I need help

[Freeman]

I don't know If what I want is java or html but I need help. i would like to put a picture on the background of a page and have the text scroll over it. I don't know how to do this beacuse I am kinda new to the whole scripting thing. If you could help it would be greatly appreciated. JF

[Twey]

I think what you mean is something like
<style type="text/css">
body { background-attachment: fixed; }
</style>

Add it to the head.

[Freeman]

So how do I tell it what picture I want as the background? Is it a href after the background attachment?

[Freeman]

by the way I am new to this whole scripting thing and I am the webmaster at my school. So I get to learn how to do it and do it all at the same time. So any other suggestions that you might have would be greatly appreciated. JF

[Twey]

Sorry:
<style type="text/css">
body {
background-image: url('images/image.png');
background-attachment: fixed;
}
</style>

[Freeman]

Is there a way that is less code in html?

[Twey]

Less code? It's only six lines.
That is the advisable, standards-compliant way to do it. There are others, but they are now deprecated/obsolete and one of them (bgproperties="fixed") was IE-only in the first place.

[Freeman]

<style type="text/css">
@media visual{
body{
background-image: ('/pics/pic1.jpg');
background-attachment: fixed;
}
}

all.clsMenuItemNS{font: bold x-small Verdana; color: white; text-decoration: none;}
.clsMenuItemIE{text-decoration: none; font: bold xx-small Verdana; color: white; cursor: hand;}
A:hover {color: red;}
</style>

Here is where I put it. Does it matter that there is another thing in the style before it closes or did I enter it wrong or am I just a retard?

[Twey]

Nope, that's fine.
After Mike's had a look at it:

<style type="text/css">
@media screen, projection {
  background: #ffffff url(/path/to/image) fixed;
}
</style>

I'm not sure if he deliberately missed the body declaration out or if it's a form of shorthand unbeknownst to me; if that doesn't work, use:

<style type="text/css">
@media screen, projection {
  body {
    background: #ffffff url(/path/to/image) fixed;
  }
}
</style>

[Freeman]

<style type="text/css">
@media, projection {
body {
background: #ffffff url (pics/pic1.jpg) fixed;
}
}

all.clsMenuItemNS{font: bold x-small Verdana; color: white; text-decoration: none;}
.clsMenuItemIE{text-decoration: none; font: bold xx-small Verdana; color: white; cursor: hand;}
A:hover {color: red;}
</style>

It still didn't work. And does it apply the background picture to only this page?