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Mar 26.2006

Hi

I’m having a hard time getting this to work.

The file is located in a folder called images and the file name of the file is header_02.gif

background-image: url(“/images/header_02.gif”);

am I missing something to make this work

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@CFHuttonMar 26.2006 — You don't need that slash before images I don't think. You can also assign it to just the background property.

background: url("images/picture.jpg");

CFH
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@WebJoelMar 26.2006 — You don't need to use the quotes in the parenthesis either, so this should work:

background-image: url(images/header_02.gif);

I just find it easier to not 'quote' the image's url path when it is already enclosed in a ()
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@ray326Mar 27.2006 — Is the web site based at the root of the host? I.e. it's not in a subdir. Can you retrieve that image with www.myname.com/images/picture.jpg?
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