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Post March 3rd, 2009, 7:45 am

Hi. Im making my first website ever, and I have a problem. I set an image as a background for the page but the image isn't showing up. :cry: Im using Microsoft FrontPage 2003 and I have tried both .bmp and .jpg but nothing works. PLEASE HELP! :cry:
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Post March 3rd, 2009, 7:45 am

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Post March 3rd, 2009, 5:54 pm

Your post appears to be very vague which will only make it more difficult for someone to find a solution to.

I understand that because you are new to designing websites it may not be so easy to explain the problem.

If possible could you explain what steps you took in order to get the image to display. Do you have a live website where you can show us the problem? By live i mean is the website currently online or is it just on your computer?

In Frontpage it should show you some html code, could you copy and paste the code in a reply to this thread and someone on Ozzu should be able to help you out as soon as is possible.
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Post March 3rd, 2009, 7:57 pm

if possible, post your code here so someone could give their solutions.

good luck!
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Post March 4th, 2009, 5:02 pm

CSS for it:
CSS Code: [ Select ]
.class {
   background-image: url('path/to/image.jpg');
}
  1. .class {
  2.    background-image: url('path/to/image.jpg');
  3. }
I also don't recommend you use .bmp as not every browser supports it.
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Post March 4th, 2009, 5:59 pm

Also .bmp files are rather large in file size and not good for transferring on the internet via web pages. I would always avoid using .bmp files with web pages.
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Post March 4th, 2009, 6:02 pm

Bigwebmaster wrote:
Also .bmp files are rather large in file size and not good for transferring on the internet via web pages. I would always avoid using .bmp files with web pages.

Well... that too :P

GIF are pretty small in file size... (I think it's it though... may be jpg), but anyway... GIF or JPG is much more widely used in web sites.
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Post March 5th, 2009, 12:30 am

Use gif only if the file is a graphic and contains text on it somewhere. Use jpg only if it is a photo of some sort.
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Post April 27th, 2010, 2:56 am

For any html file you cant use an image which is stored on your computer ,you have to set your computer as a server so the image is directly accessed from internet.The images must be online.

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