Background Positioning

**LayneMitch via WebmasterKB.com** · Dec 24 '07, 07:15 PM

Re: Background Positioning

Actually, it didnt' work very well.

When I resize the text on my page the page starts to break up. I'm using a
combination of absolute and relative positioning which I've been told is okay
to do.

Also when I resize the images, the background still remains at a fixed size.
Still trying to find a solution to this.

I've been told that the correct way to display a background is by:

body {background:#ff f url(images/picture.jpg) no-repeat center center}

This info is coming from guys who are good at design. So I still don't
understand why it's not working for me.

You can click on this link to see the updates thus far.

https://www.ibtestsite.info

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**LayneMitch via WebmasterKB.com** · Dec 24 '07, 07:35 PM

Re: Background Positioning

Oh yeah...

How is this guy (http://portfolio.dreamshock.com/grimshaws/) getting his
background's displayed/positioned properly or designed without using
Photoshop? His background is resizing nicely with all of his text and images
resizing proportionately as well.

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Oh noes!

http://www.webmasterkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/css/200712/1

**LayneMitch via WebmasterKB.com** · Dec 24 '07, 10:15 PM

Re: Background Positioning

dorayme wrote:

>Are you seeing what everyone else can see? There is no resizing
>of any background image because there are no bg images. Turn off
>all the styles and you will still see the images.

I turned off all of the styles and I saw the images. I hit view source and I
saw that he does specify a bg image:

<body bgcolor="#FFFFF F" text="#000000" background="ima ges/pagebackground. gif"
leftmargin="0" topmargin="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0 ">

>Have you tried following the advice I gave you earlier at all:
>
>"[no] fix for all this.
>[go] over some of the material at:
>http://www.htmldog.com/guides/
>
>Generally follow the advice there except use HTML 4.01 Strict as
>your doctype and adjust accordingly.
>Make a background and fancy look to your page the *very last
>thing* you do, not the first."

Thanks again. I will visit the site and review the html/css rules...actuall y
before I do anything else with design.

Thanks for your expertise.

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**dorayme** · Dec 24 '07, 11:05 PM

Re: Background Positioning

In article <7d2f3e7201ba9@ uwe>,
"LayneMitch via WebmasterKB.com " <u39402@uwewrot e:

dorayme wrote:
>

Are you seeing what everyone else can see? There is no resizing
of any background image because there are no bg images. Turn off
all the styles and you will still see the images.

>
I turned off all of the styles and I saw the images. I hit view source and I
saw that he does specify a bg image:
>
<body bgcolor="#FFFFF F" text="#000000" background="ima ges/pagebackground. gif"
leftmargin="0" topmargin="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0 ">
>

You said to look at:

http://portfolio.dreamshock.com/grimshaws/

I went to it and in the source it says:

<BODY BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF >

not

<body bgcolor="#FFFFF F" text="#000000"
background="ima ges/pagebackground. gif"
leftmargin="0" topmargin="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0 ">

In this site's css it has the following bullshit:

body {

font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 11px;
scrollbar-face-color:#4B4B4B;
scrollbar-highlight-color:#D4D4D4;
scrollbar-3dlight-color:#373737;
scrollbar-darkshadow-color:#000000;
scrollbar-shadow-color:#808080;
scrollbar-arrow-color:#FFFFFF;
scrollbar-track-color:#E0E0E0;
}

There is no bg image there either.

Got to rush now and wrap more presents and stuff and get ready to
get blind rotten drunk, to disgrace myself more than for the rest
of the year combined and like that... Merry Xmas mate!

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