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  1. #1
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    Simple HTML Problem but I am stumped

    For the life of me I cannot get the background image to show up even thoughmy business logo does. Can someone offer some assistance.

    Here is the current code:

    <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
    <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
    <head>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
    <title>DataDork</title>
    <style type="text/css">
    body { background: url(/images/background.gif); }
    body, html { height: 98%; }
    #center { vertical-align: center; }
    #container { width: 700px; margin: auto; height: 100%; }
    </style>
    <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="datadork" />
    <meta http-equiv="description" content="" />
    <meta http-equiv="author" content="James Edmonds" />
    <meta http-equiv="imagetoolbar" content="no" />
    <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico" />
    </head>
    <body>
    <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="container">
    <tr>
    <td id="center"><img src="/images/datadork.gif" alt="DataDork" width="700" height="228" /></td>
    </tr>
    </table>
    </body>
    </html>
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    Try with 'background-image'

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    Quote Originally Posted by rezag View Post
    Try with 'background-image'
    No, that did not seem to fix it. It should work as I have it but it does not.

    Thanks for the suggestion, though.
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    Your Background Image appears to be missing!
    http://www.datadork.com/images/background.jpg

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    I'm sure MYIGIS means background.gif is missing from your /images folder. Not only that, datadork.gif is missing. Are you sure you uploaded the images folder to your root directory?

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    please take another look

    sorry guys. i deleted it and re-uploaded it. please take a second and take a look as i am totally frustrated.

    background.gif and datadork.gif all with the flder specified.

    any help is super appreciated....
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    http://www.datadork.com/images/background.gif

    What is that image supposed to look like? It doesn't display at all in a browser.

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    As well, I just noticed your code is incorrect.

    { background: url(/images/background.gif); }

    should read

    { background-image: url(/images/background.gif); }

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    Its a 1x4px image, it works here now as far as I can see, I can post a screenshot if if you want. Yes the valid code is 'background-image'

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    Sorry, Yes I meant GIF.

    I now see a background very fine light blue lines?

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    Quote Originally Posted by vito View Post
    http://www.datadork.com/images/background.gif

    What is that image supposed to look like? It doesn't display at all in a browser.

    Vito
    Vito,

    It used to be white with light gray stripes. i just recovered from a hard drive crash and pulled it from my backups. that is probably my problem but also my worst fear.

    thanks for checking again Vito. I have always had big respect for you.
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    Cool. Looks like you're good to go.

    But if you want "proper" code, be sure to change "background" to "background-image".

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    Quote Originally Posted by vito View Post
    Cool. Looks like you're good to go.

    But if you want "proper" code, be sure to change "background" to "background-image".

    Vito

    made the change to background-image but the light gray pinstripe background image does not show. it that correct on your site also?
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    any idea on where to find a subtle white and gray pinstrip type image? my backups seems screwed.
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    Hmm. Just going based on http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_background.asp . Look at the second link.

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    BTW, I see you have background-image in the source code, and I can definitely see the pinstripe bg images on the page.

    (I am using Firefox)

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    my business logo is there but the background.gif is still mia. i cant see it in eith firefox or ie 7

    thanks for your help, Vito.
    Last edited by DataDork; 12-25-2007 at 04:27 AM.
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    Can you see a bg at http://www.demodemo.com/bg.html ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by vito View Post
    Can you see a bg at http://www.demodemo.com/bg.html ?

    Vito

    no, it looks the same as my site.
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    Well, I don't know what to tell ya, James.

    I see a bg image in both Firefox and IE. Definite pinstripe bg. How is it you are not seeing it in yours?

    If you manage to figure out why, feel free to use the bg image I created for you - www.demodemo.com/images/background.gif .

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    Quote Originally Posted by vito View Post
    As well, I just noticed your code is incorrect.

    { background: url(/images/background.gif); }

    should read

    { background-image: url(/images/background.gif); }

    Vito
    This isn't necessary. I don't use it, especially if I have other pieces of information like repeat-x.
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    Try clearing your browser cache.
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    Hmm. Just going based on http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_background.asp . Look at the second link.
    background: url("something.gif");
    and
    background-image: url("something.gif");

    would achieve the same result the first is just the shorthand version of applying css, normally used to apply several rules to one element on just one line.
    BTW I can't see your bg image on my screen either, if its faint and subtle maybe its due to the way your screen is set up, I know mine is quite bright and sometimes very faint lines or colours do not show.?

    try putting the image url in quotes like : background: url("images/background.gif");
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    OK, I give up but thanks for all of the suggestions.

    Here is the code now...

    <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
    <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
    <head>
    <title>DataDork</title>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
    <style type="text/css">body { background: url(images/background.gif); }
    body, html { height: 98%; }
    #center { vertical-align: center; }
    #container { width: 700px; margin: auto; height: 100%; }</style>
    <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="datadork">
    <meta http-equiv="description">
    <meta http-equiv="author" content="James Edmonds">
    <meta http-equiv="imagetoolbar" content="no">
    <link href="/favicon.ico" rel="shortcut icon">
    </head>
    <body>
    <table id="container" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
    <tbody>
    <tr>
    <td id="center"><img height="228" alt="DataDork" src="/images/datadork.gif" width="700"></td></tr></tbody></table>
    </body>
    </html>

    where do i make the change to put in a solid color, say light gray, instead of this stupid background image and still make the html syntax valid.

    thanks again for all of the advice but i cant seem to make it visable on any browser or pc.

    update: i can see the background iomage but it is way to faint. count someone who can see it, make me another version that is a few shades darker. i would consider it a huge favor.
    Last edited by DataDork; 12-26-2007 at 04:15 AM. Reason: an idea?
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    For the solid colour, change

    background: url(images/background.gif);
    to
    background: #EFEFEF;

    And change the colour to whatever you want to use.
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