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Spanolius Posts: 9 Joined: 5/2/2003 Status: offline	Background pic tiling itself - 5/2/2003 11:22:50 I am importing a background picture and it just keeps tiling itself...so the page goes on forever. How do I get the picture to be the size of one page only?!? THANKS < Message edited by Spanolius -- 5/2/2003 11:25 AM >


bobby Posts: 11399 Joined: 8/15/1969 From: Seattle WA USA Status: offline	RE: Background pic tiling itself - 5/2/2003 13:15:14 You would have to create the graphic at page size... then tell it not to repeat. CSS is the best way... check out wwww3schools.com under CSS > Background _____________________________ In order to remove a wall you must first remove the Windows® (in reply to Spanolius)


_gail Posts: 2876 From: So FL Status: offline	RE: Background pic tiling itself - 5/2/2003 13:32:05 But what if a person doesn' t use css for layout?! I don' t, and don' t expect to for some time, except for formatting text. Spanolius, I recently asked the same question. See the reply to my question #1 in this thread: http://www.frontpagewebmaster.com/tm.asp?m=132347 Also, if you do a forum search about the subject, you' ll find lots of info because it' s a frequently asked question. gail _____________________________ Digicamhelp - Easiest place on the web to learn about Digit@l Cameras & Photography (in reply to bobby)


bobby Posts: 11399 Joined: 8/15/1969 From: Seattle WA USA Status: offline	RE: Background pic tiling itself - 5/2/2003 15:01:50 You don' t have to use CSS for positioning or layout to use it for your background image... (the background property is CSS1 - most positioning features of CSS are in CSS2...) It' s as simple as putting this on your pages: <head> <style type=" text/css" > body { background: url(" images/image.gif" ) no-repeat fixed center center } </style> </head> That will put your image in the page background, without tiling or moving with a page scroll, and centered both horizontally and vertically... Or you can create a .css file and link to it... that way you can make changes that affect all of your pages at once, wihtout having to edit them individually if you decide you want to change... (more here: http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_background.asp ) I' m sure there are other ways, but CSS is the best IMO CSS is a headache, but it' s so powerful and such a time saver, it' s well worth the effort to learn the basics _____________________________ In order to remove a wall you must first remove the Windows® (in reply to Spanolius)


walrus Posts: 554 Joined: 3/13/2003 From: London Status: offline	RE: Background pic tiling itself - 5/2/2003 15:06:40 quote: I am importing a background picture and it just keeps tiling itself...so the page goes on forever. Surely it should tile to the end of the page, not forever, which is surprising. Do you have a web page which we can see that shows what you actually mean by forever? BTW welcome! _____________________________ I hope The Boss isn't reading this, ...she thinks I program everything! (in reply to Spanolius)


bobby Posts: 11399 Joined: 8/15/1969 From: Seattle WA USA Status: offline	RE: Background pic tiling itself - 5/2/2003 15:12:33 It hadn' t occurred to me to ask this before, but is this the page background or a table or layer background? I assumed page... _____________________________ In order to remove a wall you must first remove the Windows® (in reply to Spanolius)


PBailey Posts: 907 From: San Antonio, Texas USA Status: offline	RE: Background pic tiling itself - 5/3/2003 2:34:32 Bobby, Using the CSS code you noted does the background picture then stay centered with varying resolutions or is it necessary to do set width tables for instance. _____________________________ Paula Thought for the day: Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic. (in reply to bobby)


DaAngel Posts: 300 Joined: 3/30/2003 From: Posting Machine - Belfast Child Status: offline	RE: Background pic tiling itself - 5/3/2003 4:14:02 CSS and backgrounds....... my 2 pence, unless you want to do something fancy...you have no need to use any form of CSS for a page background. _____________________________ North Carolina Web Design Rockingham City Web Design (in reply to PBailey)


bobby Posts: 11399 Joined: 8/15/1969 From: Seattle WA USA Status: offline	RE: Background pic tiling itself - 5/4/2003 0:20:15 Paula - The " center center" is supposed to keep it centered vertically and horizontally, but doesn' t resize the image. If the bg image is 600px wide, then you' ll have a lot of white space at 1024 rez. Likewise if it' s 1000px wide, it may not look like you want it to at 800 resolution... For background images and resizability, it' s best to use a small image that can be tiled to fill up the available window space, IMO. Sometimes that' s not the look you' re going for tho. _____________________________ In order to remove a wall you must first remove the Windows® (in reply to Spanolius)


PBailey Posts: 907 From: San Antonio, Texas USA Status: offline	RE: Background pic tiling itself - 5/4/2003 0:41:02 Thanks Bobby. I' m going to give it a try. _____________________________ Paula Thought for the day: Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic. (in reply to bobby)


Spanolius Posts: 9 Joined: 5/2/2003 Status: offline	RE: Background pic tiling itself - 5/5/2003 10:29:46 I' ve been told (and read) that MS Frontpage 2000 does not support CSS. But that 2002 does. When I type in your suggestion I get an error and MS Frontpage closes. Any suggestions?? (in reply to bobby)