Webpage background image won't load - html

I'm using the following css to define my background:
body
{
background-image: url('background.png');
font-size: 12pt;
font-family: Veranda, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
The image background.png is stored in the root directory, but whenever I refresh the webpage, the background remains white. MY instructor currently has a copy of my files and is attempting to figure it out himself, though the problem wasn't obvious to him at a cursory glance. My full html and css are as follows:
HTML:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content = "text/html charset = utf-8" />
<link rel = stylesheet href = "style.css" type = "text/css" media = screen>
<title>
Title
</title>
</head>
<body>
<div id = "wrapper">
<div id = "leftsidebar">
<h3> Navigation </h3>
</div>
<div id = "content">
<h1> Heading 1 </h1>
<h2> Heading 2 </h2>
<p align = "justify"> Paragraph 1.</p>
<p align = "justify"> Paragraph 2 </p>
<p align = "justify"> Paragraph 3 </p>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
CSS:
<style type = "text/css">
<!--
body
{
background-image: url('background.png');
font-size: 12pt;
font-family: Veranda, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
div#wrapper
{
width: 80%;
margin-top: 50px;
margin-bottom: 50px;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
padding: 0px;
border: thin solid #000000;
}
div#header
{
padding: 15px;
margin: 0px;
text-align: centre;
}
div#leftsidebar
{
width: 25%;
padding: 10px;
margin-top: 1px;
float: left;
}
div#content
{
margin-left: 30%;
margin-top: 1px;
padding: 10px;
}
div#footer
{
padding: 15px;
margin: 0px;
border-top: thin solid #000000;
}
-->
</style>

CSS files are not supposed to contain
<style type = "text/css">
<!--
I assume that leads to an error parsing the first CSS block (the body one).

html is not allowed in you style.css
You need to remove the <style type = "text/css">, the html comment tag <!-- and obviously the closing tags for each.
You also dont need the ' ' around the background url, it can be written like this.
background-image: url(background.png);
Make those changes, and assuming background.png is in the correct directory it will work.

Related

How to get code a text overlay and image to be responsive?

I am attempting to re-create something similar to this image below, minus the little page curl in top right hand corner.
Banner Example:
I am adding the code to a previously coded website by another designer. I am first coding it separately, but cannot get the text and banner to be responsive, though the image is. Nor can I get it to overlay like I wish on the image itself.
Here is my code below, I know it is something simple but seem to be hitting a mental wall.
#charset "UTF-8";
/* CSS Document */
/*Header Image*/
.headerimage
img
{
}
h1
{
position: absolute;
display: block;
width: 100%;
font-size: 1.45em;
font-family: 'Roboto Slab', Rockwell, Serif;
font-weight: bold;
color: #FFF;
text-shadow: 0 .125em .125em rgba(0, 0, 0, .5);
padding: .6em 1em .6em 1.7em;
background: linear-gradient(to right, rgba(178,34,34,0) 0%,rgba(169,32,32,0.8) 5%,rgba(160,30,30,1) 50%,rgba(152,29,29,0.8) 75%,rgba(178,34,34,0) 100%);
}
.interior-header img
{
display: block;
position: relative;
width: 100%;
height: auto;
border: 1px solid #b22222;
padding: 1px;
}
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
<title>Test Heading</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css"/>
</head>
<body>
<div class="interior-header img>
<div class="headerimage">
<img src="images/Joslyn-Interior-Images.jpg" width="630" height="240" alt="Traffic Control" />
<h1>Traffic Control</h1>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Traffic Violations Image
I didn't want to type out all your code so here is an example.
Note: When I posted this one, no codes were up, I left it up in case it helps others. The code for the answer is at the bottom of the answer.
https://jsfiddle.net/norcaljohnny/5o95L0qy/
.box {
background: grey;
height: auto;
width: 100%;
}
.text {
font-size: 6vw
}
Updated: Here is the current JsFiddle. Hope this helps.
https://jsfiddle.net/norcaljohnny/65wnds86/

