HTML and CSS Reference
In-Depth Information
Test driving the background image
Well, this is certainly an interesting test drive
—
we have
a background image, but it appears to be repeated
many times. Let's take a closer look at how to use CSS
background images, and then you'll be able to fix this.
H
ere's t
he guar
antee
star im
age in
the bac
kgroun
d.
N
otice
that it
sits on
top of
the b
ackgrou
nd colo
r,
a
nd bec
ause it
has a t
ranspa
rent ba
ckgrou
nd, it
l
ets the
color
show t
hrough.
Also notice that background ima
ges, like the background
color, only show under the cont
ent area and padding,
and not outside the border in t
he margin.
CSS Up Close
The background-image property places an image in the background
of an element. Two other properties also affect the background image:
background-position and background-repeat.
background-image: url(images/background.gif);
Not
ice that
no quo
tes are
requ
ired ar
ound th
e URL.
