[RESOLVED] Question about adding a background image

damonpence

I have searched and dug and I have looked at probly every thread on hear and I have still not been able to figure out how to put up a simple background image 😃
I have tried a couple things from different threads but when I enter in the code I either get light blue background, no page at all, or the same as what I started with.

Here is what I am adding (with many variations)

<body style="background: #CCFFFF url('../../images/adrian18.jpg');">';

It works fine in my editor (dreamweaverMX) but when I upload it I get nothing.

Please treat me like I am Stupid, the reason is because I don't know for sure If I have been editing the right file.

the file I have been editing is index.tpl under my /templates/ folder, because it sets my layout, I do also have a index.php in my root folder.

I know this is probly really easy and I am a beginer, but everyone here sound really knowledgable.

Thanks for any help...

cgraz

This would have probably been better suited in the client side forum, as this is a PHP forum.

Anyways, your problem is likely with your path. Are you doing ../../ to access the web root? If so, try this:

/images/adrian18.jpg

Otherwise, I would also suggest checking your image and ensure that the name appears as you have it and doesn't contain capital letters (such as adrian18.JPG, which if I remember correctly is the same in windows as adrian18.jpg, but not on a site).

If none of that works, try using a full path for your image url and see if that fixes it. or move the image into the same director as the stylesheet, adjust the path to just read adrian18.jpg, and see if it shows up then. Also be sure you have valid html and css.

ednark

full css background features are here :

http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_background.asp

I agree with cgraz that it looks like a problem with your path. css will sometimes use a different path than an src="" tag. make sure that file exists and that it is accessible by doing the things cgraz said.

I also see an extra '; at the end of your body tag. make sure what dreamweaver is spitting out finally is actually valid html.

damonpence

Thanks,

I did get it to work thanks for the info..

damon