
Example HTML
<html>
<body>
<div class="page"> ... </div>
</body>
</html>
Example CSS
html, body {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
body {
background: black url(...) no-repeat center top;
}
.page {
width: 90%;
margin: 0 auto;
}
In your css use following property:
body {
background-size:cover;
}
or
body {
background-size:100%(for width) 100%(for height);
}
Hope it will help.
I have an issue with the background of my banner where the background stops before the bottom of the div. As a results there is a big white space at the bottom.
This is a responsive website and the issue only happens after the screen size goes below 1250px (just resize your browser and you will see it).
I have tried tweaking the HTML/CSS in using firebug as much as I could (adding clearfixes ect) but nothing I tried had any results.
This is how it looks at full size, and how it should look:
This is how it looks when under 1250px with the unwanted space under it:
This is the website.
Your background image height is short, you need to modify your .slider1 class as
.slider1 {
background: url("../images/banner-background-01.jpg") repeat-x scroll center 100% transparent;
/* Rest of the styles goes here */
}
Also, as you commented, you can also try using background-size property with the y parameter that means the vertical size set to 100%
Try removing the repeat-x from the background property for .slider1. That should cause the background image to repeat in both x and y which is the default.
It would be more helpful if you had posted some code as well, but probably the quickest way to solve your issue would be to add the following CSS:
.slider1 {
background-size: 100% 100%;
}
On this site I have an auto-resizing BG but I wanted a fixed black bar at the bottom of the page.
The site looks fine when the browser is maximized but when you scale the window down and scroll down the black bar almost completely gone and it looks messed up. It is not positioning correctly.
I have tried a few things but can't figure out a solution to this. Does anybody have any ideas how I should go about this? (Maybe I am missing 1 little thing or maybe I need to start over from scratch, either way please help!)
Note: the auto size background is in the html tag and the black bottom bar is in its own separate div tag "#black_bottom"
http://graves-incorporated.com/test_sites/gm_2012/
Just remove height:100% from #black_bottom make the absolute:position div height auto.
You have everything wrapped incorrectly I believe. Why does your <div id="black_bottom> contain everything from your wrapper to your <div id="footer_wrap">?
Ok, so I think I see what you're going for now. If my understanding is correct, you want the gradient background to extend to about 70-73px above the bottom edge of your content box, where it meets the solid gray bar which extends to the bottom of the window, or just below that bottom circular G emblem, whichever is lower. I've accomplished this by removing the #black_bottom element entirely, setting a solid gray background color for the html element to match the color of your bottom bar graphic, and applied the circular gradient background to the body element. I've also removed the explicitly-defined height from #wrapper, and given it a negative margin-bottom to allow the black bar to underlap it. The styles I replaced are listed below. Hopefully this is closer to what you're after:
html {
background: #333;
}
body {
background: url(http://graves-incorporated.com/test_sites/gm_2012/images/bg.jpg) no-repeat center center fixed;
background-size: cover;
height: 100%;
}
#wrapper {
width: 960px;
margin: 0 auto -136px;
top: 20px;
position: relative;
}
I was wondering if it's possible to change what file the background image repeats to when the old image runs out.
So, if image01.jpg is set as the first background-image, when it runs out vertically image02.jpq would be added as the background image to complete the page?
It might be a straight 'No', thts fine im just wondering
With CSS3 you can have multiple backgrounds. You can specify a background-repeat for each of them. It is supported by all major browsers, except IE8 and before.
http://www.css3.info/preview/multiple-backgrounds/
There's always a solution for something in CSS if you're willing to add more markup to your file. Your best bet is to wrap the element you have the first image in with a containing div with the background you would like to appear if the first image runs out. Like so:
HTML:
<div class="container"><span class="image"></span></div>
CSS:
.container {
background: transparent url(image02.jpg) 100% 0 no-repeat /* Appears on the right */
width: 200px; /* The maximum width */
/* Can also add x pixels padding to ensure that x pixels of image02 are shown */
}
.image {
background: transparent url(image01.jpg) 0 0 no-repeat; /* Appears on the left */
}
Of course you can always replace the <span> with an actual image as well.
Don't forget that HTML is an element, too.
html {/*insert tiling background image*/}
body {/*insert normal background image*/}
The body background will sit on top of the tiling html background. Works in every browser and won't require additional markup.
I want to place a PNG with some transparency (a white column) over a tiled background on a webpage. It should stretch/tile out vertically (not horizontally) over the whole page. I'm just using CSS and HTML. I'm guessing my understanding of DIV's and CSS is lacking, for which I apologize.
Here's what I have, as a result of a lot of fiddling:
body {
background-image:url(bin/back.png);
background-position:left bottom;
}
#second-background {
position:absolute;
height:100%;
top:0;
margin: auto;
background-image: url(bin/column.png);
background-repeat: repeat-y ;
}
It's being displayed but I can't get it centered and on top of that it displaces the rest of my content. I've read through how-to-recreate-silverbacks-parallax-effect on thinkvitamin, but I can't get it to work myself.
Here's a link to a demo where you can see it in action.
I believe that you need to set a fixed width on #second-background. Otherwise, with no content in it, it has no width.
Edit: I'm sorry, I didn't read your question thoroughly. Let me check out the demo and investigate further.
Edit 2: Ok, if you want the white column image over the whole page and centered, then you'll need to set #second-background to width: 100%; and background-position: center top;. This will also allow #inner-body to center correctly.
Let me know if this isn't what you were going for.
I'm making a few assumptions here, but I think it'll work out:
Firstly, add this to near the top of your CSS:
html, body {
margin:0; padding:0; border:0
}
On #second-background, add width: 100%.
On #second background, either add background-position: center top, or scrap all of your background- properties and replace them with this: background: url(bin/column.png) repeat-y center top.
Tested in Firefox, with Firebug.
If you would like me to explain why these changes work, just ask.