Styling elements of a HTML Website

Question:
How do I style different elements of a HTML website properly? I've looked all over the internet and read books but am still sort of struggling.
Issue:
My problem is that I have a main heading, which is like the main "title" for my website which displays the website name, but to the left of my heading, I want to style a vertical navigation bar which will be in-line with my heading. Yet I am having trouble styling the navbar and heading to work next to each other, rather than one of them being on top of the other.
JSFiddle
HTML:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="homepage.css">
<head>
<title>CSGOWin | Win Big!</title>
</head>
<body>
<div class="navbar">
<ul>
<li>Jackpot</li>
<li>Coinflip</li>
<li>Giveaways</li>
<li>About Us</li>
<li>Contact Us<li>
</ul>
</div>
<h1>CSGO Win</h1>
</body>
</html>
CSS:
body {
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
background-image: url(bgimg.jpg);
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
background-size: 100%;
}
h1 {
font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;
background-color: #FFA500;
border-style: solid;
border-radius: 25px;
text-align: center;
margin-top: 50px;
margin-left: 350px;
margin-right: 350px;
padding-top: 1%;
padding-bottom: 1%;
font-size: 45px;
}
ul {
list-style-type: none;
margin-left: 50px;
margin-right: 85%;
margin-top: 50px;
background-color: #FFA500;
}
li a {
font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;
display: block;
}
.navbar{
}
Finally, I am very new to stack overflow, so I apologise if my question is not fully detailed. I will answer questions if there are any. Thanks for your kind help.
Like mentioned in the comment you can use float: left see this pen http://codepen.io/anon/pen/bpWzeK?editors=1100. Another way to do it is by using flex.
you can add class or id attributes to certain html tags and then in your stylesheet reference that class or id
->.navbar{
}
that references any tag with "navbar" class will get the style in that block
->#thisIsAnID{
}
that references any tag with the id " thisIsAnID" id
so . is used for classes
is used for ids

Why isn't my css applying?

I tried using different editors and IDEs (netbeans and visual studio code) along with different browsers (firefox developers edition), yet, I can't seem to get the css sheet to apply to the main html file.
The style sheet editor is saying that there is no style sheet attached to the html file
Here's the html file:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>The Animal Game</title>
<meta charset="utf-8"/>
<link href="animalgame.css" type="text/css" rel="stylsheet" />
<script src="animalgame.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
<body>
<h1>The Animal Game</h1>
<p>Think of an animal, then let me guess it!</p>
<div id="container">
<fieldset>
<legend>Questions</legend>
<p id="questions"></p>
</fieldset>
<fieldset id="answer">
<legend>Answer</legend>
<button id="yes">Yes</button>
<button id="no" >No</button>
</fieldset>
</div>
</body>
</html>
CSS style sheet:
body {
font: 12pt "Century Gothic", "Helvetica", "Arial", sans-serif;
}
button {
font-size: 20pt;
font-weight: bold;
margin: 15px auto;
}
#container{
margin: auto;
width: 520px;
}
fieldset {
background-color: #F0F0F0;
float: left;
height: 150px;
margin-right: 15px;
text-align: center;
}
h1, p {
text-align: center;
}
#questions {
font-size: 16pt;
text-align: center;
width: 300px;
}
EDIT: problem solved! There was a typo. Thank you for all hints
You have a typo in rel="stylsheet" it should be stylesheet

How to add CSS to my HTML code on Notepad++

So I'm trying to add my CSS code to my HTML code on notepad++ but every time I run it, the only thing I see is my code and not all the content I want about website. How do I fix this?
Here is a snip of my html code:
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>My Website</title>
<link href="cascade.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
</head>
<h1 style= "text-align:center; color: black;"> Nikki </h1>
<br></br>
//here is a snip of my css code
#charset "utf-8";
/* CSS Document */
nav div {
display: inline;
text-align: center;
width: 18%;
padding: 5px;
}
p
{
text-transform:none;
font-size: 20px;
color: black;
font-family: "proxima-nova";
letter-spacing:1px;
text-align: left;
}
Please find your updated code here, This is how you should add/write CSS to HTML :
I would suggest you to move your <style> tag to <head> area.
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>My Website</title>
<link href="cascade.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<style type="text/css" >
//here is a snip of my css code
#charset "utf-8";
/* CSS Document */
nav div {
display: inline;
text-align: center;
width: 18%;
padding: 5px;
}
p
{
text-transform:none;
font-size: 20px;
color: black;
font-family: "proxima-nova";
letter-spacing:1px;
text-align: left;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1 style= "text-align:center; color: black;"> Nikki </h1>
<br>
</body>
</html>
To apply css you have to put css under tag or you can use external stylesheet..Read more here
Please check this example
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<style>
nav div
{
display: inline;
text-align: center;
width: 18%;
padding: 5px;
}
p
{
text-transform:none;
font-size: 20px;
color: black;
font-family: "proxima-nova";
letter-spacing:1px;
text-align: left;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div>This is Div.</div>
<p>This is paragraph.</p>
<div style="color:red; font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"> This is Inline CSS Style</div> <!--Inline CSS Style-->
</body>
</html>
You have used css for div and p tag and i have showed you how to use them according to your css. You can also give css in inline way but it just depends on need(mostly avoid it.)
Hope this will help or let me know if there is any confusion or issue..ty

