Adding a background and have it tile

**DreamGirlB** · 06-18-2006, 07:12 PM

IN Dreamweaver, I created a new css called mainbackground.css .. here is what inside:

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

in my main page I call the .css
it displays the image but only at the stop of the page in one little strip.
tried to upload the gif but got .

mainback.gif:
The Dimension limits for this filetype are 620 x 280. We were unable to resize your file so you will need to do so manually and upload it again. Your file is currently 5 x 944.

Does this have something to do with the reason its not covering the whole screen

**Twey** · 06-18-2006, 07:44 PM

There's nothing wrong with that. Is the element big enough to tile it vertically?

**DreamGirlB** · 06-18-2006, 07:59 PM

Even using the gradient tool throught dynamic Drive

The image is the background of www.space.com. (The gradient blue color)

when I save as it is very tiny... but I can right click and make it my background on windows without any problem..

But its every image i pick its just puts a thick stripe of the color across the page

**DreamGirlB** · 06-18-2006, 08:50 PM

Anyone have any ideas about how I can get ANY image to work.. sigh... even just adding regular backgroun does the same thing!! just a color..I must be calling the background.css in a weird place in my body.

This is the code dreamweaver is putting in my body..

<p class="background"> </p>

Twey I think my navigation bar, might be screwing itup, is there something I have to do to make it a another layer, so that the navigation bar doesnt matter?

**djr33** · 06-19-2006, 07:38 AM

Er.... I wouldn't think that paragraph tags can have backgrounds.

Use <div class="background">...</div>

paragraph tags are fairly limited... basically just sectioning of chunks of text.

**Twey** · 06-19-2006, 03:32 PM

Er.... I wouldn't think that paragraph tags can have backgrounds.

They can.

paragraph tags are fairly limited... basically just sectioning of chunks of text.

Wrong... they're block-level elements, and can have the same style applied to them as any other block-level element.

**mwinter** · 06-19-2006, 08:35 PM

Please post a link to a demonstration of what you've attempted so far.

Mike

**DreamGirlB** · 06-20-2006, 01:35 AM

Background is working fine.. I think it ended up I did use the div background and it worked..

**DreamGirlB** · 07-09-2006, 08:57 PM

Having this same problem again.. and I'm using the DIV command.. what am I doing wrong!! www.provisionshomecare.com

**pkcidstudio** · 07-25-2006, 02:01 PM

Originally Posted by DreamGirlB

Having this same problem again.. and I'm using the DIV command.. what am I doing wrong!! www.provisionshomecare.com

looking at your source code whats up with the several
<html><head></head><body></body></html> tags isnt one enough? why do you have three+ just trying to help this could be where some of your troubles are coming from.

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