CSS div width in IE8

I'm very new to html and css so feel free to critique any bad practices you see in the code below...
I am trying to create a centered column that's 800 pixels across and the banner will be resized to 800 pixels. When view this page in chrome or firefox it looks great. When I view it in IE8 the font is huge, there is a giant empty spot on the right side of the banner all the way down to the bottom, and the size of the "container" will not change no matter what I do in the css file.
CSS:
body {
font-family: Arial;
font-size: small;
background-color: #FFFFFF;
background-image: url(../images/victorianBackground.jpg);
background-position: top;
background-repeat: repeat;
color: #000000;
}
#container {
margin: -10 auto;
background-color: #D3CDBA;
text-align: left;
}
html>body #container {
width: 800px;
min-height:800px;
padding: 0 0px;
}
#banner {
width:800px;
}
#banner img {
width:800px;
padding:45 0px;
}
#content {
width:500px;
padding: 15px;
background-color: transparent;
}
/* Navigation */
#navigation ul {
list-style-type: none;
width: 800px;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
#navigation li {
float: left;
background-color: #D3CDBA;
}
#navigation li:hover {
float: left;
color: #4676A4;
background-color: #D3CDBA;
}
#navigation a {
font-weight: bold;
text-decoration: none;
color: #000000;
display: block;
padding: 5px;
}
#navigation a:hover {
font-weight: bold;
text-decoration: none;
color: #992332;
}
#content a {
color:teal;
}
HTML:
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
<title>Park Avenue Neighborhood Association</title>
<meta name="keywords" content="Park Avenue Neighborhood Association Syracuse New York"/>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../styles/style1.css">
</head>
<body>
<div id="container">
<div id="banner">
<img src="../images/banner.jpg" id="banner">
<br/>
</div>
<div id="navigation">
<ul>
<li>Home</li>
<li>History</li>
<li>Houses</li>
<li>Local Business</li>
<li>Events</li>
<li>Contacts</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div id="content">
<h2>Content Header 1 </h2>
<p>Awesome Content </p>
<h2>Content Header 2 </h2>
<p>Awesome Content </p>
</div>
</body>
</div>
</html>
There are multiple issues I see with your source. Non-exhaustive list:
1) You need a doctype. Otherwise, browsers will render items in a non-standard way.
Example:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC
"-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
2) You have a <div> ending after the </body> tag. This is invalid.
Fix:
<p>Awesome Content </p>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
3) You don't need the extra <br> in <div id="banner">.
Fix:
<div id="banner">
<img src="../images/banner.jpg" id="banner">
</div>
4) Now, if you want <div id="container"> to be centered and have a width of 800px, try the following.
Centering code that goes in your css (replaces existing):
body { text-align: center; }
#container {
text-align: left;
width: 800px;
margin: auto;
}
5) For your font-size declaration, you're using small. This will behave unpredictably. Instead, consider using either em or px for font size.
Font size with em:
body { font-size: 100%; line-height: 1.125em; }
#container { font-size: 0.875em; }
Font size with px:
body { font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.125em; }
#container { font-size: 12px; }
First thing I saw, you need to add this to the very first line of your HTML to force IE to render in standards mode, instead of quirks mode:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
In regard to centering the banner, try adding the following:
in body selector:
text-align: center;
in banner:
margin-right: auto;
margin-left: auto;
In regard to font size try using em or % sizing.
Other than that just tackle the problems one at a time, fine tune the details incrementally. Throwing in everything all at once will only create confusion - chances are it wont work as expected, but will frustrate you.